February 7, 2022 PHC CEO Appointed Chairwoman of Hospital Supplier Diversity Commission Physicians for a Healthy California (PHC) is proud to announce its CEO and President, Lupe Alonzo-Diaz, has been named the Chair of the Hospital Supplier Diversity Commission (HSDC), which advises and provides recommendations on the best methods to increase procurement with diverse suppliers within the hospital industry. read more
February 3, 2022 GME Experts Invited to Submit Abstracts for May 2022 Virtual Summit PHC is inviting physician workforce development leaders, GME leadership subject matter experts, and GME consultants to submit abstracts for workshops and/or panels for the GME Leadership Summit on May 5, 2022. read more
December 22, 2021 Network of Ethnic Physician Organizations Awards Physician Leaders The NEPO Summit is an innovative educational event for physicians, public health professionals, advocates and community leaders that offers policy and best practices for reducing health disparities, building diversity in the workforce and increasing cultural competency in clinical care. read more
November 29, 2021 State Tobacco Tax-Funded Program Awards $39 Million to Expand California’s Health Care Workforce Physicians for a Healthy California (PHC) today announced more than $39 million in CalMedForce awards across the state to support medical training and residency programs and help grow the physician workforce. View the full list of awardees here. read more
November 5, 2021 PHC Requesting Proposals to Increase CalVaxGrant Awareness and Applications PHC is soliciting proposals from organizations to help raise awareness and increase applications to CalVaxGrant. Grants of up to $10,000 are available to 25-50 organizations that must conduct outreach between November 8 – December 15, 2021. read more
August 10, 2021 GME Startup Solutions If you are interested in starting a physician residency program, we invite you to learn more about Physicians for a Healthy California’s (PHC) new Graduate Medical Education (GME) Startup Solutions program: www.phcdocs.org/GME-startup-solutions read more
August 10, 2021 CalHealthCares loan repayment program awards $67.9 million to health care providers, increasing access to care On June 25, 2021, Physicians for a Healthy California (PHC) and the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) announced that 244 physicians and 43 dentists were awarded approximately $67.9 million in student loan repayments. read more
August 10, 2021 CalMedForce GME application now open Approximately $39 million will be available to support and expand primary care (family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology and pediatrics) and emergency medicine GME programs in California that prioritize serving underserved areas and communities read more
August 10, 2021 New standards in Cultural and Linguistic Competency and Implicit Bias in continuing medical education coming soon The California Medical Association’s (CMA) continuing medical education (CME) team is excited to announce that the new Cultural and Linguistic Competency (CLC) and Implicit Bias (IB) standards will be released in late summer of this year. read more
August 10, 2021 CalVaxGrant provides physician practices up to $55,000 for COVID-19 vaccine administration In partnership with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Physicians for a Healthy California (PHC) is administering the CalVaxGrant program to increase the number of providers vaccinating against COVID-19 by supporting and incentivizing physician organizations (with 200 or fewer physicians) to increase and maintain their participation in the myCAvax program, and to start or continue to administer COVID-19 vaccines. read more