CMA Member Benefits
ON-CALL INFORMATION ON DEMAND LIBRARY: Member physicians have free access to CMA ON-CALL, a repository of thousands of pages of medical, legal, regulatory, and reimbursement guidance. Click here or call (800) 786-4262.
REIMBURSEMENT ADVOCACY: Only CMA members get help from a Reimbursement Help Line to ensure they get paid fairly, using CMA live reimbursement specialists for one-on-one help with contracting, billing, and payment problems. Call (888) 401-5911.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Confused by IT choices? CMA offers programs on CMA-approved health care information technology solutions, from practice management systems to clinical reference software for handheld computers. Call (888) 401-5911.
CMA ALERT: Stay informed. Subscribe to CMA’s biweekly member newsletter, Alert keeps physicians and their staff informed about our legislative, legal, and public health activities. Activate your free email or fax subscription today. Call (916) 551-2072.
CALIFORNIA PHYSICIAN: CMA’s online magazine, California Physician offers in-depth, up-to-date information news, classifieds, a calendar of events, and other valuable articles and links of interest to physicians. Click here www.calphys.org.
LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY: Get involved in CMA’s advocacy efforts in Sacramento and Washington. Physicians participate directly in CMA’s political successes. CMA lobbyists educate legislators about the impact of proposed legislation on patients’ health and on physician practices in California. Call (916) 444-5532.
LEGISLATIVE KEY CONTACTS: Be part of CMA’s active network of physicians and their spouses as legislative “key contacts,” so that at crucial times during the legislative process, key contacts can ask to communicate with their respective elected officials on major issues. Call (916) 444-5532.
PUBLICATIONS: CMA publishes a variety of valuable resources, including legal handbooks, HIPAA compliance toolkits, practice management guides, and patient forms. These are free or discounted for member physicians. Click here www.cmanet.org/bookstore or call (800) 882-1262.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS: Members and their staff receive discounts at educational programs to help you meet regulatory and accreditation standards, learn effective practice management techniques, and provide quality care.
HIPAA COMPLIANCE: Receive a discount on a complete, do-it-yourself HIPAA privacy and security compliance toolkit (CD ROM). Call David Ginsberg at PrivaPlan at (877) 218-7707.
EPOCRATES CLINICAL REFERENCE GUIDES: Receive a 30% discount off of a one-year subscription and a 35% discount off of a two-year subscription to Epocrates’ clinical reference guides. Students and residents receive a 50% discount. Contact Epocrates at (800) 230-2150 or visit www.cmanet.org.
FREE CMA PHYSICIAN CONFIDENTIAL LINE: A 24-hour phone service for physicians, dentists, medical students, residents, and their families and colleagues who may have an alcohol or other chemical dependence or mental/behavioral problem. Completely confidential. Using it will not result in any form of disciplinary action or referral to any disciplinary body. Call (213) 383-2691.