Physician Association of California

Physician Association of California The Physician Association of California (PAC) empowers independent physicians and small group practices across California.

We advocate for autonomy, reduce administrative burden, and help doctors with the policy and operational resources they need to support their patients. For more information, visit pac-md.org

06/19/2026

We talk a lot about what costs independent practices money. This clip is about what can protect it.

Vincent Catalano explains why, in a state like California, the math on a PEO can flip in a single afternoon. One scenario he describes is enough to make the case on its own.

Listen to Vincent's full interview in episode 10 of PAC & Forth: https://linktr.ee/PACDoctors

AI is moving from buzzword to bedside in California medicine, and the policy decisions made now will shape physician pra...
06/18/2026

AI is moving from buzzword to bedside in California medicine, and the policy decisions made now will shape physician practice for years.

Join the UC Student and Policy Center and the California Health Benefits Review Program for "The Digital Frontline: Policy Levers for AI in Healthcare," featuring Dr. Julia Adler-Milstein of UCSF. The focus: how AI is affecting clinician burnout and visit volumes, and the guardrails the state can build to protect the workforce.

📅 June 24, 12 PM, Sacramento
🍴 Free lunch for registered attendees

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-digital-frontline-policy-levers-for-ai-in-healthcare-tickets-1990919267122

06/17/2026

Now that you know roughly what your broker is earning, here's the harder part: getting them to say it out loud.

Vincent Catalano spent years on the other side of this business, which makes his advice unusually direct. He shares the exact questions to ask, the one to save for your next rate increase, and what you should watch for on the broker's face when you do.

Listen to the full interview in Ep. 10 of PAC & Forth: https://linktr.ee/PACDoctors

06/16/2026

Most physicians know they have a broker. Far fewer know exactly how that broker gets paid, or what it costs them.

In this clip, Vincent Catalano does some quick math that tends to stop people mid-scroll. Grab last month's insurance bill before you watch, you'll want it handy.

Ep. 10 of PAC & Forth: https://linktr.ee/PACDoctors

PAC is proud to announce a new collaboration with Healthcare Compliance Pros.Through this collaboration, PAC members gai...
06/15/2026

PAC is proud to announce a new collaboration with Healthcare Compliance Pros.

Through this collaboration, PAC members gain discounted access to compliance solutions built for independent physicians and small group practices, covering:
✅ HIPAA and OSHA compliance
✅ Corporate compliance
✅ Online workforce training
✅ Security risk analysis
✅ Exclusion monitoring
✅ California-specific requirements

As California's Voice for Independent Physicians, PAC is committed to helping our members stay independent and focus on what matters most: their patients. This collaboration with HCP is one more way we're standing behind the physicians who keep independent practice strong.

Learn more: https://explore.hcp.md/physician-association-of-california

06/12/2026

Dr. Lamia Gabal sees a system that needs to change, and she sees who that change has to serve: patients.

Her message is simple. The more physicians who stand behind PAC's advocacy and lobbying efforts, the more we can do to protect independent medicine in California.

Supporting private practice means supporting better patient care. Join the physicians making that case.

Learn how you can join PAC and with California's independent physicians: https://pac-md.org/membership/

06/11/2026

Most practices assume their premium reflects their own claims. It doesn't.

There's a reason a well-run practice can do everything right and still watch its rates climb, and it has nothing to do with how your own year went.

Vincent Catalano breaks down the structure behind it in this clip, including a rule most physicians have never heard of that used to reward healthy groups and now treats everyone the same.

Listen to Episode 10 of PAC & Forth: https://linktr.ee/PACDoctors

Last chance to register for our virtual Office Hour with Hooper Lundy & Bookman! Tomorrow, June 11 at 6 p.m. PT, PAC mem...
06/10/2026

Last chance to register for our virtual Office Hour with Hooper Lundy & Bookman!

Tomorrow, June 11 at 6 p.m. PT, PAC members can get answers directly from the experts, for free. Join attorneys Robert Miller and Cole Hoyt of Hooper, Lundy & Bookman for an interactive Virtual Office Hour covering:

• Labor and employment
• Operational compliance
• Healthcare regulatory developments affecting physician practices

Running a private practice means keeping up with constantly changing legal and regulatory requirements. This is your chance to bring your questions and get them answered.

Only a few spots are left. RSVP now:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe5SWVatLNGaA77rz-n37QscXVyfZVV7ZZZ9H5UMbK4EMd4Ow/viewform

Why does your health insurance bill keep going up, even in a year when no one got sick?In Episode 10 of PAC & Forth, Vin...
06/09/2026

Why does your health insurance bill keep going up, even in a year when no one got sick?

In Episode 10 of PAC & Forth, Vincent Catalano, Founder and CEO of Clear Healthcare Solutions, explains how employee benefits are really bought and sold.

We get into how brokers actually make their money, why small practices with under 20 employees get stuck with little say in their rates, and the options that can help, like PEOs and level-funded plans. We also talk about direct primary care and why more employers are skipping traditional insurance altogether.

If you pay for benefits and have ever wondered where that money goes, this one is for you.

Listen now:
Spotify: https://linkly.link/2kIk5
Apple Podcasts: https://linkly.link/2kIk6
YouTube: https://linkly.link/2kIk8

06/05/2026

Dr. Lamia Gabal has been in private practice since 2001. For her, independence isn't an abstraction. It's the ability to make the right clinical decision for a patient without a business interest overruling it.

That's what's at stake when we talk about physician autonomy. The freedom to put patient care first.

This is why PAC exists, to be California's Voice for Independent Physicians. Learn more at https://pac-md.org/

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