March 19, 2026
Legislation to improve healthcare professional wellness was heard in the House Health Finance Committee on March 18. The legislation amends the MMA’s Treat Yourself First campaign, an MMA-led initiative to address healthcare professional burnout and improve wellness.
HF 3978 (Reyer, DFL – Eagan) would extend confidentiality protections for participants in the wellness program to all healthcare professionals. The Treat Yourself First Campaign will offer mental health services, and other resources to address burnout among the healthcare workforce in Minnesota. Current law only offers confidentiality protections for physicians who patriciate in the program, but if passed, HF 3978 would protect other healthcare professionals who participate in the program.
Participants in the Treat Yourself First campaign include:
HF3978 was referred to the general register for a House floor vote.
June 18, 2026
Registration has opened for the Empowering Physicians event, featuring Regina Martinez-Lorenzo, MD, the first female cross-country skier to represent Mexico in the Olympics.
June 18, 2026
This year’s Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates (HOD), held June 5-10 in Chicago, seemed to carry a defining theme: practicing medicine and advocating at a time of increasing misinformation, distrust in science, and suspicion of policy and research organizations.
June 18, 2026
Former MMA Board Member Dionne Hart, MD, DFAPA, FAPA, CCHP-MH, received the AMA Foundation’s Dr. Debasish Mridha Spirit of Medicine Award on June 6, during the AMA’s annual meeting in Chicago.