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July 22, 2021
New Data Reports on ACEs Aware Training and Screening

The ACEs Aware initiative “ACEs Aware Screening, Training, and Certification Progress: July 2021 Update" was released today. This new data report details the number of Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) screenings conducted in California between January 1, 2020, and September 30, 2020, and the number of providers who completed the “Becoming ACEs Aware in California” online training […]

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July 21, 2021
Post-COVID Syndrome Webinar July 21st

Join us July 21, at 7pm CT, for "Post-COVID Syndrome: What Family Physicians Need to Know." This webinar will define post-COVID syndrome based on its associated symptoms and conditions, discuss the interim CDC guidance for the management of post-COVID syndrome and evaluate how to modify your practice to manage patients coming in with potential post-COVID […]

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July 20, 2021
Protect MICRA - Community Ambassador Training

While frontline healthcare heroes like you were hard at work protecting Californians throughout the pandemic, proponents of the so-called “Fairness for Injured Patients Act” (FIPA) were advocating for their trial attorney-backed measure that will limit access to care during the worst possible time by eliminating key Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) protections. While the […]

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July 19, 2021
Loan Forgiveness Program Progress at Federal Level

The U.S. Department of Education has reopened its “negotiated rule-making process” to make changes to the Higher Education Act, which includes the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF). CAFP, in partnership with the California Medical Association (CMA), have urged the Department for years to correct an unjust denial of the PSLF benefits to physicians in […]

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July 16, 2021
Mask Restrictions May Return to your County 

Bay Area counties are currently urging vaccinated individuals to continue to wear masks indoors again. As an uptick in Delta Variant cases emerge, regional health officials are now recommending the use of masks, however it’s not currently mandated. This includes workplaces, despite already having to comply with Cal/OSHA requirements, suggesting vaccinated employees return to wearing […]

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July 1, 2021
CalVaxGrant to Help Community Practices Vaccinate

The California Department of Public Health, in partnership with the Physicians for a Healthy California, will soon launch a new program aimed at supporting small physician practices that want to become COVID-19 vaccination sites. Through CalVaxGrant physician practices can receive grants up to $55,000 to support their efforts. To apply, qualified practices should complete section A of […]

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June 30, 2021
Summer Reading Recommendations from Our Committee and Staff

Here’s hoping that you’ll find something on this list and take some time to relax and enjoy some summer reading!  A true potpourri of recommendations from your CAFP Committee on Continuing Professional Development (CCPD) and your CAFP Staff. NASEM report on Implementing High Quality Primary Care – Laura Murphy, MD National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, […]

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June 28, 2021
AAFP Keeps Vaccine Pressure on Congress

In written testimony to a pair of congressional hearings this month, the Academy called for robust funding for education and outreach campaigns encouraging routine immunizations and building vaccine confidence. “Vaccination strategies should leverage trusted primary care physicians to improve access to immunizations in patients’ own communities and build vaccine confidence,” the AAFP said in its […]

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June 26, 2021
As Parents Forbid Covid Shots, Defiant Teenagers Seek Ways to Get Them

Dr. Jay W. Lee was featured in the New York Times article "As Parents Forbid Covid Shots, Defiant Teenagers Seek Ways to Get Them". Pediatricians say that even parents who have themselves been vaccinated are wary for their children. Dr. Jay Lee, a family physician and chief medical officer of Share Our Selves, a community health […]

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