Act Now! Assembly and Senate Budget Committees Reject Governor's Budget Proposal The Assembly and Senate Budget Committees have voted to reject the Governor’s budget proposal! However, each house has introduced different Prop 56 spending proposals that will need to be reconciled in the Legislative Budget Conference Committee. June 1, 2017 Advocacy, Health Care Reform, Medi Cal Medi-Cal, Senate Budget Committee, Tobacco tax 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMA Urges Legislature to Adopt State Budget that Improves Access to Care for Medi-Cal Patients Tobacco tax revenues must be invested as voters legally required, to improve health care access for 14.3 million California patients. May 11, 2017 Advocacy, CMA, Medi Cal Budget, CMA, Medi-Cal, Prop 56, Tobacco Tax 0 0 Comment Read More »
Urge your legislators to oppose Governor Brown's budget proposal and respect the voters who supported Prop. 56 The Governor’s proposed budget uses $1.2 billion from Prop 56 funds toward increased health care costs in the Medi-Cal program rather than increase provider payments as intended by the voters. January 11, 2017 Advocacy, CMA, Medi Cal Budget, Medi-Cal, Proposition 56 0 0 Comment Read More »
Physicians Must Post Nondiscrimination Statements by October 19 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights recently finalized new nondiscrimination rules intended to advance health equity and reduce health care disparities. Under the rule, individuals are protected from discrimination in health care on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability and sex, including discrimination based on pregnancy, gender identity and sex stereotyping. It also includes important protections for individuals with disabilities and enhances language assistance for people with limited English proficiency. September 19, 2016 CMA, Health Care Reform, Medi Cal, Medicaid, Medicare Affordable Care Act, Discrimination, HHS, Medicaid, Medi-Cal, Medicare, OCR 0 0 Comment Read More »
Seamless Conversion to Medicare Advantage Some questions have been raised about recent press coverage on plans enrolling new Medicare beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage without the beneficiary’s knowledge. The American Medical Association (AMA) raised concerns and a number of questions with senior officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Included in this blog posting are CMS’ answers. August 23, 2016 AMA, Covered California, Managed Care, Medi Cal, Medicaid, Medicare AMA, CMS, Dual-Eligibles, Medicare, Medicare Advantage 0 0 Comment Read More »