title: California law poses serious threat to DM programs.
abstract: California legislators have sent shock waves through the disease management community with laws that require physician authorization for DM enrollment. Find out what the new laws say and how federal regulations due soon may--or may not--counter this setback.
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019468:Disease Management; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D008004:Licensure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence