March 2013

Message from the chair: Benefits of mentoring; Interconception care; Laws protecting pregnant workers; Medi-Cal payment rates update; Task force to increase chlamydia screening and treatment

• Message from the chair: Benefits of mentoring

  Though you may not always recognize it, mentor-mentee relationships are active in medicine every day. Studies have shown that there are tangible benefits from such interactions...

• Interconception care improves current and future generations’ health

  For many women faced with limited access to care and other health barriers, the postpartum visit is often their only appointment before another pregnancy...

• Laws protecting pregnant workers

  California law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to workers who are pregnant or who recently gave birth...

• Dr. Jeanne A. Conry recognized as Environmental Health Champion

  On January 8, Dr. Conry was honored with the Pacific Southwest Region’s 2012 Children’s Environmental Health Champion Award...

• Medi-Cal payment rates update

  Medi-Cal payment rates to California physicians and the state’s per capita spending on Medi-Cal beneficiaries are among the lowest in the nation...

• District IX task force works to increase chlamydia screening

  Screening for chlamydia is a simple test. Still, even in the best health care systems, patients who need the test may only be getting it half the time...

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