May 8, 2025
The Center for Advancing Serious Illness Communication (CASIC) continues to offer physicians a comprehensive training series that will introduce them to serious illness communication and to the Serious Illness Conversation Guide (SICG).
This evidence-based, patient-tested tool was developed by Ariadne Labs, a joint center for health systems innovation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
This no-cost, CME-eligible training is available to members of care teams who work with patients with serious illnesses. First, trainees will take a prerequisite sequence of three on-demand, online modules.
Part 1: Serious Illness Conversation—An Introduction (.25 credit)
Part 2: The Serious Illness Conversation Guide (.5 credit)
Part 3: Implementing Serious Illness Communication (.25 credit)
Upon completion of the modules, trainees will take part in a live, virtual three-hour classroom training session (3 credits) where they will:
Experience the SICG as part of a structured approach for ensuring the delivery of serious illness conversations.
Practice the communication skills necessary to use the SICG, receive feedback to improve those skills, and integrate these skills into their practice.
The next training sessions will take place on:
• Tuesday, May 13 and Thursday, May 29, from 12:45 to 4:30 pm
• Tuesday, June 10 and Tuesday, June 24, from 12:45 to 4:30 pm
Space is limited and must be reserved and confirmed in advance. For more information and to register, please contact Lori Brostrom, CASIC executive director.
CASIC is a joint project of the MMA and the Minnesota Hospital Association.
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.