Happy summer from your Los Angeles Academy of Family Physicians! Summer is traditionally a time when people slow down and take some time for themselves which has resonated with me recently as I have been reflecting on this country’s culture of “busyness.” Think about this: how many times have you replied to the greeting “How […] Read more
From Burnout to Balance: How Physician Coaching is Transforming Healthcare Four years ago, the world faced an unprecedented challenge with the onset of COVID-19. As physicians, we witnessed the pandemic’s full shock—patients lying on stretchers in ambulance parking lots, desperately hoping for an available ventilator. Many avoided hospitals until it was too late, fearing that […] Read more
July 2024 Final performance feedback and payment adjustments for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) are released in August 2024, for determining the 2025 payment adjustments. More information is on the Quality Payment Program (QPP) website https://qpp.cms.gov/. US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released a landmark advisory declaring firearm violence a public health crisis in the […] Read more
JUNE 8, 2024 Marmalade Café, Farmer’s Market, Los Angeles The meeting was called to order by Dr. Emma Hiscocks, President. She introduced our special guests: Alex McDonald, MD; CAFP 2024-2025 President and Lisa Folberg, MMP, CEO of the CAFP. They were present in order to have the opportunity to address the members after the meeting […] Read more
The Nominating Committee met by Zoom on Monday May 13, 2024 at 6:30 PM. Members present were: Chair, Emma Hiscocks, MD; Kelvin Alvarez, Cynthia Chen-Joea, DO; Kevin Rossi, MD; Po-Yin Samuel Huang, MD; Soomin Jung, MD; Kelvin Alexis Alvarez. Executive Director, Roxanne Kuns, was also present. The Nominating Committee presents the following report: (Asterisks indicate […] Read more
Spring has sprung, and we’ve been busy as a bee at LAAFP! I hope you’ve been feeling positive energy in this new season. As always, LAAFP is here to support its members and is always open to input and ideas. Please reach out to us with any thoughts. We also have our Instagram account @the_laafp–please […] Read more
To Solve Homelessness, Hope Less After moving to LA it seemed that the homeless situation was an insurmountable hopeless issue, one that people simply had to accept and move on. Walking past person after person on sidewalks or street intersections continued to gnaw at me, but I felt uncertain of what I could do to […] Read more
