CMA passes resolution urging U.S. Chamber of Commerce to cease tobacco advocacy efforts The California Medical Association (CMA) reinforced its long-established stance against tobacco use today, with the CMA House of Delegates voting in favor of a resolution (Res. 107-15) that strongly objects to pro-tobacco efforts by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in other parts of the world. With the resolution’s passage, CMA calls on the Chamber to immediately halt all advocacy efforts on behalf of tobacco companies and urges all conscientious companies that are members of the Chamber to either take similar action or quit their membership to protest such anti-health efforts. “As ... October 31, 2015 CMA, General Public Health, Tobacco, House of Delegates 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMA receives Profile of Excellence award for Prop 46 campaign The American Association of Medical Society Executives (AAMSE) honored the California Medical Association (CMA) with a Profile of Excellence award for its advocacy in the No on Proposition 46 campaign. The Profiles of Excellence Awards recognize organizations for efforts that advance the field of organized medicine and improve the lives of physicians and the patients they serve. CMA and its county medical societies were also recognized with the AAMSE President's Award for their collaborative efforts in the campaign. Proposition 46, the trial lawyers' attempt to overturn California's Medical Injury Compensation ... August 17, 2015 Awards, CMA MICRA, Awards 0 0 Comment Read More »
IMQ's CME program awarded accreditation with commendation The California Medical Association and its Institute for Medical Quality (IMQ) have been recognized by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) as an exemplary provider of continuing medical education (CME). ACCME has awarded CMA/IMQ with a six-year accreditation term with commendation. Overall, only 21 percent of ACCME-accredited providers achieve accreditation with commendation. This six-year award recognizes both the quality of the educational activities and the initiatives sponsored by both organizations, which are intended to foster leadership, encourage collaboration with other stakeholders and integrate CME into efforts to improve ... August 17, 2015 CMA, General Awards, CME Accreditation, IMQ, Institute for Medical Quality, Accreditation 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMA elects new chair and vice chair of its board of trustees On Sunday, December 7, 2014, the California Medical Association (CMA) Board of Trustees elected David H. Aizuss, M.D., as the new chair and Robert E. Wailes, M.D., as vice chair. Dr. Aizuss is a board certified ophthalmologist practicing in Los Angeles. Through the David H. Aizuss, M.D., Medical Corporation, and the Ophthalmology Associates of the Valley Medical Surgical Group, a partnership of medical corporations, Dr. Aizuss focuses exclusively on direct patient care. He also serves as an assistant clinical professor of Ophthalmology at the UCLA Geffen School of Medicine. Dr. Aizuss ... December 16, 2014 CMA House of Delegates, Physician Leadership, Board of Trustees 0 0 Comment Read More »
Health Benefit Exchange Toolkit Now Available In 2010, Congress passed historic sweeping health care legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which reformed the for-profit health insurance industry and beginning in 2014 will provide health insurance to most of the nation’s uninsured. Under the ACA, two thirds of California’s uninsured will be covered by private insurance through a health insurance exchange purchasing pool. The exchange’s goal is to start pre-enrollment in October 2013. CMA has developed a new toolkit titled, CMA’s Got You Covered: A physician’s guide to Covered California, the state’s health benefit ... March 6, 2013 CMA Affordable Care Act (ACA), Covered CA, health benefit exchange 0 0 Comment Read More »
