Monday Rx | November 5th, 2018 | Your Vote Matters November 6, 2018 Monday RX 828 LACMA's Patient Care Foundation Annual Los Angeles Healthcare Awards Twenty-five days until the Los Angeles Healthcare Awards hosted by the Patient Care Foundation and much progress is being made with honorees, sponsors and event logistics. This year's event will be on November 30th at the Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills. If any member would like to attend or if our members would like to connect us with potential sponsors, please don't hesitate to reach out. You can click here for details about this great event to benefit medical students from the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. Kudos to Dr. Troy Elander, chair of the Patient Care Foundation and fellow board members Dr. Howard Krauss and Elizabeth Kurihara for their leadership. Your Vote Matters As the 2018 mid-term elections are now upon us, please go out and vote! Change only happens when voices are shared. The Conversation Begins Around Groundbreaking Ways to Combat Physician Burnout This promises to be a busy week as LACMA hosts two days of unprecedented meetings with 14 area chief medical officers to discuss physician burnout. CMA CEO, Dustin Corcoran, will join us for candid conversations and share a groundbreaking way to address and solve the problem plaguing the profession. We will start with USC Keck School of Medicine physician leadership, later meet with AltaMed Health Services executives and conclude day two with a meeting with 11 additional CMOs. I will share results and next steps. If any member would like to learn more or participate in this conversation, please don't hesitate to reach out. SoFi Doubling Rate Discount for Members Earlier this year, the California Medical Association (CMA) and SoFi launched a new member benefit that will help physicians save thousands on their student loans. Sofi offers CMA members student loan refinancing options that include low-variable and fixed rates with terms ranging from five to 20 years. For a limited time, SoFi is offering members a special double rate discount. From now until December 20, 2018, you'll pay 0.5 percent less in interest when you refinance. Market interest rates are on the rise, so check to see what you can save today. Residents can refinance as well and pay as little as $100/month through the end of your residency. If you have questions about SoFi student loan refinancing, please click here or contact SoFi directly at ask@sofi.com or (855) 456-7634. New Partnership Programs And speaking of expanding our portfolio for members, partners and prospective partners, we are in active negotiations with Silversheet which provides a cloud-based credentialing solution for hospitals, health systems and groups. Click here for information on Silversheet. Another current partner, Paragon Private Health, now offers a unique physician-to-physician referral program. Paragon offers concierge practice know-how and smarter, more effective and efficient ways to thrive in private practice. Click here to learn more about Paragon's referral program. I hope members continue to push us to find viable, relevant partners to help physicians in private practice to any setting in the industry. Our goal is to offer a full spectrum of services, products and support based on member feedback. Gustavo Friederichsen Chief Executive Officer Los Angeles County Medical Association "If it matters to our LACMA members, it matters to me." EVENTS AND COMMUNITY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN IN MEDICINE November 9, 2018 A one day conference with a vision to unite, empower, and educate California's female physicians through leadership, advocacy, business knowledge, and wellness and balance. Presented through the Orange County Medical Association Keynote Speaker SUSAN BLUMENTHAL, M.D. SENIOR FELLOW IN HEALTH POLICY, NEW AMERICA CLINICAL PROFESSOR, TUFTS AND GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE FORMER ASSISTANT SURGEON GENERAL AND HEALTH EXPERT FIRST DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH Learn More and Purchase Tickets REGISTER NOW CME Programs NEOPLASTIC HEMATOPATHOLOGY UPDATE WHEN: November 8 to 10, 2018 WHERE: The Waterfront Beach Resort, A Hilton Hotel 21100 Pacific Coast Highway Huntington Beach, CA 92648 Click here for more information. Join experts for this exclusive interactive conference. This is a unique opportunity for up-close learning and discussion with experts in the treatment of neoplastic hematopathology. HOW THE EXPERTS TREAT HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES WHEN: March 21 to 23, 2019 WHERE: Waldorf Astoria, Las Vegas 3752 S. Las Vegas Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89109 Click here for more information. This two-and-a-half-day symposium has been designed by experts in the field of hematologic malignancies and affords the conference attendee specialized educational tracks for both physicians and nurses, providing an opportunity to learn about the most recent advances in the treatment of bone marrow transplant, multiple myeloma, lymphoma and leukemia. For questions contact: cme@coh.org or 626-218-5622.