Blue Shield to significantly cut reimbursement of E/M services billed with modifier 25 and will no longer pay consult codes Blue Shield of California recently notified physicians of two upcoming changes to the payor’s policies. Effective July 14, 2024, Blue Shield will no longer reimburse for face-to-face consultation services (CPT codes 99242-99245 or 99252-99255). Additionally, the notice states it is changing its Global Surgical Period Payment Policy, which will significantly reduce reimbursement for evaluation and management (E/M) services billed with modifier 25. Consultation Codes Blue Shield is the latest payor to announce it will no longer reimburse consultation services. Consultation services, including telehealth consults, previously represented by CPT codes 99242-99245 and 99252-99255 ... May 28, 2024 Blue Shield, CMA, Coding Blue Shield, CMA, Consultaton Codes 0 0 Comment Read More »
Honorable Senate President Pro Term Mike McGuire to Keynote CMA Legislation Day The California Medical Association (CMA) is honored to announce that Senate President pro Tempore Mike McGuire will be our featured speaker at CMA's 50th Legislative Advocacy Day, happening on April 10, 2024, in Sacramento! Register now to receive hands-on experience and learn the essentials of advocating for your patients and profession. About Our Speaker The President pro Tempore of the California State Senate is the presiding officer of the Senate. They are elected by their fellow senators and serve as the Senate's leader in the absence of the Lieutenant Governor. Senator McGuire ... March 11, 2024 Advocacy, CMA, legislation Advocacy, Advocacy Day, CMA, Leg Day, Legislative 0 0 Comment Read More »
Physicians CMA President Elect Climate Change Forum We see this as THE most important thing you can do to show your support for CMA making climate an organizational priority THIS YEAR. Please join us and invite your CMA friends and colleagues. About this event Climate change is a health emergency, but what is our professional duty as physicians? Join other California Medical Association physicians to discuss CMA's opportunity to lead. Date: Friday, Sept 17, 2021 Time : 12:30-1:30 PDT Our climate is changing. Across California climate change is multiplying health risks: more frequent and severe heat waves, worsening droughts and megafires in ... September 3, 2021 CMA, Leadership Climate Change, CMA, Environmental Health 0 0 Comment Read More »
Important CMA House of Delegates Update Important CMA House of Delegates Update Delegates and Colleagues: Once again, the leadership of the California Medical Association (CMA) met to discuss how to best handle this year's annual session of the House of Delegates (HOD) considering the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic and emergence of the delta variant. While we greatly desired to have HOD meet in-person in a safe way, it is with a sense of responsibility and disappointment that we have moved to cancel our in-person meeting and replace it with a virtual session of the House. We have directed staff to ... August 24, 2021 CMA CMA, House of Delegates 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMA Announces New Statewide Effort to Promote Physician Wellness As the delivery of health care undergoes fundamental shifts and the rate of burnout among physicians continues to rise, physician wellness and professional fulfillment have become hot topics throughout the health care community – and for good reason. In a recent Medscape survey, nearly two-thirds of U.S. doctors said they felt burned out, depressed or both. More troubling still, one-third of respondents said such feelings affected their relationships with patients. Burnout can erode the quality of patient care and decrease patient satisfaction. It can also limit patient access to care, as physicians experiencing burnout ... January 18, 2019 CMA, Physician Wellness CMA, Physician Wellness 0 0 Comment Read More »
