CalMedForce is a program committed to growing a diverse physician workforce by supporting, incentivizing and expanding graduate medical education (GME) in California. CalMedForce was developed by Physicians for a Healthy California ( PHC), the charitable arm of the California Medical Association (CMA), in partnership with the University of California to provide expertise and guidance regarding the Prop. 56 funded GME program.

PHC announced last week that more than $38 million in new state tobacco tax revenues have been awarded to GME programs across the state to fund 156 slots for physician residencies. The first CalMedForce grants will help address the state’s physician shortage, particularly in underserved communities where patients often lack access to timely and quality health care. More...

The Medi-Cal Provider Enrollment Division (PED) recently announced that it will no longer accept paper enrollment forms, effective March 5, 2019. Medi-Cal enrollment applications and forms will move entirely to the e-form application process through the California Department of Health Care Services’ (DHCS) Provider Application and Validation for Enrollment ( PAVE ) portal. With this deadline approaching, DHCS has scheduled an additional PAVE 101 training on Thursday, February 21, 2019, from 12-2 p.m to ensure users are prepared to begin using the online enrollment process. More...

Physicians are overwhelmed with unnecessary, burdensome regulations that take time and resources away from providing quality patient care. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued a draft strategy designed to help reduce administrative and regulatory burden on clinicians caused by the use of health information technology (health IT) such as electronic health records (EHRs). More...

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) recently  announced  that providers will now have free online access to California’s  Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule  (MTUS) guidelines for treating injured workers through  MDGuidelines: CA MTUS-ACOEM Edition . More...