Orange County Medical Association

With 6.7 million uninsured Californians, CMA believes expanding access to care is imperative for the healthy future of California.  CMA urges Congress to fulfill the promise of coverage for all by

Los Angeles, CA, Mission Viejo general surgeon Juan Carlos Cobo, MD, F.A.C.S. is the newly-elected Chair of the Mutual Protection Trust (MPT) Board of Trustees. MPT is the medical professional

Yesterday, State Controller John Chiang announced that the State will begin issuing registered warrants, commonly known as "IOUs", on July 2nd if a new State Budget is not in place. Traditionally, the

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has become aware of a scam where perpetrators are sending faxes to physician offices posing as the Medicare carrier or Medicare Administrative

The health reform debate is heating up in Washington, D.C. as Congressional leaders start to unveil their proposals.  At the end of May, the Senate Finance Committee put out three white papers

Background For the past several weeks, the Budget Conference Committee has been reviewing the Governor’s proposed plan to fill the State’s ongoing Budget Deficit, now pegged at almost $24 billion

Today, a Health IT Policy Committee work group released its initial recommendations for defining "meaningful use" of electronic health records, Health Data Management reports

The New Yorker, the New York Times, and the Washington Post are all pushing the idea that doctors are the primary culprits for rising health care costs. As these stories work their way into California

Six health care industry groups submitted proposals for controlling rising health care costs to the White House yesterday as part of President Obama's push for health care reform.? A Republican House

Sacramento - Dr. Dev GnanaDev, president of the California Medical Association, issued the following statement after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called on the state Legislature to swiftly enact his