CMA ON-CALL INDEX
CMA ON-CALL is the California Medical Association's information-on-demand internet service for physicians. Follow the voice instructions and select the documents you want using the 4-digit document code. Documents are free for CMA members and $2 per page for nonmembers. Except as indicated by an asterisk(*), all information is contained in the California Physician's Legal Handbook

ADA/Discrimination
0814 Disabled Patients Provision of Health Care Services (9 pages) 0812 Disabled Physicians and Employees (33 pages)
0813 Language Interpreters (17 pages) 0811 Patient Access to Physician Offices_Facilities Barrier Removal and New Construction (9 pages)
0802 Sign Language Interpreters (10 pages) 0806 The ADA_Rehabilitation Acts_General Requirements and Defenses (17 pages)
Advertising
0203 Advertising by Allied Health Professionals (10 pages) 0240 Medical Referral Services (3 pages)
0205 Physician Advertising (12 pages) 1905 Workers' Compensation Advertising (5 pages)
AIDS/HIV
1112 Confidentiality of HIV_AIDS Information (16 pages) 0414 Consent for HIV Test (13 pages)
0817 Discrimination_HIV-Infected Patients (7 pages) 1312 HIV-Infected Physicians (16 pages)
Allied Health Professionals
0245 Allied Health Professional Relationships_Business Issues (16 pages) 0801 Allied Health Professional Relationships_Liability Issues (6 pages)
1630 Alternative and Complementary Health Care Practitioners (3 pages) 1605 Medical Assistants (17 pages)
1616 Naturopathic Doctors (5 pages) 1615 Nurses (15 pages)
1617 Optometrists (5 pages) 1620 Physician Assistants (12 pages)
1610 Speech-Language Pathologists (2 pages)
Ancillary Services
0255 Clinical Trials (16 pages) 1625 Cosmetic Procedures (5 pages)
1352 Liposuction (2 pages) 0258 Physicians Selling Vitamins, Dietary Supplements, and Other Items Not Requiring a Prescription (10 pages)
1340 Tissue Banks (6 pages)
Antitrust
0212 Physicians and Unions (13 pages) 0211 The Antitrust Laws_Analysis of Physician Group Mergers (10 pages)
0210 The Antitrust Laws_What Physicians Can Do (29 pages)
Business Prohibitions/Disclosure
0280 Corporate Practice of Medicine Bar (18 pages) 0226 Corporate Practice of Medicine Bar_Decision-Making Authority for Integrated Entities Criteria (5 pages)
0220 Disclosure Requirements - State and Federal (15 pages) 0215 Physician Ownership, Employment, and Business Prohibitions (5 pages)
Clinical Laboratories
0310 Clinical Laboratories_Certification, Licensure (16 pages) 0305 Clinical Laboratories_Disclosure, Payment, Billing, Record Retention, and Storage (17 pages)
0315 Clinical Laboratories_Self-referral and fee-splitting prohibitions (7 pages)
Consent
0410 Cancer Information Requirements (6 pages) 0407 Consent for Blood Transfusions (3 pages)
0413 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) (1 page) 0432 Exposed Health Care Workers_Testing Patients Blood (5 pages)
0420 Format for Informed Consent Forms (3 pages) 0418 Incompetent Patients_Determining Capacity to Give Consent and Who Consents if the Patient Lacks Capacity (14 pages)
0415 Informed Consent (20 pages) 0417 Informed Consent Exceptions_Emergencies, Therapeutic Privilege and Patient Requests not to be Informed (4 pages)
0422 Informed Consent_Choosing Surrogates (5 pages) 0430 Informed Consent_Inpatient Procedures (5 pages)
0421 Informed Consent_Long Term Care Facilities (9 pages) 0405 Mental Health_§5150 Holds_72-Hour Detention (16 pages)
0425 Minor Consent (14 pages) 0419 Use of Restraints and Seclusion (14 pages)
0440 Vaccine Administration_Mandated Information (3 pages)
Death/Organ Donation
1301 Autopsies (4 pages) 1307 Organ and Tissue Donations (18 pages)
1305 Pronouncement of Death and Death Certificates (8 pages) 1302 Pronouncement of Death_Diagnosis of Death by Neurologic Criteria (8 pages)
Drug Prescribing/Dispensing
0509 Controlled Substances Prescribing (12 pages) 0508 Controlled Substances_Dispensing (8 pages)
0505 Drug Dispensing (Not Schedule II-V Drugs) (12 pages) 0507 Drug Formularies, Prescription Drug Benefit Plans, and Pharmacy Benefit Managers (22 pages)
0510 Drug Prescribing (Not Schedule II-V Drugs) (25 pages) 0511 Drug Prescribing_Drugs from Other Countries (4 pages)
0515 Drug Prescribing_Unauthorized (14 pages) 0513 Pain Management (19 pages)
1315 The Compassionate Use Act of 1996_The Medical Marijuana Initiative (22 pages)
Drug Testing
0523 Employer Obligations Regarding Drug and Alcohol Use in the Workplace (17 pages) 0522 Medical Staff Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs (2 pages)
0525 Physician Obligations Regarding Drug or Alcohol Testing (14 pages)
eMedicine/HIPAA
1602 Business Associate Agreements (22 pages) 1609 Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) (3 pages)
1132 Electronic Medical Records (10 pages) 1138 Electronic Signatures (3 pages)
1603 HIPAA ACT SMART_Introduction to the HIPAA Privacy Rules (27 pages) 1606 HIPAA Electronic Transaction Rule (16 pages)
1600 HIPAA Overview (23 pages) 1607 HIPAA Security Rule (20 pages)
0823 Internet Advice and Physician Websites (8 pages) 1608 National Provider Identification Numbers (7 pages)
1604 Spanish Notice of Privacy Practices (10 pages) 0435 Telemedicine (6 pages)
Emergency Transfer
1215 Emergency Transfer Laws (36 pages) 1216 Emergency Transfer Laws_Medical Staff and On-Call Requirements (26 pages)
1217 Reducing_Restructuring On-call Coverage Requirements (5 pages)
Expert Witness Issues
0910 Expert Witness Issues (24 pages) 0909 Expert Witness Guidelines (8 pages)
Forgoing Life-Sustaining Treatment
0408 Deciding to Forgo Treatment for Patients Without Advance Directives (12 pages) 0445 Deciding to Forgo Treatment_Advance Directives (30 pages)
0411 Documenting Decisions to Forgo Life-Sustaining Treatment (2 pages) 0409 Forgoing Life-Sustaining Treatment_DNR Requests and Orders and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) (14 pages)
0412 Forgoing Life-Sustaining Treatment_The Patient Self-Determination Act & JCAHO Accreditation Standards (4 pages) 1325 Physician-Assisted Suicide (5 pages)
Fraud and Abuse
0601 Advice of Counsel Defense (2 pages) 0605 Criminal Convictions - Collateral Consequences (5 pages)
0703 Federal Criminal Investigations_Prosecutions (7 pages) 0610 Fraud and Abuse (Federal and California Law) (52 pages)
0710 Medicare OIG Investigations (7 pages) 0608 Whos Got Your Number_How Physicians Become the Victims (4 pages)
Fraud and Abuse: Referral Issues
0648 Federal Self-Referral Prohibitions_Requirements_Summary of CMS Stark II Phase I and II Regulations (38 pages) 0612 Gifts and Free Services (Including Promotional Items) (13 pages)
0621 Kickbacks and Fee-Splitting--Other Laws Used to Deter Payments for Referrals (7 pages) 0624 Professional Courtesy (5 pages)
0620 Prohibitions Against Kickbacks and Fee-Splitting (55 pages) 0627 Referring Patients_If the Practice is not Prohibited Altogether, is it Safe from Antikickback Prosecution (23 pages)
0630 Safe Harbors (Medicare) (34 pages) 0636 Self-Referral Prohibitions (Federal and California) (46 pages)
Managed Care
1010 Adding new doctors to panel* (2 pages) 1071 Coverage Requirements_Pre-Existing Condition Exclusions (20 pages)
1020 Disclosure by Managed Care Plans (and their Contracting Medical Groups_IPAs) (8 pages) 1023 Managed Care Glossary (9 pages)
1047 Office Audits_Managed Care (15 pages) 1049 Patient Complaints About Managed Care Plans (11 pages)
1051 Physician Complaints About Managed Care Plans (13 pages) 1048 Point-of-Service Plans (2 pages)
1050 Retaliation by Managed Care Plans or Others (9 pages)
Managed Care: Contract Termination/Exclusion
1075 All Products_Affiliates Clauses (11 pages) 1705 CMA contract analysis service (free item) (3 pages)
1055 Contract Termination by Physicians and Continuity of Care Provisions (15 pages) 1099 Contract Termination or Exclusion_Action Plan for Physicians (22 pages)
1041 Contract Termination_Exclusion_Legal Challenges (Non Antitrust) (15 pages) 1035 Exclusion or Termination of Physicians_Antitrust Challenges (15 pages)
1040 Exclusivity Provisions and Membership Requirements in Contracts, Including Most-Favored-Nation Clauses (9 pages) 1053 Failure to receive plan referrals (6 pages)
1070 Managed Care Contractual Protections (34 pages)
Managed Care: Risk Arrangements
1016 Capitation, Including Risk Adjustment (26 pages) 0223 Risk Bearing Medical Groups, Including IPAs_Regulation of Solvency (12 pages)
1036 State and Federal Laws on Financial Incentive Arrangements (12 pages)
Managed Care: Utilization Review & Management
1005 Access to Physicians (16 pages) 0835 Clinical Guidelines (6 pages)
1025 Denials of Necessary Medical Services (16 pages) 1033 Disease management organizations (5 pages)
1060 Formation and Use of Utilization Profiles (15 pages) 1039 Hospital stay and discharge requirements (9 pages)
1007 Independent external medical review (13 pages) 1045 Medical Directors_Utilization Review and the Practice of Medicine (4 pages)
1027 Pay for Performance (9 pages) 1065 Penalties for Failure to Follow Utilization Review Procedures (5 pages)
0899 Physician specific outcome reporting (3 pages) 1046 Primary care physicians and direct access to OB-GYNs (4 pages)
1080 Second opinions (3 pages) 1085 Telephone medical advice (4 pages)
Medi-Cal & Medicare
1026 Denials Under Medicare Managed Care (7 pages) 0626 Medi-Cal Audits (12 pages)
0625 Medicare Audits (20 pages) 0516 Medicare Drug Benefit (Medicare (Rx)) (10 pages)
0152 Medicare Managed Care_Medicare Advantage (18 pages) 0151 Medicare Participation (and non-participation) Options (22 pages)
0147 Medicare Reassignment Rules (8 pages) 0640 Reasonable and Necessary Services Under the Medicare Program (6 pages)
0600 Resource Guide for Medicare_Medi-Cal (6 pages) 0150 Side Agreements with Medi-Cal Patients (8 pages)
Medical Board: Discipline & Licensing
0790 Grounds for Medical Board Discipline (17 pages) 0701 MBC Diversion Program (+ CMA policy) (6 pages)
0708 MBC Enforcement Authority (6 pages) 0717 MBC Public Disclosure Program (10 pages)
0704 Medical Board Disciplinary Guidelines* (17 pages) 0705 Medical Board Investigations (15 pages)
0715 Medical Board Licensing Requirements* (5 pages) 0838 Sexual Relations with Patients_Sexual Misconduct (5 pages)
0720 U.S. Medical Licensing Agencies* (2 pages)
Medical Board: Reporting to
1406 MBC and NPDB-HIPDB Reports_Self-Query, Disputing and Correcting Information (14 pages) 1415 MBC and NPDB_Reporting Disciplinary Actions (22 pages)
1414 MBC and NPDB_Reporting Malpractice Payments (7 pages) 1408 MBC_Other Reporting Requirements (Not Malpractice or Discipline) (3 pages)
1405 NPDB & HIPDB Overview (13 pages) 1220 Reporting Investigations of Impaired Physicians (5 pages)
Medical Practice: Employment Issues
0213 CMA Model Employment Contract (27 pages) 0107 Covering Physicians (Locum Tenens) (7 pages)
1308 Employer Poster Requirements (5 pages) 0224 Ethical Guidelines for Employer and Employee Physicians (6 pages)
0216 Family and Medical Leave (16 pages) 0225 Independent contractors (10 pages)
0232 New-Hire Reporting Requirement (2 pages) 0217 Overview of Select Physician Practice Employment Issues (7 pages)
0233 Pre-Employment Inquiries (4 pages) 0250 Retirement notice (5 pages)
0235 Wage and Hour Laws (4 pages) 0229 Whistleblower Protections for Employees (3 pages)
Medical Practice: Groups, IPAs, MSOs
0207 ADR in Physician Contracts (17 pages) 0209 Capital Resources for Physicians (4 pages)
0231 Management Services Organizations (MSOs) and Physician Practice Management Companies (PPMs) (13 pages) 0228 Medical Group_How to Form (8 pages)
0230 Medical Partnerships and Corporations (11 pages) 0200 Medical Practice Options_Overview (15 pages)
0219 Physician Rights_Medical Groups and IPAs (8 pages) 0221 Practice Consultant_How to Hire (8 pages)
0222 Practice Consultant_Sample Agreement & RFP (10 pages) 0256 Selling Your Practice to an Integrated Delivery System (9 pages)
0227 Specialty IPA_How to Form (6 pages)
Medical Records: Management
1122 Accounting of Disclosures (6 pages) 1135 Contents of Medical Records (9 pages)
1146 Fax Machines and the Medical Office (7 pages) 1125 Medical Records_Allowable Copying Charges (4 pages)
1100 Medical Records_Most Commonly Asked Questions (14 pages) 1160 Retention of Medical Records (7 pages)
Medical Records: Requests for Access
1127 Attorney Pre-Litigation Request for Medical Information (9 pages) 1101 Confidentiality_CMIA, IIPPA and the HIPAA Privacy Rules (31 pages)
1145 Employer Access to Medical Records_Employment Physicals (12 pages) 1170 Health Plan Access to Medical Records (7 pages)
1148 Medi-Cal and Medicare Investigators' Access to Medical Records (7 pages) 1150 Patient Access to Medical Records (24 pages)
1155 QIO Access to Physician Office Charts (6 pages) 1147 Requests by Law Enforcement_Search Warrants (6 pages)
1180 Subpoenas_Guide for Responding (24 pages)
Medical Records: Special Confidentiality Requirements
1110 Confidentiality of Sensitive Medical Information (13 pages) 1187 Disclosure of Immunization Information (5 pages)
1175 Special Confidentiality Requests (3 pages)
Medical Staffs
1703 Bylaws Analysis Service (2 pages) 1218 CMA-Sponsored Medical Staff Self-Governance Bill_A Primer on SB 1325 (10 pages)
1241 Disruptive Behavior Involving Members of the Medical Staff * (5 pages) 1212 Economic Credentialing and Exclusive Contracts (18 pages)
1211 Exclusive Contracts (11 pages) 1240 Guidelines for Physician Well-Being Committees Policies and Procedures * (21 pages)
1219 Hospital Medical Staff Incorporation (18 pages) 1281 Legal Counsel for the Medical Staff_Consistent or Conflicting Interests (6 pages)
1210 Medical Staff Applicants in MBC Diversion Program * (3 pages) 1207 Medical Staff Membership for Physician Excluded from any Federally Funded Health Care Program (3 pages)
1280 Medical Staff Self-Governance_Policy and Law (30 pages) 0837 Sexual Harrassment in the Medical Staff Context (2 pages)
Miscellaneous Issues
1317 Anonymous Call Rejection and Caller ID* (2 pages) 1701 Asking for CMA legal assistance* (3 pages)
0810 Disability Parking Certification* (3 pages) 1350 Driving Laws_Emergency Exemptions (4 pages)
1318 False or Misleading Health Product Advertising: How to Report* (3 pages) 1707 IMQ Continuing Medical Education-Certification Program for Physicians_ (3 pages)
1320 Medical student loans and repayment* (10 pages) 1306 SSI / SSDI disability evaluations* (3 pages)
Office Safety
1841 Accidents_Investigating and Documenting (3 pages) 1805 Bloodborne Pathogens (20 pages)
1810 Cal-OSHA Compliance and Inspections (11 pages) 1827 Ergonomics (3 pages)
1815 Hazardous Substances_Communication in the Workplace (10 pages) 1820 Hazardous Waste (5 pages)
1825 Injury and Illness Prevention Programs (6 pages) 1830 Medical Waste (15 pages)
1828 Occupational Injury and Illness Records_Log 300 (5 pages) 1807 Sharps & Safety Needles (9 pages)
1835 Tuberculosis Transmission (6 pages) 1840 Workplace Violence (2 pages)
Outpatient Facilities
1326 Ambulatory Care Accreditation Program (4 pages) 1335 Mammography Facilities and X-rays (3 pages)
0202 Surgicenters & Other Outpatient Facilities (11 pages)
Peer Review
1420 Administrator And Board Access To Peer Review Files (5 pages) 1205 Board Certification as a Requirement for Medical Staff Privileges (13 pages)
1430 Credentialing - Liability Releases, Indemnification (6 pages) 1431 Credentialing - Malpractice Claims and History (4 pages)
1407 Documentation of Peer Review Activities (9 pages) 1411 Guide to Physician Peer Review Hearings (6 pages)
1410 Peer Review - Fair Hearing Requirements (24 pages) 1425 Peer Review Protections - Executive Summary (11 pages)
1435 Reporting Incompetent, Impaired, or Unethical Colleagues (10 pages) 1440 Sharing of Peer Review Information (12 pages)
1443 State Agency Requests for Peer Review Information (16 pages) 1445 Summary Suspensions (9 pages)
Physician-Patient Relationship
0818 Establishment of the Physician-Patient Relationship (8 pages) 0275 Patient Retention_Restrictive Covenants (15 pages)
0819 Physician-Patient Communication (20 pages) 0805 Termination of the Physician-Patient Relationship (10 pages)
Professional Liability
0825 MICRA information (9 pages) 0807 Arbitration of Medical Injury Claims (8 pages)
0800 Commonly Asked Questions About Professional Liability (17 pages) 0808 Countersuits (Malicious Prosecution) (4 pages)
0895 Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Liability (10 pages) 0820 Good Samaritan and Other Immunities (16 pages)
0804 Malpractice Insurance Issues (13 pages) 0809 Malpractice, Manslaughter or Murder (10 pages)
0830 Managed Care - Health Plan Liability (14 pages) 1043 Managed Care - Physician Malpractice Liability (17 pages)
0836 Punitive Damages (10 pages) 0824 Responding to Unanticipated Outcomes in Patient Care (12 pages)
0870 Sexual Harrassment of Patients or Employees (17 pages) 0803 What Happens When You're Sued (11 pages)
Reimbursement: From HMOs & Other Private Payors
0105 Assignment of Benefits (7 pages) 0121 Authorization and Payment for Emergency Services (18 pages)
0106 Bankruptcy of IPAs or Health Plans (18 pages) 0114 Coordination of Benefits (3 pages)
0116 Coordination of Benefits_Payment Below Medicare Allowable (7 pages) 0122 ERISA Plans (21 pages)
0129 Fee Schedules (6 pages) 0180 Health Plan Special Claims Review (3 pages)
0131 Insolvency of Health Plan, IPA or Other Entities that Contract with Health Plans (Pre-Bankruptcy or Closure) (11 pages) 0124 Late Payment (12 pages)
0130 Non-Contracting Physicians_Implied Contracts (27 pages) 0145 Payment Denial after Treatment Authorization or Verification of Eligibility (10 pages)
0146 Payment Denials by Managed Care Plans and IPAs (20 pages) 0135 Plan Requests for Refunds from Physicians (10 pages)
0185 Reimbursement for Immunizations and Other Injections* (7 pages) 0108 RICO Settlements (28 pages)
1907 Silent PPO Action Guide (31 pages)
Reimbursement: From Patients
0110 Billing patients (12 pages) 0120 Collecting from deceased patient's estate (3 pages)
0112 Collecting from patients_extending credit (13 pages) 0117 Concierge (Boutique) Practices (5 pages)
0118 Health Savings Accounts (6 pages) 0115 Waiver of copayment (6 pages)
Reimbursement: Other Issues
0113 Charging for Form Completion (3 pages) 0111 Hiring a Billing Company (10 pages)
0125 Medical Liens (17 pages) 0123 Physician Access to Hospital, Laboratory and Pharmacy Charges (3 pages)
0155 Small Claims Action to Recover Payment (4 pages) 0119 The Emergency Medical Services Fund and Federal Funds for Undocumented Alien Emergency Care (8 pages)
0160 Treatment of Relatives (or Oneself) (3 pages)
Reporting Abuse/Violence
1505 Child abuse or neglect (20 pages) 1510 Reporting Dependent Adult and Elder Abuse (18 pages)
1511 Reporting Domestic Violence (7 pages) 1520 Reporting Injuries by a Deadly Weapon, Criminal Act, Health Facility Neglect, or Emergency Department Violence (6 pages)
Reporting Diseases, Conditions, & Events
1525 DMV Reports_Epilepsy_Lapses of Consciousness (9 pages) 1530 Medical Error and Adverse Event Reporting (7 pages)
1528 Occupational Illness and Injury (5 pages) 0845 Pandemic and Emergency Health Preparedness Act (9 pages)
1515 Psychiatric Inpatients_Reporting Firearms Prohibition (5 pages) 1506 Reporting Communicable Diseases, Including Tuberculosis & Diseases Related to Bioterrorism (10 pages)
1527 Reporting neonatal & pediatric disorders (3 pages) 1501 Requirements for Reporting Cancer and Parkinson's Disease Cases (6 pages)
1507 Vaccines, Drugs and Devices_Reporting Adverse Events (8 pages) 1503 Vital Statistic Reporting_Birth and Marriage (3 pages)
Reproductive Issues
0401 Abortion Issues (6 pages) 0406 Infertility Treatment_Consent Requirements (9 pages)
1313 Infertility Treatment_Licensing and Disease Screening Requirements (6 pages) 0416 Informed Consent for Sterilization (and Hysterectomies) (12 pages)
1303 Tests of Pregnant Women, Newborns and Young Children (6 pages)
Warning Obligations
0815 Physician's Duty to Warn (12 pages) 0816 Proposition 65 Warnings (7 pages)
Workers' Compensation
1911 Basics of the Workers' Compensation System (6 pages) 1915 Health Care Organizations (HCOs) (5 pages)
1932 Medical Provider Networks (15 pages) 1925 Medical-Legal_Evaluations, Reports, and Payment (17 pages)
1955 MPN Independent Medical Review (8 pages) 1945 Qualified Medical Evaluators (QMEs)_Requirements and Responsibilities (7 pages)
1951 Spinal Surgery_Second Opinion Process (8 pages) 1930 Treating Physicians_Obligations & Reports (17 pages)
1929 Treating Physicians_Payment for Treatment (21 pages) 1950 Utilization Review (13 pages)
1922 Workers' Compensation Fraud_Identifying, Reporting and Responding to Suspected Fraud (12 pages) 1940 Workers' Compensation Subpoenas (2 pages)