Mayor Eric Garcetti selects Los Angeles County Medical Association President-Elect to serve on City’s Board of Fire and Police Pension Commissioners
LOS ANGELES, CA (January 22, 2014) — Los Angeles County Medical Association (LACMA) announced that Dr. Pedram Salimpour, President-Elect of LACMA, has been selected by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to join the City’s Board of Fire and… Read More
LA County Medical Association Joins Forces With LA County Podiatric Medical Society to Protect Patients From Proposed Cal MediConnect Pilot
LOS ANGELES, CA (August 6, 2013) — The Los Angeles County Medical Association for the first time is forging an alliance with the Los Angeles County Podiatric Medical Society to challenge the ill-conceived federal/state Cal MediConnect project that… Read More
Marshall Morgan, M.D., Chief of Emergency Medicine at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Takes the Gavel as the 142nd President of the Los Angeles County Medical Association
LOS ANGELES, CA (June 17, 2013) — Dr. Marshall Morgan, Chief of Emergency Medicine at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, will be installed as President of the Los Angeles County Medical Association (LACMA) on June 20, 2013… Read More
Anthem Blue Cross Sued for Limiting Its Preferred Provider Network Resulting in Less Access to Health Care
LOS ANGELES, CA (February 21, 2013) — Jury selection began today in a Los Angeles Superior Court case involving a claim that giant health care insurer Anthem Blue Cross excludes primary care doctors from its Preferred Provider Network… Read More
Los Angeles County Medical Association Announces The Formation Of First-Ever Latino Physicians Advisory Committee
LOS ANGELES, CA (December 3, 2012) — Today the Los Angeles County Medical Association (LACMA), an organization that represents over 6,500 dedicated physicians County-wide, announced the formation of the first-ever Latino Physicians Advisory Committee.
Health Net Slapped with Lawsuit for Denying Legitimate Claims for Potentially Life-Saving Medical Treatments
LOS ANGELES, CA (Sept. 13, 2012) — Insurance giant Health Net routinely and illegally denies patients’ claims to important and sometimes life-saving, medical treatments, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday
Thousands of California Doctors File Lawsuit to Stop Threats and Retaliation By Aetna
LOS ANGELES, CA (July 3, 2012) — Aetna Health of California routinely and illegally denies patients access to out-of-network doctors after selling them costly insurance policies that promises patients the right to chose their own physicians
Los Angeles County Medical Association Partners With SynerMed To Provide A Distinct Advantage to Physician Members
LOS ANGELES, CA (April 7, 2012) — The Los Angeles County Medical Association (LACMA) is a professional association representing 6,000 physicians from every medical specialty and practice.