CMA guide helps physicians challenge AB 72 interim payments The California Medical Association (CMA) has published a new guide to help physicians challenge “interim payments” under the new AB 72 out-of-network billing and payment law. The guide is free and available exclusively to members in CMA’s AB 72 resource center at www.cmanet.org/ab-72. On July 1, 2017, the new law (AB 72) took effect changing the billing practices of non-participating physicians providing covered, non-emergent care at in-network facilities including hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and laboratories. The law requires plans and insurers to reimburse physicians at the greater of either the payor’s ... October 13, 2017 General, Managed Care AB 72, Economic Advocacy, Out of Network Care 0 0 Comment Read More »
