MINNEAPOLIS, June 27, 2008 - If you don’t have an electronic health record system, you better get one.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 25, 2008—Interested in real health care reform?  Consider serving on the new Health Care Reform Review Council, which will monitor overall progress and implementation of the major provisions of the 2008 health care legislation.  

The MMA was given legislative authority to appoint two members to the 14-member Council.  If you would like to serve, let the MMA know by July 3.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 17, 2008—The Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association in Chicago June 14-17 brought together large numbers of physician members, including a delegation from the MMA, led by Frank Indihar, M.D., who returned to Minnesota inspired and energized.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 19, 2008—U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chair Ben Bernanke says that improving health care system performance is among the country's most critical challenges and that efforts must focus on access, quality and cost, according to an article in CQ HealthBeat.

MINNEAPOLIS. June 5, 2008—In the first year since Massachusetts implemented mandatory health insurance coverage for everyone, the uninsurance rate among adults in the state dropped by almost half, according to a new Urban Institute study published today on the Health Affairs website. 

MINNEAPOLIS, May 29, 2008 - With his signature Thursday, Gov. Tim Pawlenty made law many of the reform ideas that Minnesota physicians have been pressing for since 2005.

MINNEAPOLIS, May 19, 2008 — The 2008 Legislative Session ended with the passage of historic health care reform supported by the MMA.

A look at some of the highlights of the 2008 Legislative Session.

MINNEAPOLIS, May 27, 2008—The American Medical News reports that Medicare, using its upcoming medical home demonstration project, is preparing to pay participating primary care physicians for the extra work required to manage the care of chronically ill patients.