December 17, 2020 Reflections on 2020 As 2020 comes to a close, Physicians for a Healthy California (PHC) is reflecting on this challenging, humbling, difficult, yet also inspiring year. read more
November 19, 2020 State Tobacco Tax-Funded Program Awards $38.14 Million to Expand California’s Health Care Workforce Physicians for a Healthy California (PHC) announced more than $38 million in CalMedForce awards across the state to support medical training and residency programs and help grow the physician workforce. read more
September 21, 2020 PHC Proud Sponsor of AMA GME Innovations Summit PHC is a proud sponsor of the American Medical Association's (AMA) GME Innovations Summit held virtually on October 5-7, 2020. read more
September 15, 2020 Seeking Nominations for Workforce Advisory Council The California Medical Association (CMA) is seeking physicians to volunteer their time and expertise towards creating new competency standards, supporting educational loan repayment and expanding graduate medical education (GME). Each effort supports California’s physician workforce while further improving patient care. read more
August 7, 2020 CalMedForce Now Accepting Cycle 3 Applications Physicians for a Healthy California (PHC) is now accepting applications for the third cycle of the graduate medical education (GME) grant program, CalMedForce. read more
August 3, 2020 CalHealthCares Awards New Cohort of Physicians and Dentists to Expand Medi-Cal Access to Care CalHealthCares announces a new cohort of awardees - data and information will be released in a forthcoming press release once the awardees have been notified and confirmed. read more
June 30, 2020 CalHealthCares State Funding Continues The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and Physicians for a Healthy California (PHC) are pleased to report that state funding for CalHealthCares will continue as originally planned. Due to Governor Gavin Newsom's and the state Legislature's commitment to quality health care for all Californians, the state’s 2020-21 budget continues the state-funded physician and dental loan repayment program. read more
May 14, 2020 PHC Provides State Budget Update on CalHealthCares and CalMedForce The May Revise proposed approximately $269 million in cuts to CalHealthCares, which administers loan repayments on educational debt for California physicians and dentists who serve Medi-Cal patients. Medi-Cal serves over one-third of Californians and half of the state’s children, and the state is estimating a two million caseload increase in 2020 due to COVID-19. read more
April 30, 2020 PHC Releases 2019 Annual Report 2019 brought tremendous growth to our organization, allowing us to expand graduate medical education throughout the state and repay educational loans to physicians and dentists to increase access to care in underserved communities. read more
January 13, 2020 2020 CalHealthCares loan repayment application cycle is now open The 2020 application cycle for the CalHealthCares loan repayment program is now open. read more