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CMA Alert
News on public health policy and medicine from the California Medical Association
- CMA Urges Physicians to Correct Data Used by Payors to Grade their Performance
In the last three weeks, some 20,000 California physicians received letters from the California Physician Performance Initiative (CPPI). - Insurers Updating Contracts to Comply with Language Access Regs
CMA has updated ON-CALL document #0813, "Language Interpreters", to address various new health plan contract amendments related to the Language Assistance Program (LAP) regulations that will take effect next year. - Blue Cross Removes More Onerous
Provisions from Physician Contracts
As we reported in Alert last month, Blue Cross recently agreed to remove the most problematic provisions from its physician contracts. - Legal Update
HMO Nonpayment for Emergency Services... - Gov. Proposes Cuts and Taxes to Address 11.2B Shortfall
Governor Schwarzenegger announced last week a special legislative session to deal with the $11.2 billion budget shortfall facing California for the current fiscal year. - 2008 Election Recap
Although a few candidate races remain too close to call, the results from the 2008 California election already look positive for California physicians. - CMA Physicians Testify at Scope Hearing
More than a dozen physicians representing CMA and the California Psychiatric Association testified at a public hearing on October 23... - Member Benefit of the Week: Save 10 Percent on Auto Insurance
Mercury Insurance offers some the lowest auto insurance rates in California, and now CMA members can save an additional 10 percent off Mercury's already great rates.