MMA Looking For Primary Care Physician Task Force Members
Date: 07-03-2013
[MMA News Now, March 7, 2013] The MMA is currently seeking members to take part in a task force formed to study Minnesota’s primary care physician workforce.
“We’re looking for a good cross section for this group,” said Juliana Milhofer, MMA policy analyst. “We expect the group to have representation from the medical schools, residency program leadership, medical students, residents, practicing community physicians, large group leadership, and hospital representatives.”
The task force, which will begin meeting during the second quarter of 2013, is expected to convene approximately six times over the next 12 to 15 months.
The task force will work to:
• Understand the various drivers affecting the capacity and future supply of Minnesota’s primary care physician workforce;
• Identify strategies for increasing the workforce in the state;
• Determine roles for the MMA, as well as other potential stakeholders, in advancing specific strategies to increase the workforce;
• Recognize the relationship between workforce expansion efforts and other non-physician primary care workforce initiatives; and
• Partner with others, as needed, to increase the visibility and importance of the issue of workforce capacity among policy makers and the public.
If you are a practicing physician with an interest in this issue, and would like to sit on the task force, please contact Milhofer at (612) 362-3735 by March 18.
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