'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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5/20/13
CMA offers Congress several solutions to the outdated Medicare physician payment localities
CMA is urging Congress to fix Medicare's outdated geographic payment localities as part of any effort to repeal the sustainable growth rate (SGR) pay...
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4/5/13
IOM says geography-based Medicare payments won't address regional differences in spending
Using a geographic value index to adjust payment based on aggregate measures of spending and quality would unfairly punish low-cost providers in high-...
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4/5/13
MedPAC asks Congress to repeal SGR formula in its year-end report
In the latest debate surrounding government spending on Medicare payments, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) asked Congress to repeal ...
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3/28/13
Senate passes several health care resolutions of note during budget debate
Last weekend the U.S. Senate passed its first budget in four years by a largely partisan vote of 50 to 49. Four Democrats voted against it and no Repu...
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3/27/13
Reminder: 2% cut to Medicare reimbursement begins April 1
Physicians should expect a 2 percent reduction in reimbursement from the Medicare program across the board for all claims with dates of service on or ...
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3/8/13
CMS releases sequestration guidance for providers
On March 8, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released guidance for provider billing under the Budget Control Act of 2011 or sequestra...
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2/22/13
Medicare reimbursement for physicians may be cut by 2% if Congress doesn't act by March 1
With no solution on the horizon to the budgetary woes in Congress, physicians should prepare for a 2 percent reduction in reimbursement from the Medic...
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2/8/13
CMA takes its views to Congress
The week of February 11, CMA physician officers, leaders and medical students/residents, will visit Washington, D.C., to push members of Congress for ...
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1/2/13
Congress stops Medicare cuts for one year as part of fiscal cliff legislation
Congress on January 1 passed HR 8, the American Taxpayer Relief Act, narrowly averting the so-called "fiscal cliff." The bill includes a one-year Medi...
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