Medical Practices are Subject to the New Corporate Transparency Act Did you know that your California medical practice is a corporate entity? It is, and there is new federal legislation called the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) that went into effect January 1, 2024, which will impact your practice. The CTA requires compliance by December 31, 2024, which is only four months away, and failure to do so will result in the imposition of unnecessary penalties. Don’t stress, however, as Thakur Law Firm, APC (TLF) will help your medical practice comply with the CTA. August 29, 2024 California Legislation, Federal Legislation, Legislation, News 0 0 Comment Read More »
Why Data Exchange Matters All Californians, no matter where they live, should be able to trust that their physicians can safely and securely access critical patient information to provide safe, effective, whole-person care. But most Californians receive care from multiple providers that may or may not be able to share health records electronically, resulting in delayed access to critical information. This connection gap impacts all of us, but disproportionately impacts communities of color, low-income Californians, older populations and rural parts of our state. March 17, 2023 California Legislation, Health Information Technology (HIT), Legislation, Practice Management, Resources Data Exchange, DxF, HIT, Webinars 0 0 Comment Read More »
Physicians React to Congress' Plan to Cut Medicare Payments by 2.5% in 2023 Medicare physicians will face a 2.5% payment cut in 2023, under the year-end omnibus legislation unveiled this week by Congress. A vote is expected by Friday to avoid a government shutdown. December 22, 2022 California Legislation, Federal Legislation, Legislation, Medicare, Practice Management, RCMA, RCMA/CMA, Resources, Riverside County Community medicare, medicare cuts 2023, RCMA Medicare Update, riverside county medical association 0 0 Comment Read More »
CalHHS Data Sharing Agreement Required to be Signed by 01/31/2023 Providers must sign the data sharing agreement by January 31, 2023. December 12, 2022 California Legislation, Legislation, News, Practice Management, Press Release, RCMA, RCMA/CMA, Resources Calhhs, data exchange framework, data sharing, data sharing agreement, rcma, riverside county medical association 0 0 Comment Read More »
Telehealth Limitations Being Suspended Immediately President Donald Trump today announced the federal government is immediately suspending HIPAA enforcement and penalties to facilitate use of telehealth for health care services in both the Medicare and Medicaid programs. March 18, 2020 Federal Legislation, Legislation, Telehealth Coronavirus, COVID-19, HIPAA, Telehealth 0 0 Comment Read More »
COVID-19 Legislative Update - 3/16/2020 U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin reached an agreement on Friday on a new far-reaching coronavirus response package March 17, 2020 Coronavirus, Federal Legislation, Legislation, Public Health Alert, Resources Coronavirus, Coronavirus Testing, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, Legislation 0 0 Comment Read More »
New Assembly Bill (AB 5) Affects Employee Classification This new law addresses the “employment status” of workers when they are claimed to be an independent contractor and not an employee. January 10, 2020 California Legislation, Legislation AB 5, AB5, Employee Classification, Employment Status, Healthcare Legislation, Healthcare Workers, Legislation, Worker Classification 0 0 Comment Read More »
New Mandatory Sexual Harassment Training for California Employers Has Your Entire Staff Been Trained on Sexual Harassment? April 16, 2019 California Legislation, Legislation, Member Benefits, Practice Management, RCMA/CMA, Resources SB 1343, SB1343, sexual harassment, sexual harassment training 0 0 Comment Read More »
2019 California Employment Law Update 2019 California Employment Law Update March 6, 2019 California Legislation, Legislation, Practice Management, Resources, Risk Management #MeToo, AB 2770, AB 3109, employee, employment, employment law, lactation accomodations, legal, minimum wage, minimum wage increase, pay equity, SB 1343 , sexual harassment, sexual harassment preventation, sexual harassment training, workplace compliance 0 0 Comment Read More »
RCMA/CMA's Advocacy Secures $1 Billion+ for Medi-Cal Providers California voters overwhelmingly approved Prop 56, which added a $2 tax on tobacco products and stipulated that funds should increase access by improving provider payments. California's 2018-2019 state budget continues to provide over $1 billion annually to improve provider payments so more Medi-Cal patients can access care when they need it most. September 28, 2018 California Legislation, Legislation, Medi-Cal, RCMA/CMA, Resources Big Tobacco, IEHP, Medi-Cal, Prop 56, Proposition 56 0 0 Comment Read More »
