This October and November, CAFP is partnering with CVEEP (Champions for Vaccine Education, Equity + Progress) on an education campaign for adults 50 and older. The message is simple and easy to repeat in an exam room: you can't control everything, but vaccination can help you take more control of your health. Older adults face […]
CAFP is thrilled to unveil its newly revamped Policy Compendium! CAFP’s Policy Compendium is the official record of our policy positions. It captures our core priorities, values, and standing on the big issues impacting family medicine across California. Finding CAFP policy just got much easier. Over the summer, CAFP welcomed Jolynn Doan, an intern from […]
Effective community health clinics need more than physicians and exam rooms. They need scheduling teams, reliable medical records, language services, safe facilities, and the staff who keep care accessible. Proposition 44 could make it harder to sustain that essential infrastructure. The measure would require nonprofit community health clinics to spend at least 90% of their […]
This week California’s Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) published its first Report on Promoting High Value Health Care in California, 2023-2024. The report provides the first measure of statewide primary care spending and will serve as a foundation for implementing the state’s primary care investment benchmark. The report also includes information about OHCA’s work […]
By Sarah McNeil MD, FAAFP Motivational interviewing has been transformative in my professional and, if I’m being honest, personal life. This is even more true for me since I joined the Contra Costa Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) Team, where I serve some of our most vulnerable and isolated community members facing real barriers […]
Part 1 of CAFP’s H.R. 1 Implementation Series Several provisions of H.R. 1, the federal 2025 budget reconciliation law, begin taking effect this fall. As of October 1, 2026, new federal restrictions on Medicaid and CHIP eligibility for certain lawfully present immigrants are in effect. These changes limit access to federally funded Medicaid and CHIP […]
CAFP’s H.R. 1 Implementation Series On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed H.R. 1 or the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” into law. H.R. 1 is a multi-issue budget reconciliation bill that includes changes to federal funding levels, program eligibility rules, and administrative requirements across several policy areas, including healthcare. The legislation advances federal budget objectives […]
Do you have questions about resolutions? Join the CAFP Speaker and Vice Speaker for an open office hours session on October 14 from 7:00-7:30pm to learn about the new requirements and guidelines for resolutions. The 2027 Resolution Submission Form is now open for submissions. Be sure to review the newly updated 2027 CAFP Resolution Submission […]
Interested in serving as an Officer on the CAFP Board of Directors or At Large Member of the Governance Committee? Know a member who would be a great candidate for either role? This fall, the CAFP Governance Committee will vet candidates for positions that the Delegates to the All Member Advocacy Meeting (AMAM) and CAFP […]
