October 17, 2024
Four members of Minnesota’s Congressional delegation signed a letter to House leadership last week, urging them to replace the 2.8% Medicare cut with a payment update reflective of inflationary pressures before January 1, 2025.
Angie Craig (DFL- 2nd District), Brad Finstad (R- 1st District), Michelle Fischbach (R- 7th District) and Pete Stauber (R – 8th District) signed the letter, along with 139 Democrats and 90 Republicans.
The letter, dated October 11, asks House Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to “expeditiously pass legislative fixes that not only stop another damaging round of cuts to Medicare payments, but also provide greater certainty and stability for clinicians serving Medicare beneficiaries.”
"Congress must act to stop another cut to Medicare payments,” said MMA President Edwin Bogonko, MD, MBA. “Minnesota seniors deserve that action now."
Medicare payment rates have fallen by nearly 30 percent over the last 20 years. The scheduled 2.8 percent reduction represents the fifth consecutive year that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a fee schedule regulation that lowers payments to physicians and other clinicians.
See the entire letter here.
July 16, 2025
On July 8, the MMA submitted a formal comment in opposition to a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule that would dramatically restrict states’ ability to impose Medicaid provider taxes on insurance companies.
July 16, 2025
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison met with the MMA Board of Trustees at its July 14 meeting and offered to regularly engage with the group to discuss the state’s healthcare issues.
July 16, 2025
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is warning its registrants of new fraud schemes in which scammers impersonate DEA personnel and notify them that they are under investigation, presumably to obtain personal information.