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Gastroenterology Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

The Specialty Board discussed the LKA in greater detail, as well as the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in assessment development and the integration of public members in ABIM Governance. Preliminary data gathered to date indicate that 92% of gastroenterologists are clinically active, with nearly half (46.7%) in private practice, 25.1%

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Governor’s 2025-26 May Revision Proposes Major Cuts to Healthcare and Undermines Medi-Cal Expansion Commitments

California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

Key Health Care Budget Proposals: Proposed Medi-Cal Cuts and Enrollment Changes Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, is typically funded through a partnership between the state and the federal government. To fill that gap, California has chosen to use state-only funds to provide certain Medi-Cal benefits to undocumented Californians.

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Oregon-based medical group Northwest Permanente announces affiliation with The Permanente Medical Group of Northern California

Permanente Medicine

Both groups have a shared mission of delivering high-quality, cost-efficient care that achieves superior clinical outcomes. By collaborating clinically, sharing innovations, and supporting physicians and staff, NWP will improve quality of care. Kaiser Permanente in Northern California received 4.5

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Geriatric Medicine Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

He emphasized ABIM’s focus on patient-centered standards and promoting high-quality care, as well as ABIM’s commitment to ensuring a diverse governance that reflects the physician and patient population. In 2024, 75% of ABIM Board Certified geriatricians who chose an assessment opted for the LKA, while 68% of ABFM geriatricians chose the LKA.

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GAO Report on Clinical Research Inspections Encourages FDA to Care for its Clinical Inspection Program

FDA Law

In 2022, the Government Accountability Office reported that FDA needed to improve its foreign inspection program. According to GAO, FDA is facing challenges with clinical research inspections to ensure that the sites that oversee the research that lead to drug approvals meet the necessary standards. But gaps still remain.

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Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA, appointed to chief quality officer at The Permanente Federation

Permanente Medicine

As chief quality officer at The Permanente Federation, Dr. Bridges oversees coordination of national clinical quality care programs across Kaiser Permanente for its 12.6 Visionary physician leader to oversee national coordinated efforts that support and advance Kaiser Permanente’s acclaimed levels of high-quality care OAKLAND, Calif.,

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Vanda-lay Litigation Industries, Inc.: Taking Stock of Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s Big Bets on Petitioning and Litigation Against FDA and the Federal Government

FDA Law

District Court for the District of Columbia (“DDC”) against FDA alleging that the Agency’s structure of NDA review is unconstitutional (by our count the 31st Vanda litigation against FDA or another government entity in the last five years, including appeals). In January 2024, the U.S. VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 1:2022cv00938 (D.D.C.)