AAFP released a statement, urging all eligible children and adults to get vaccinated against COVID-19. CAFP also strongly urges all eligible Californians to get vaccinated against COVID-19. COVID-19 vaccines are safe, effective and have been shown to prevent serious illness and hospitalizations in children and adolescents, including children who are otherwise healthy. We share AAFP's […]
The Office of Health Equity announced the creation of the Equity in All Policies Section under the new Advancing Community Equity (ACE) Branch and the relaunch of the Health in All Policies Task Force! The Equity in All Policies Section will expand upon CDPH’s historic and ongoing support for the Health in All Policies Task […]
2022 is already off to an eventful and exciting start for the CAFP Foundation! As the year kicked-off, the CAFP Foundation Board of Trustees (BoT) and the CAFP Board of Directors affirmed a new President and slate of candidates. We are grateful for the generous support, perspective and expertise from our outgoing Trustees and are […]
Join CAFP on March 16th, 6:30 - 7:30pm. We all serve patients that have experienced trauma and toxic stress. Many times, these are the more complex patients with intractable issues. These challenges can cause us to question our effectiveness as physicians, increase patient dissatisfaction, increase provider stress, and decrease wellbeing for staff. All of our […]
In December, the California Employment Development Department (EDD) detected a disability insurance identity theft scam that involved suspected organized criminal elements filing false disability insurance claims by attempting to use stolen credentials of medical or health providers. Last week, EDD confirmed that approximately 98 percent of the 27,000 medical provider accounts it initially flagged as […]
Join CAFP on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 from 6:00-7:00 PM for an educational webinar on Incorporating Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) into Family Medicine Residency Training. Program directors, interested faculty, and residents are welcome. Medical aid in dying (MAID) is a service available to patients at the end of their lives and is designed to reduce […]
The California Assembly will be taking do-or-die votes on Monday on controversial bills, including on AB 1400, the single-payer bill. The votes are do-or-die, because bills that failed to pass their house of origin have until January 31 to pass in order to stay alive. The vote on these controversial bills have been put off […]
Dr. Jay W. Lee was featured in the Nevada Academy of Family Physician's Winter 2021 magazine. Read the article here.
California, as well as the nation, prepare for more staffing shortages in healthcare after the Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration from enforcing its sweeping vaccine-or-test requirements for large private companies, but allowed a vaccine mandate to stay in place for medical facilities. President Biden has called on states and businesses to voluntarily institute vaccination […]
