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		<title><![CDATA[NEPO endorses Proposition 29 in effort to stem deaths from smoking-related disease in ethnic communities]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Network of Ethnic Physician Organizations (NEPO) has endorsed Proposition 29, which will increase cigarette taxes by $1 per pack. According to Margaret Juarez, M.D., Chair of NEPO, the group is endorsing]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Medi-Cal primary care rates will increase to Medicare levels in 2013-2014]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Medi-Cal primary care physicians will receive a two-year, $11 billion pay increase, under a proposal released last week by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The proposal, which implements a]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Save the date for the President's Reception and Awards Gala!]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CMA and the CMA Foundation invite you to attend the 2012 President's Reception and Awards Gala, October 14 in Sacramento. Honored at the gala will be incoming CMA president]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[CMA mentor program promises bright future]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Inside the offices of the Orange County Medical Association, a collection of promising young medical students took their first steps on a unique and formative journey.Here, the 2012 cohort of the eXchange]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blue Shield of California fee schedule changes take effect June 1]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CMA has just learned that Blue Shield notified physicians in March of changes to its physician fee schedule that will take effect June 1, 2012.&nbsp; In the notice, Blue Shield informed physicians that]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[California projects among HHS Innovation Award recipients]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three California projects were among those selected to receive a combined $122.6 million in grant awards in the first round of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services&rsquo; (HHS) Health Care]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Careful how you say that!]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why effective communication is a critical skill for physicians in the era of health reform. Your communication style can affect how you interact with your patients, manage your staff, and increasingly, it can make or break key business relationships,]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Assembly passes bill to provide parents with immunization information]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[On May 10, 2012, the California Assembly passed AB 2109, legislation authored by Assemblyman Richard Pan, M.D., (D-Sacramento) to provide parents with health information that they can use to help protect]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[CMA tells CMS proposed stage 2 "meaningful use" rules are too aggressive]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CMA last week submitted comments on the proposed criteria physicians would need to meet to qualify for financial incentives in stage 2 of the "meaningful use" program.]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Six weeks left to avoid the 2013 e-prescribing penalty]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Physicians have until June 30, 2012, to e-prescribe services for Medicare patients or to request a hardship waiver for the 2013 calendar year. Don&rsquo;t wait!For more information, see the CMA e-prescribing]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[CMA Foundation seeks medical student proposals for patient safety grant]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The importance of addressing patient safety has received increasing attention over the past decade. No hospitals and ambulatory care centers have developed systemic approaches to addressing these concerns.]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Respect: the key to successful grassroots advocacy]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Critical issues affecting today's physicians are being decided in the legislative arena at a fast and furious pace. Health care reform, medical liability and insurance regulations are just a few of the]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reminder to physicians who applied for UnitedHealth Group settlement]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Physicians who filed claims in the $200 million UnitedHealth Group disbursement should have received their compensation by April 15, 2012. This disbursement, ordered by a federal court, was to settle claims]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Deciding the future of health care one physician at a time]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;How can you as an individual do something about health reform?&rdquo; Dave Logan, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business asked physician leaders]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Governor Brown creates task force to improve the health of Californians]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Governor Jerry Brown recently issued an executive order establishing the "Let's Get Healthy California Task Force." The task force will be charged with developing a 10-year plan to improve Californians&rsquo;]]></description>
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