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CMA, CDA, and CHA Strongly Urge to Oppose Graham Cassidy Block Grant

On behalf of California’s leading health care organizations - more than 43,000 physician members and medical students of the California Medical Association (CMA), 27,000 dentists of the California Dental Association, more than 400 hospitals and health systems of the California Hospital Association (CHA), and the millions of California patients we serve every day, we are writing to urge you to oppose the Graham Cassidy Block Grant amendment to the American Health Care Act.

UCSF Health Care Advocacy Panel

Join UCSF Community and Government Relations and UCSF Alumni Relations for panel discussion and reception highlighting the importance of advocacy and identifying how to best focus your energy in support of important health care issues. The panel will be moderated by UCSF Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Dan Lowenstein, Resident Alum. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be available.

AMA Webinars

With many feeling overwhelmed by the complexity of the Quality Payment Program (QPP), physicians struggle to answer one key question – Where do I start? To help assuage this issue, the AMA has released a new customizable resource – the MIPS Action Plan – that breaks down the complexity of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) track of QPP into specific actionable steps. In this 1-hour webinar, attendees will learn how to use this tool to create and/or validate their strategies for MIPS implementation in 2017. Chris Botts, AMA Care Delivery and Payment Manager will be the presenter. Click here to register.

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