'We Care for California' to bring together 10,000 health care providers to rally to stop Medi-Cal cuts
CMA has joined an unprecedented coalition of physicians, dentists, health care workers and hospitals working to stop the READ MORE...
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5/17/13
Urge your senator to oppose bill that would allow NPs to practice medicine without supervision
A bill that would allow nurse practitioners to independently practice medicine is moving through the California Legislature. Senate Bill 491 (Hernande...
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5/10/13
Walgreens refuses to fill some controlled substance prescriptions without additional information from prescriber
CMA has received reports from physicians that Walgreens pharmacists are refusing to fill controlled substances prescriptions without additional inform...
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4/29/13
CMA Capitol Insight: Front and Center
CMA Capitol Insight is a biweekly column by veteran journalist Greg Lucas, reporting on the inner workings of the state Legislature. Without questi...
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9/17/12
Physical therapy scope bill dies in Assembly Committee
A bill (SB 924) opposed by CMA because it would have allowed physical therapists to treat patients without a medical diagnosis (also known as "direct ...
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9/12/12
CMA urges changes to the 2013 Medicare payment rule
Last week CMA submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the proposed Medicare Physician Payment Rule for 2013.Ge...
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7/10/12
Court refuses to require physician supervision of nurse anesthetists
The California Supreme Court refused to review a 2009 decision by former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to exempt California from federal rules requir...
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6/11/12
CMA kills attempt to allow online pharmacies to prescribe without prior examination
As part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) user-fee reauthorization bill, both Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Congressman Bill Cassid...
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3/19/12
CMA recommits to patient safety despite court ruling favoring nurse anesthetists
A state court of appeal has ruled that nothing in California law requires nurse anesthetists to be supervised by physicians when administering anesthe...
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1/26/12
CMA to present final arguments in nurse anesthetists ruling
CMA and the California Society of Anesthesiologists (CSA) will deliver their final arguments against a 2009 ruling by former Governor Arnold Schwarzen...
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