Formerly known as "CMA On-Call," learn how to use CMA's legal resources
Amongst the numerous benefits of VCMA/CMA membership, the CMA Medical Legal Library includes thousands of documents to help answer your burning questions. A few tips on using this resource:
1.Log on to the CMA website. If you haven’t activated your account, click here for instructions.
2.Hover over the tab “Professional Resources” and click on “Resource Library and Store.”
3.Click on “Medical Legal Library” where you can browse numerous categories including:
- ADA/Discrimination
- Adverse Events
- Advertising
- AIDS/HIV
- Allied Health Professionals
- Ancillary Services
- Antitrust
- Business Prohibitions/Disclosure
- Clinical Laboratories
- Consent
- Death/Organ Donation
- Decisions Regarding Life-Sustaining Treatment
- Drug Prescribing/Dispensing
- Drug Testing
- eMedicine
- Emergency Transfer
- Expert Witness Issues
- Fraud and Abuse
- Fraud and Abuse: Referral Issues
- Managed Care
- Managed Care: Contract Termination/Exclusion
- Managed Care: Risk Arrangements
- Managed Care: Utilization Review & Management
- Medical Board: Discipline & Licensing
- Medical Board: Reporting to
- Medical Practice: Employment Issues
- Medical Practice: Groups, IPAs, MSOs
- Medical Records: HIPAA
- Medical Records: Management
- Medical Records: Requests for Access
- Medical Records: Special Confidentiality Requirements
- Medical Staffs
- Medicare and Medi-Cal
- Miscellaneous Issues
- Office Safety
- Outpatient Facilities
- Peer Review
- Physician-Patient Relationship
- Professional Liability
- Reimbursement: From HMOs & Other Private Payors
- Reimbursement: From Patients
- Reimbursement: Other Issues
- Reporting Abuse/Violence
- Reporting Diseases, Conditions, & Events
- Reproductive Issues
- Warning Obligations
- Workers' Compensation
4.Click on any of these categories to view articles.
5.Click on your desired article.
6.Click “Download File.” All documents are free to members and because you are signed in you will be prompted to downloadthe file in PDF format.
Additionally, you can search for specific subjects through the CMA search engine. Type what you wish to search, then filter for “Resources.”
Don’t forget to check out free “On Demand Webinars” at the Resource Library and Store.
