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That's a wrap on the 2025–26 session. Our October newsletter covers where PAC's priority bills landed, a new CME benefit with Vinea, a free legal office hour on Nov 11, and a spotlight on Dr. Join Luh (@j_luh).
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Keeping up with CME shouldn't feel like another admin task. PAC has partnered with Vinea, a physician-founded learning platform for finding CME, tracking credits and learning with peers. Members get 50% off year one at launch: pac.getvinea.com/
Large health systems have a compliance department. Independent practices have you.
Missed our webinar with Jake Yates of @HCPCompliance? The recording of "Riding the Waves of Corporate Compliance" is now available. youtu.be/nquFo-3CoMk
He covers college football games until 3 a.m., and nobody assigns it.
Dr. Michael Leathers is a second-generation orthopedic surgeon in Midtown Sacramento and a PAC member. He knows the case for leaving private practice as well as anyone, and he's staying anyway.
On Episode 15 of PAC & Forth, he explains what his father's generation had that his doesn't, and what he has that he wouldn't trade.
"I hope I never leave private practice."
Dr. Michael Leathers on choosing his own community work and what it means to build something of his own. Ep. 15 of PAC & Forth.
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What does an independent physician bring to the sidelines?
In episode 15 of PAC & Forth, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Michael Leathers talks team physician work, keeping young athletes healthy, and why he hopes he never leaves private practice.
When was the last time your practice asked its benefits broker how they get paid?
Vincent Catalano spent 20+ years as a California employee benefits broker. On PAC & Forth, he laid out three questions every independent practice should be able to ask.
Listen to episode 10 of PAC & Forth: linkly.link/2kIk6
Four PAC-supported bills are now California law: SB 964, SB 1049, AB 1703 and AB 1199. Proud of this progress for independent physicians and their patients. Learn more at pac-md.org
On PAC & Forth, Dr. Lamia Gabal, founder of Prestige Medical Group in Orange County, talks about what that pressure looks like inside an independent practice, and why she joined PAC.
Listen to episode 5: linkly.link/2esiR
Some of his patients switched insurance plans just to come back.
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Michael Leathers on what patients tell him after years inside a big health system. They felt like a number.
Join us: pac-md.org
95% of physicians report care delays from prior authorization.
Join the free 1-hour @CAPphysicians webinar with MedCycle Solutions on raising approval rates and cutting denials. Wed, Sept 30, 12 PM PDT.
Register: pathlms.com/capphysicians/co…
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Michael Leathers on what independent practice gives patients that big box medicine can't: a doctor who knows them, and a practice nimble enough to change when they ask.
Advocacy only works with physicians behind it. Join us: pac-md.org