UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA The pandemic forced doctors at each of the University of California campuses to find a way to share mutual as well as differing concerns with colleagues from around the State. To facilitate this, UAPD began implementing statewide phone and...
UAPD Updates
Joint Labor-Management Committee Addresses Malpractice Coverage for CSU
The UAPD has established a Joint Labor-Management Committee at California State University, which is meeting regularly every two weeks. The immediate goal is to identify a solution for the malpractice coverage shortcomings of the CSU system self-insured malpractice...
Update for Northeast Valley Health Corporation
Then pandemic took a tremendous toll on NEVHC providers, staff and patients. Current issues we are working on are 1) a one time, non precedent setting roll over of CME time and $ as most members were unable to use it during the pandemic, and 2) management’s...
Los Angeles County Physician Recruitment and Retention Workgroup Launches New Website
UAPD doctors and county staff meet every two weeks in a workgroup with the goal of recruiting physicians into the LA County Department of Health Services. The group concluded that a better infrastructure to streamline the hiring process was needed. A first step was to...
UAPD Ratifies Contract with Ventura County!
The results of the ratification vote came in and the Ventura County bargaining team was pleased to announce the ratification of the new tentative agreement, the first for this newly organized group. The tentative agreement received a strong 91% approval rating from...
Bill to Reduce Wait Times for State Hospital Admission has UAPD Support
SB 565, introduced by Senator Jones (R-38) would require the Department of State Hospitals (DSH), on or before July 1, 2022, to develop a plan to expand the capacity of its facilities to reduce wait times for a person committed to a department facility pursuant to the...