by Shanna Castro | Feb 7, 2024 | State Legislative Issues
What is new in CRA advocacy: CRA continues to work with the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) on the issue we raised with Anthem no longer paying for injections/infusion on the same day as when billing for an E&M office visit. DMHC has begun conversations...
by Shanna Castro | Jan 10, 2024 | State Legislative Issues
California and many other states across the country are focusing increased attention on chronic disease screening, prevention and awareness including such rheumatic diseases as arthritis. These public policy proposals seek to raise awareness of the significance of the...
by Shanna Castro | Jan 10, 2024 | State Legislative Issues
Poor medication adherence (patients taking medications as directed by their healthcare provider) leads to as many as 125,000 deaths, tens of millions of unnecessary hospitalizations and outpatient visits and as much as $290 billion in wasted spending every year. Eight...
by Shanna Castro | Jan 10, 2024 | State Legislative Issues
On October 1, 2014, the state began to implement the long-awaited Uniform Prescription Drug Prior Authorization Request Form. Certain health plans in California will be required to implement the form, as well as abide by new timelines and notification procedures,...
by Shanna Castro | Jan 10, 2024 | State Legislative Issues
Cal Medi-Connect is a three-year demonstration for dual eligible beneficiaries to receive coordinated medical, behavioral health, long-term institutional, and home- and community-based services through a single organized delivery system. Medi-Connect began to enroll...
by ARTILLERY | Jan 10, 2024 | State Legislative Issues
California was the first state in the nation to pass legislation creating a health insurance exchange, known as Covered California, after the enactment of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The state continues to consider legislation...
