In an August 2020 notice to providers, Blue Shield announced it would be temporarily increasing payment rates for certain E/M codes to help reduce the negative impacts of COVID-19. The increased pay rates are equal to a flat five percent fee schedule increase for providers on the Blue Shield standard fee schedule, effective for services […]
In an effort to help Californians who have been impacted by the wildfires burning across the state, and to build on the help provided to those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing recession, Covered California announced the establishment of new paths to coverage during the current special-enrollment period. Consumers who are victims of […]
David Bazzo, MD of San Diego Named Interim Chair, UC San Diego Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, and as President, California Academy of Family Physicians David Bazzo, MD, a family physician who practices in San Diego, recently began his tenure as president of the 11,000-member California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP). Bazzo has […]
CAFP's very own Jasmeet Kaur Bains, M.D. has been named to CA Women Lead Board of Directors. Dr. Bains additionally serves as the Medical Director of Bakersfield Recovery Services overseeing substance abuse, addiction, and mental health rehabilitation for her community including pregnant women, which helps address the increasing maternal, and neonatal mortality rate in her community. […]
CAFP is proud to announce 6 resident members have been selected to receive the 2020 AAFP Award for Excellence in Graduate Medical Education. The recipients include: Anna Askari, M.D. Adam Bortner, M.D. Emmeline Ha, M.D. Heather Lee, M.D. Michelle Lough, M.D. Andrea Silva, M.D. The honor is awarded to residents whose performance during residency training […]
Register by Aug. 31 to purchase until Sept. 3 CAFP is pleased to announce that through a collaboration with the AAFP and Project N95, a nonprofit organization working to get critical equipment to frontline workers, our members have a special opportunity to purchase the following PPE at bulk pricing* and in small quantities: N95 respirators, […]
As you know our FM Clinical Forum was postponed from May to November due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While we all long to gather in person, it is clear that our conference this year will need to be 100% virtual. So while we twirl (we like this better than pivot) to this new reality, we […]
Being Present: The Power of Empathy Karen Muchowski, MD, FAAFP As Family Physicians, we have a daily battle to keep up with massive amounts of information on all of the illnesses that affect our patients. And now there is COVID.... So I thought it would be good to remind ourselves that just being present is […]
A bill to grant nurse practitioners (NPs) the right to practice medicine independently, AB 890 (Wood), will be heard on the Senate Floor early next week. This might be the LAST chance to stop the bill before it goes to the Governor for his signature. CAFP has adopted an Oppose position, as the author and sponsors have refused to […]
