February 29, 2024
Sen. Amy Klobuchar is among the 32 U.S. senators who have signed on to a letter “calling on Congress to scrap the 3.37 percent Medicare payment cut” that took effect on January 1.
“This bipartisan support reflects the deep concern across the country that these cuts endanger healthcare access for constituents, especially those in rural and underserved areas,” said AMA President Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, in a statement.
“After three consecutive years of Medicare payment reductions, healthcare providers are at a breaking point and are struggling to maintain access to care for the Medicare beneficiaries they treat,” says the letter addressed to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
“On behalf of patients and healthcare workers, Congress must urgently work together with the provider community to come up with long-term legislative solutions to reform the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA),” the letter says.
Click here for the letter.
August 21, 2025
Elisabeth Rosenthal, MD, the best-selling author of An American Sickness, will be the keynote speaker at the Empowering Physicians: A Night of Learning & Connection event on Friday, September 26, from 4 to 9 pm at the historic Hewing Hotel in downtown Minneapolis.
August 21, 2025
The Minneapolis Veteran Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) recently decided to adopt a new anesthesia care model that would shift from the current care team model, where Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) work as part of a care team alongside and under the supervision of anesthesiologists, to a CRNA-only model, where CRNA’s practice independently.
August 21, 2025
The Minnesota Health Equity Community of Practice (CoP) will host a virtual conversation about culturally responsive care on September 4, from noon to 1 pm.