On July 1, James J. Strebig, MD, JD, officially assumed leadership of the Orange County Medical Association as its 119th president.

The Los Angeles County Medical Association hosted a seminar on May 16 at its downtown headquarters publicizing three prescription assistance programs for helping the uninsured and underinsured obtain medicines at reduced prices.

I'm old enough to remember a time when there were only two people involved in the physician-patient relationship. Today there are thirty-two: thirty-one of them want to get paid and one wants his parking validated and doesn't want to pay the doctor. Go figure.

Healthcare information technology experts share their views on must-have devices for doctors of the (near) future.

Mid-summer brings in a new executive team for Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties.

The bill supported by the CMA failed to achieve cloture, but compromise legislation will have many similarities.

Will the burden of medical student loans turn aspiring doctors away from primary care?

Overheard: "Is anyone concerned that what we do is called 'practice'?"
--John Close, MD, Chief Medical Officer, H.G. Stark Youth Correctional

The Los Angeles County Medical Association is getting set for a dynamic 2008 by bringing in new executive leadership and organizing vital political advocacy programs.