December 3, 2024 PHC honors CalHealthCares Cohort 1 awardees at CMA’s House of Delegates On October 25, 2024, during the California Medical Association House of Delegates, Physicians for a Healthy California (PHC) hosted CalHealthCares’ first cohort of awardees to celebrate their ongoing efforts to expand access to care by working with patients most in need of affordable, quality care. read more
December 3, 2024 Speaker announcement: 2025 Health Equity Leadership Summit Uché Blackstock, M.D., best-selling author, speaker, physician and founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity (AHE), will speak at Physicians for a Healthy California’s 2025 Health Equity Leadership Summit. read more
December 3, 2024 Early detection, lifesaving action: Tackling California’s lung cancer screening crisis As California faces the distinction of ranking last in the nation for lung cancer screening rates, Physicians for a Healthy California (PHC) is stepping up to address this critical public health challenge. read more
December 3, 2024 Happy Tails, happy trails On November 14, PHC staff members volunteered at Happy Tails Pet Sanctuary, a no-kill shelter in Sacramento dedicated to rescuing and caring for abandoned, abused and homeless cats. read more
November 22, 2024 Over $25 million awarded to expand health care workforce programs and address California's physician shortage PHC announced more than $25 million in CalMedForce awards across the state to support new and existing residency positions to help grow the California physician workforce. read more
November 5, 2024 PHC report offers early insights from California’s health equity officers PHC recently published "The Long Road Toward Health Equity: Early Insights from California’s Chief Health Equity Officers,” a report that seeks to understand the responsibilities, priorities and experiences of California’s rising CHEOs. read more
October 8, 2024 Calling all medical students: PHC needs you PHC is looking for a medical student who can contribute a unique perspective and share their experience as a member of the PHC Board of Directors. read more
October 8, 2024 New MedStudentsServe application opens Nov. 6 On November 6, 2024, Physicians for a Healthy California (PHC) will open its fourth application cycle for MedStudentsServe, which provides funding to medical student organizations. read more
October 8, 2024 Celebrating CalHealthCares: Cohort 1 completes five years of service In 2024, the first cohort of CalHealthCares, the physician and dentist loan repayment program, complete their five-year commitment to improve access to care and support underserved communities by providing care to Medi-Cal patients. read more
October 8, 2024 CalMedForce’s latest application cycle highlights need for continued investment in graduate medical education During its most recent application cycle, the CalMedForce graduate medical education (GME) grant program received applications from 173 residency programs requesting over $137 million to support 773 resident positions. read more