April 14, 2022
On April 12, the MMA asked members to send Action Alerts to their state senator and representative, urging them to support certain items in the House health and human services omnibus bill.
Specifically, the MMA is asking lawmakers to support:
Limiting the ability of insurers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to make mid-year changes to their formularies, a practice that often forces patients off medications that are working.
Improve coverage of tobacco cessation services in the state’s public programs.
Authorization to begin developing a statewide registry for POLST (Provider Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) forms to ensure patients preferences are respected at the end of their life.
New money to fund rural primary care residency programs.
These critical items are in the House omnibus bill but are not included in the Senate version. You can send an Action Alert here.
October 9, 2025
The MMA is partnering with Hennepin Healthcare to offer an in-person session on “Supporting Patients, Families, and Professionals in the Aftermath of Crisis” on October 21 from 6 to 8 pm in Room RL110 at the HCMC Red Building, 730 South 8th Street, in Minneapolis.
October 9, 2025
The MMA, in partnership with the Wisconsin Medical Society, will lead a panel discussion titled "The Role of Medical and Professional Societies in Supporting Clinicians and Community Health" at the Transforming Community and Rural Healthcare 2025: Bold Innovation and Partnerships symposium, to be held on October 27-28, at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester.
October 2, 2025
The federal government shutdown will affect the Minnesota healthcare system in several important ways.