By Dr. Melissa Campos MD Part of our role as Family Medicine Physicians is to be advocates. We can advocate in the clinic for our patients or we can extend our advocacy beyond the walls of the clinic to the larger community. I first started to consider advocacy on a larger level when I was […]
For Immediate Release July 26, 2021 Contact: Josh Lunsford (415) 345-8667 jlunsford@familydocs.org California Family Physicians Support COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts for Health Care Workforce San Francisco — The California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP) supports the efforts by Governor Newsom to require vaccination of state workers and health care workers across the state. CAFP supports universal […]
As California continues its efforts to vaccinate all eligible residents against COVID-19, the state is offering up to $55,000 for physician practices to support vaccination efforts, through CalVaxGrant. The practice support grants will help physicians and medical practices (with 200 or less physicians) administer COVID-19 vaccines in their community, as well as reimburse for related […]
Meet Dr. Faustin who specializes in family and community medicine, sports medicine and musculoskeletal pain medicine. Dr. Faustin is co-head team physician for Team USA women’s gymnastics for the Tokyo Olympics. Dr. Faustin is a former club gymnast, high school volleyball player and Division I track and field athlete. She won four conference titles in […]
The CAFP seeks an experienced, motivated, and creative Manager of Grassroots and Advocacy who is dedicated to advocating for family physicians on critical health care issues in California. This position provides strategic and tactical support to advance CAFP’s advocacy and policy priorities. The ideal candidate will have the knowledge, skills, and abilities to conduct grassroots […]
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an informational bulletin stating, the 2019 Public Charge Final Rule has been vacated and is no longer in effect as of March 9, 2021. CMS is reaching out to states and encouraging them to work with […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
