ACCMA Meets with Newly Appointed Supervisor Elisa Márquez ACCMA met with newly appointed Alameda County Supervisor, Elisa Márquez, on Monday, July 31st. Supervisor Márquez represents District 2, which encompasses the communities of Hayward, Union City, Newark, and portions of Fremont. August 24, 2023 Advocacy Read More »
Three Trailblazing Female Physicians Led the ACMA in the Late 1800s Into the 1900s 128 years of history: In the year 1900, female physicians constituted about 5% of the total physician population in the U.S. Those odds didn’t stop three remarkable female physicians in Alameda County from rising to leadership positions in the Alameda County Medical Association. August 24, 2023 General ACCMA History, Women Physicians Read More »
Mentorship Opportunity Become a mentor to a medical student of the UCSF-UCB Joint Medical Program. Our first mentorship mixer will take place Tuesday, November 14. August 24, 2023 Activities and Events, General Read More »
Taking Back Control | June 2023 Conference Re-Cap This summer conference brought physicians together to find practical solutions to reduce the administrative hassles of daily medical practice. Find an event re-cap and the recorded seminars. August 24, 2023 Activities and Events Read More »
MCO Tax Renewal Promises Billions in Funding for Medi-Cal Patients and Providers On Monday, June 26th, the California Legislature passed the health budget trailer bill, which includes the renewal of the state's Managed Care Organization (MCO) Tax, marking the largest Medi-Cal rate increase in California history. June 29, 2023 Hot Topics, Legislation budget trailer bill, managed care, MCO tax, medi-cal Read More »
Urge Your Legislators to Vote NO on Two Important Bills Please contact your legislators and urge them to oppose AB 616 and SB 815. June 28, 2023 Advocacy, Legislation AB 616, healthcare legislation, medical board, SB 815 Read More »
Updated Training Requirements for Prescribing Controlled Substances The MATE Act established updated training requirements for physicians prescribing controlled substances. April 7, 2023 Opioids/Substance Use buprenorphine, MAT, MATE, OUD training Read More »
X-Waiver Eliminated, Removing Barriers to Substance Use Treatment In a national effort to facilitate the treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), practitioners no longer need to apply for an x-waiver. Find out what these changes mean for physicians. March 8, 2023 Opioids/Substance Use buprenorphine, MAT, medication assisted treatment, opioid use disorder treatment, OUD, x-waiver Read More »
The Data Exchange Framework: Sign by January 31 Physician practices are required to sign the Single Data Sharing Agreement by January 31, 2023. January 12, 2023 Hot Topics, Legislation calHHS, dataexchange Read More »
Dual Eligible Patients Moving from Medi-Cal FFS to Medi-Cal Managed Care Starting on January 1, 2023, all patients in Alameda and Contra Costa counties who are dually covered by both Medicare and Medi-Cal will be enrolled in a Medi-Cal managed care plan. This means that any dual eligible patients who were covered by Medi-Cal fee-for-service in 2022 will now be enrolled into a Medi-Cal managed care plan effective January 1. December 19, 2022 General Read More »