It has come to our attention that fraudulent online applications to the California Employment Development Department (EDD) have been made using a few DPH physician names and license numbers. These physicians were made aware of the issue when they received letters from...
UAPD members were looking for an opportunity to give back to the community this holiday season. Partnering with Supervisors Janice Hahn and Sheila Kuehl, as well as the Wilmington Rotary Club and Wilmington Boys and Girls Club, the UAPD Benefits Fund helped pay for...
After months of bargaining, UAPD and the Coalition of County Unions (CCU) have reached a tentative agreement on fringe benefits with the County of Los Angeles. The agreement will now go before the Board of Supervisors, where we expect it to receive final approval. The...
Due to high demand, open enrollment for a host of new benefits available to Los Angeles County members has been extended to June 23. Watch the video above to learn more, and sign up to talk to a benefits counselor to make your choices.
In June 2020, the LA County Department of Public Health was forced to remove supervision duties that had been imposed on a physician in violation of County rules. When hired in 2018, the physician was assigned to supervise psychologists, nurses and social workers,...
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...
After months of pressure from UAPD, in January 2021 the LA County Chief Executive Officer (CEO) issued a memo authorizing a “Critical Shortage Recruitment Rate” for obstetric, pediatric and cardiothoracic anesthesiologists which moved them to the top step of the pay...
In September 2019, a committee of UAPD physicians and staff forced LA County Mid-Valley Comprehensive Health Center (MVCHC) management to agree to pay physicians for overtime hours worked and to refrain from imposing increased workload. It was in August of 2019 that...
On May 1, 2020, a panicked primary care physician in an LA County clinic wrote to supervision, “I will not be able to see the COVID suspect patients in the cafeteria. I do not have proper PPE [Personal Protective Equipment]. We need to reuse our jump suit…We have to...