HealthPartners and Essentia Health Agree to Merge
October 1, 2026
On September 29, HealthPartners and Essentia Health announced that their boards of directors have approved an affiliation agreement to combine their organizations.
December 7, 2023
Get a jump start on your New Year’s resolutions and sign up today for the MMA SafeHaven Physician Well-Being Program.
SafeHaven is a new and confidential resource, independent of the workplace, which physicians can access to help protect well-being, promote work/life balance, and prevent burnout. MMA members can take advantage of $99 introductory pricing for an MMA SafeHaven subscription that runs through the end of 2024.
Well-being and resilience matter to you on a personal level, as well as for the well-being and care of your patients, families, and colleagues. The MMA is committed to supporting its members and is working year-round to address system-level drivers like prior authorization that affect well-being. The MMA is also committed to providing and promoting resources to help individual physicians like you protect and pursue resilience, enhance personal well-being and work/life balance, and prevent burnout.
MMA SafeHaven was developed in partnership with VITAL WorkLife. It is built on a subscription model and includes access to a suite of resources including the following:
Clinician Peer Coaching – speak to someone like you
Counseling – available either virtually or in-person
In-the-Moment Telephonic Support – available 24/7/365
Virtual Concierge – a virtual assistant to help with everyday tasks
SafeHaven App – mobile access to resources, well-being assessments, insights, and more
This deep discount is only available to the first 75 actively practicing MMA members who enroll. Physicians who are not MMA members can access a 12-month subscription for only $395.
Take advantage of this unique opportunity and share this program with your colleagues. Click here to hear about SafeHaven from MMA Board Chair Kim Tjaden, MD, MPH. MMA members can use the code MMAMEMBER to access the introductory price.
If you have questions or need assistance enrolling, e-mail MMA or call 612-378-1875.
October 1, 2026
On September 29, HealthPartners and Essentia Health announced that their boards of directors have approved an affiliation agreement to combine their organizations.
October 1, 2026
On October 1, two significant provisions of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA, 2025) affecting non-citizen adults on Medical Assistance (MA; Minnesota Medicaid) take effect.
October 1, 2026
Five physicians, two physicians-in-training, a state senator, and two firearm safety advocacy organizations were all honored with MMA awards, as part of the association’s Empowering Physicians Event on September 25.