MMA Email Newsletter 3/13/2008
Physicians outraged by budget balancing plan
About 200 physicians emailed lawmakers this week to tell them not to balance the budget by taxing the sick and breaking previous promises.
Pawlenty seeks sick tax dollars to fix budget
Gov. Tim Pawlenty last Friday recommended using nearly $400 million from the Health Care Access Fund (HCAF) and cutting $187 from health care programs to help address a nearly $1 billion shortfall.
ACTION ALERT
STOP LAWMAKERS FROM RAIDING
THE HEALTH CARE ACCESS FUND!
2008 Day at the Capitol slide show
Pictures of the more than 100 physicians and physician assistants attended the MMA's Day at the Capitol March 6.
MMA Board adopts policy on imaging services
The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota Medical Association adopted policies at its March 8 meeting on the controversial subject of imaging services.
MMA Board aims to reduce psych bed shortage
The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota Medical Association agreed at its March 8 meeting to adopt a strategic goal of reducing the psychiatric bed shortage by 200 beds each year for the next three years.
House panel passes phys ed measure, nixes BMI tracking
A House committee passed a bill Tuesday calling for public health initiatives as part of comprehensive health care reform but shelved a BMI tracking plan.
Leavitt meets with MMA and other groups
The MMA met Wednesday with a small group of community stakeholders and Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt to discuss quality and electronic health records.
Minnesota is a key player in Bridges to Excellence pilot
MN Community Measurement is one of several Bridges to Excellence (BTE) pilot projects striving to improve pay-for-performance programs by basing them on data from electronic medical records (EMRs).
OTHER STORIES
Allina CEO on health care bills at the Legislature
Health Grades, Google form partnership
House panel passes phys ed measure, nixes BMI tracking
Feature: Jon Hallberg, M.D., marries medicine, the arts
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