February 22, 2024
The 2023 Legislature passed an MMA priority directing the Minnesota commissioner of health to assemble an advisory committee of stakeholders to study and recommend how to implement a statewide registry for Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) forms.
February 22, 2024
Sen. Kelly Morrison, MD, an MMA member, will be the keynote speaker at next week’s Physicians’ Day at the Capitol event from 1 to 4 pm on Wednesday, February 28.
February 22, 2024
As part of its commitment to promoting work/life balance and well-being for its members and their families, the MMA is piloting a clinician well-being program called MMA SafeHaven.
February 15, 2024
The MMA’s top legislative priority of fixing prior authorization, HF3578, was the first bill heard in the House Health Finance and Policy Committee when the second biennium of the legislative session kicked off in St. Paul this week.
February 15, 2024
A bill to allow childcare centers and family childcare programs to require children older than two months to be fully vaccinated, unless there is a medical exemption to being vaccinated, was heard by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on February 15.
February 15, 2024
Legislation to support physician well-being and mental health was introduced in the Minnesota Senate this week by Sen. Kelly Morrison, MD, (DFL – Deephaven).
February 15, 2024
Lawmakers are proposing legislation that will protect patients and their families from being denied medical care in hospitals and clinics because of their medical debt.
February 15, 2024
The AMA presented Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH, and former Minnesota Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm with the AMA Awards for Outstanding Government Service on February 13 at its National Advocacy Conference in Washington D.C.
February 8, 2024
A swift resolution to negotiations between the University of Minnesota and Fairview Health tops the list of 20 recommendations proposed by the Governor’s Task Force on Academic Health at the University of Minnesota. The report, released on February 5, is now with Gov. Tim Walz and the Legislature for consideration.
February 8, 2024
The MMA will be focused on five legislative priorities this session as lawmakers head back to St. Paul on February 12 for the second half of the biennial session.
