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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)

Elimination of (State-Only) Prospective Payment System Rates to Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics for Undocumented Immigrants – Eliminates Prospective Payment System rates to clinics for state-only-funded services provided to undocumented Individuals.

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

Nguyen, also the chief medical officer for care navigation with the Federation, described the innovation priorities at Kaiser Permanente. These priorities include supporting the physician workforce, utilizing data and predictive interventions to improve patient outcomes, and boosting quality and affordability for patients.

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The Physicians Foundation Continues Efforts to Tackle Chronic Disease—America’s Leading Cause of Death—by Addressing Drivers of Health

The Physicians Foundation

The Physicians Foundation’s DOH Survey of America’s Physicians underscored the importance of focusing on DOH to repair the health care system. Focusing on preventative care, like addressing drivers of health, is a critical step in helping to improve the health of our country.