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.
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.