To assist residents, Public Health launched a page on their website that allows you to enter your home address to learn if you reside in one of these quartiles, and if so, you will receive a special code to use for scheduling a vaccination appointment in MyTurn at the Kern County Fairgrounds Mass Vaccination Clinic. More...

March 25, the U.S. Senate voted 90-2 to pass bipartisan legislation to stop the 2% Medicare sequestration cut that would have further destabilized physician practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Senate bill extends the moratorium on the Medicare 2% sequestration payment cut that was set to expire on April 1. The Senate bill would stop the 2% Medicare cuts through December 31, 2021. The bill also included a technical fix to help the California Disproportionate Share Hospitals. More...

The California Medical Association (CMA) is seeking applications and nominations for physicians interested in serving as delegates or alternates for their mode of practice forum delegations to the CMA House of Delegates. More...

Many new employment laws have emerged this year that impact physicians in their roles as employers, especially in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the one-hour webcast, Complying with 2021 Employment Laws: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, presented by the Cooperative of American Physicians (CAP), Alexis James and Renee Noy, Managing Partners at WorkWise Law, PC, discuss new regulations and policies to help physicians avoid costly employment-related lawsuits.

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