August 14, 2025
It was a tumultuous week for healthcare in Minnesota as St. Cloud-based CentraCare announced that it was laying off 535 of its employees, and the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners voted to dissolve the Hennepin Healthcare System board, which controls Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) in downtown Minneapolis.
August 14, 2025
Along with the insights of best-selling author Elisabeth Rosenthal, MD, and University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham, MD, Empowering Physicians: A Night of Learning & Connection event-goers will have an array of vendors with which to interact.
August 14, 2025
Across Minnesota, physicians and care teams—both formally and informally—are leading efforts to improve clinician well-being. Some hold official wellness titles, while many are simply the “go-to” people in their clinic, department, or system when colleagues need support.
August 7, 2025
On August 7, the Minnesota Department of Health’s Health Economics Program released its most recent report on health plan company administrative spending.
August 7, 2025
On August 5, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., announced plans to severely hamper vaccine development programs.
August 7, 2025
The MMA has launched “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) Resource Guide for Physicians” to help Minnesota practitioners understand how key provisions of the law will affect their practice and patients.
August 7, 2025
Fifty years ago, Minnesota became the first state to adopt legislation restricting smoking in indoor public places and workspaces. That legislation, the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act (MCIAA), which the MMA championed, protects workers and the public from the harmful effects of breathing secondhand smoke.
August 7, 2025
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has released a comprehensive Suicide Prevention Awareness Toolkit, designed to help individuals and organizations engage in meaningful conversations, spread awareness, and take action. September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.
August 7, 2025
The AMA, along with several other physician advocacy groups, were informed by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on July 31 that their physician experts will no longer be included in the process of reviewing scientific evidence and informing vaccine recommendations, as has long been the case.
July 31, 2025
The MMA has signed on to an AMA letter opposing HR 3164, the “Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services (ECAPS) Act,” in particular because it would allow “pharmacists to perform services that would normally only be authorized and covered if they were furnished by a physician.”
