May 12, 2022
An online roundtable discussion titled “Pediatric to Adult Healthcare Transition Roundtable: The Medically Complex as a Model of Systems Barriers and Potential Solutions,” will be held June 14 from 1 to 4 p.m.
At the end of the discussion, attendees should be able to:
Identify systemic barriers to transition in their own practice.
Develop language to have conversations with their health system to put in place a process to support transition to adulthood for patients with complexity or rare diseases.
Scheduled panelists include: Nathan Chomilo, MD, medical director, Minnesota Medicaid and MinnesotaCare; Kurt Elting-Ballard, MD, MPH, regional medical director, Minneapolis Region and Abbott Northwestern Market; Gretchen Karstens, MD, pediatrician, St. Luke's Pediatric Associates; Tom Kelly, vice president marketing and innovation, UnitedHealth Group; and Pat Lang, PACER Center.
Moderators include: Tori Bahr, MD, internal medicine, Pediatrics Complex Care Clinic, Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare; and Sheldon Berkowitz, MD, FAAP, pediatrician, Children's Minnesota, and president, Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Register here. The activity is approved for 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.
Along with Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, the event is sponsored by Chloe Barnes Advisory Council on Rare Diseases, Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Minnesota Department of Health.
May 29, 2025
As the Legislature works to complete its work on the state’s two-year budget, another deadline is looming. Legislators are required to pass a balanced budget before the end of the fiscal year—June 30, 2025. If they don’t meet that deadline, the state will begin a partial shutdown.
May 29, 2025
Registration has opened for the Empowering Physicians: A Night of Reflection and Engagement event, featuring best-selling author Elisabeth Rosenthal, MD.
May 29, 2025
The AMA is encouraging physicians to contact their U.S. senators and urge them to revise the reconciliation bill passed recently by the U.S. House of Representatives. While the bill includes language that would stabilize Medicare physician payments, it also threatens to cripple Medicaid and CHIP.