CMA ON-CALL is an online library that contains over 3,000 pages of medical-legal, regulatory, and reimbursement information. The searchable library contains all the information available in the California Physician's Legal Handbook, an annual publication of CMA’s Center for Legal Affairs.

ON-CALL documents are available free to members at CMA’s members-only website. Nonmembers can purchase ON-CALL documents for $2 per page.

To view the library contents, just select any of the main headings below to see a list of available subjects. You will need Adobe Acrobat to view the documents. To view a printable list of all the documents available, go to the CMA ON-CALL index.

NOTE: If you want to search by document number (i.e. 1101) use the master search.

ADA/Discrimination Advertising AIDS/HIV Allied Health Professionals Ancillary Services Antitrust Business Prohibitions/Disclosure Clinical Laboratories Consent Death/Organ Donation Drug Prescribing/Dispensing Drug Testing eMedicine/HIPAA Emergency Transfer Expert Witness Issues Forgoing Life-Sustaining Treatment Fraud and Abuse Fraud and Abuse: Referral Issues Managed Care Managed Care: Contract Termination/Exclusion Managed Care: Risk Arrangements Managed Care: Utilization Review & Management Medi-Cal & Medicare

Medical Board: Discipline & Licensing Medical Board: Reporting to Medical Practice: Employment Issues Medical Practice: Groups, IPAs, MSOs Medical Records: Management Medical Records: Requests for Access Medical Records: Special Confidentiality Requirements Medical Staffs Miscellaneous Issues Office Safety Outpatient Facilities Peer Review Physician-Patient Relationship Professional Liability Reimbursement: From HMOs & Other Private Payors Reimbursement: From Patients Reimbursement: Other Issues Reporting Abuse/Violence Reporting Diseases, Conditions, & Events Reproductive Issues Warning Obligations Workers' Compensation