January 19, 2023
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is considering modifications to the Communicable Disease Reporting Rules through the Minnesota rulemaking process. This process will update the rules to address new and emerging communicable diseases, remove unnecessary provisions, clarify reporting conditions, and address other technical changes.
MDH published the “Request for Comments” (RFC) on January 17 and will be accepting comments until March 20 at 4:30pm. MDH encourages physicians to review the RFC and submit comments. MDH will publish the specific modifications to the rules later this year.
For a copy of the RFC and the rulemaking process, visit the MDH’s website at Amendment to Rules Governing Communicable Disease Reporting.
For more information on the amendments and the rulemaking process, contact Patricia Segal Freeman, Minnesota Department of Health, PO Box 9441, St. Paul, MN 55164-0975, phone (651) 201-5414 or 1-877-676-5414; fax 1 (800) 233-1817; email: health.Commdisrule@state.mn.us.
May 29, 2025
As the Legislature works to complete its work on the state’s two-year budget, another deadline is looming. Legislators are required to pass a balanced budget before the end of the fiscal year—June 30, 2025. If they don’t meet that deadline, the state will begin a partial shutdown.
May 29, 2025
Registration has opened for the Empowering Physicians: A Night of Reflection and Engagement event, featuring best-selling author Elisabeth Rosenthal, MD.
May 29, 2025
The AMA is encouraging physicians to contact their U.S. senators and urge them to revise the reconciliation bill passed recently by the U.S. House of Representatives. While the bill includes language that would stabilize Medicare physician payments, it also threatens to cripple Medicaid and CHIP.