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April 12, 2021
KCMS Met With Local Legislators Last Week
April 9, representatives from the KCMS Board of Directors met with local legislators to lobby for bills that CMA is supporting as part of our participation in CMA's Annual Legislative Advocacy Conference.

Throughout the day, President, Steve Wang, MD, President-Elect, Raymond Tsai, MD, Immediate Past-President, Chang Na, MD, BOD Member, Soham Shah, medical student Liliana Samano and Executive Director, Chrisy Muchow met with Senator Shannon Grove, Senator Melissa Hurtado, Assemblymember Vince Fong, Assemblymember Rudy Salas and their staffs to lobby on selected bills. We had some great conversations and learned about the priorities of the legislators in addition to lobbying for the selected bills.

Thank you so much to all of the Legislators and their staffs! We really appreciate all the time you gave us!
Kern County Public Health News Release
COVID-19 Variant Pop-Up Now on Public Health Dashboard
In an effort to keep our community informed of confirmed COVID-19 variant cases in Kern County, Public Health has added a new pop-up to our existing COVID-19 dashboard that will be updated regularly.

Six cases of the B.1.1.7 variant have been detected in Kern County. As of April 7, there are 980 cases of the B.1.1.7 variant detected in California. More...
FREE CME WEBINAR:
The Ins and Outs of Managing Patient Complaints

Thursday, April 15, 2021

12:00PM - 1:00PM

CME: 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
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MORE NEWS
State issues waivers to expand workforce available to administer COVID-19 vaccines More...
PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTED-CMA issues draft standards for cultural and linguistic competency and implicit bias in CME More...
CMS begins recouping accelerated and advance COVID-19 payments More...
Why audio-only telehealth visits must continue More...
UPDATES & DEADLINES
DWC updates Medical-Legal Fee Schedule effective April 1 More...
Federal information blocking rule now in effect More...
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
U.S. Senate votes to stop 2% Medicare physician payment cut More...
Medical Board of California to raise CURES fee More...
WELLNESS
Physician Wellness in the News More...
Secret weapon to combat physician stress: connecting with colleagues More...
Care 4 Caregivers Now - Supporting Caregivers' Empowerment and Well-Being More...
CONNECTION AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
Virtual Grand Rounds: Post-Acute COVID Syndrome - In it for the Long Haul? *CME Available

April 13, 2021 | 12:00PM - 1:30PM

CMA Webinar: Understanding Value-Based Care with Aledade

April 20, 2021 | 12:15PM - 1:15PM

CAP Webcast: 2021 Employment Laws and Medical Practices

On-Demand | At Your Convenience

RESOURCES
Kern County COVID-19 Dashboard More...
PPE Relief Portal: FREE PPE from CA Office of Emergency Services and CMA More...
CMA's COVID-19 Vaccine Toolkit for Physician Practices More...
Updated payor profiles for 2021 More...
CMA's Telehealth Resource Center More...
New California Health Laws 2021 More...