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January 11, 2024
Governor’s 2024-25 Proposed Budget Preserves Key Investments in Health Care

Governor Gavin Newsom released his 2024-2025 Budget Proposal on Wednesday, January 10, 2024. Despite a projected budget deficit, the budget proposal preserves key investments in healthcare, including Medi-Cal eligibility for undocumented immigrants, Medi-Cal primary care provider rate increases, and Song Brown funding. The 2024-25 Governor’s Budget proposes spending $291.5 billion in state dollars. Consisting of […]

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January 10, 2024
Medical Board of California PTL Licensing Webinar January 22nd

Calling all Residents, Fellows and Program Directors! Do you have Questions about Licensing? Please join our Webinar, January 22nd, 12:00-1:00pm, in partnership with the Medical Board of California, where they will cover a range of topics, including an overview of the new law changes, SB 815 and SB 143, that make changes to the PTL. When to apply […]

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January 4, 2024
Family Docs Podcast: New Episode Out Now!

Tune-in to Season 2, Episode 2: Rural Family Medicine & OB Deserts In this episode, we’ll be talking about rural family medicine and OB deserts. Drs. Mooneyham, DiPaolo, and Hagge join together to talk about Rural Family Medicine and reflect on Dr. Mooneyham’s article in the California Family Physician magazine (Fall 2023) on OB Deserts. […]

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December 21, 2023
CAFP Wrapped

CAFP Wrapped  An "End of the Year Wrapped" typically refers to a personalized summary or compilation of a person's or entity's activities, achievements, or engagement over a calendar year. This concept is commonly associated with music streaming services such as Spotify, which provide users with a detailed breakdown of their listening habits, favorite songs, genres, […]

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December 15, 2023
Targeted Rate Increases Webinar December 19th

The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is hosting an open webinar on December 19th at 3 p.m. (PT) to answer questions about the implementation of targeted rate increases for Medi-Cal professional services, effective Jan. 1, 2024. Under the 2023 Budget Act, DHCS received authorization (pending federal approval) to increase rates for certain primary care, […]

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December 14, 2023
Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) Signatory Grants Deadline Extended

Round 3 of the Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) Signatory Grants Program has been extended until December 20, 2023. CDII is making $47 million available to practices that have signed the DSA to support implementation of the DxF requirements. If your organization has health IT needs to meet DSA requirements, Technical Assistance grants or QHIO onboarding […]

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December 11, 2023
Show & Tell: Cancer and Exercise - Together Like Peanut Butter and Jelly?

By Susan Glockner, MD, FAAFP When we as physicians or our patients think about battling cancer, exercise is not always the first treatment that comes to mind, but it should be.  Cancer and exercise go together like peanut butter and jelly! The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has researched this topic from basic science […]

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December 7, 2023
Register For Our 2024 AMAM!

Don't miss your chance to attend CAFP's annual All Member Advocacy Meeting (AMAM) on April 13-14, 2024, in Sacramento. At the AMAM, you’ll hear from policy and political experts, get hands on experience advocating for issues important to family medicine, network with advocacy-oriented colleagues, and meet with your legislators. AMAM 2024 will focus on utilizing […]

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December 6, 2023
Rural Resolution Virtual Workshop December 15

Are you a rural doctor that wants to learn how to have a direct impact on advocacy efforts of the entire CAFP, leading to new policies and laws that directly impact how we practice medicine and our patients receive care? Join us on December 15th at 6pm for a virtual workshop.  As CAFP members, you […]

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