MMA Email Newsletter 5/1/2008
Top Stories | May 1, 2008
The MMA, West Metro Medical Society (WMMS), East Metro Medical Society (EMMS), and the Minnesota Medical Group Management Association (MMGMA) have teamed up to provide their members a review of the changes made in the 2008 BCBS Aware Provider Service Agreement.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty met with key lawmakers Wednesday and offered a slate of health reform ideas to try to reach agreement on a final health care reform bill.
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A report in the Duluth News Tribune says that taxes collected from bars by the city have rolled in at the same pace as before the Freedom to Breathe law went into effect.
The Minnesota Senate advanced a provision Monday that would restrict newly licensed drivers under 18 from driving between midnight and 5 a.m. and limit the number of young people accompanying them.
The MMA is putting together a voluntary panel of physicians to come up with ways to improve the care of soldiers returning from active duty.
On April 21, 2008, a final order for the national case Love, et al. v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, et al. was filed by the federal court in Miami.
For years physicians have known that driving while sleepy is a public health problem on a par with driving while intoxicated.
Every spring the MMA invites members to serve on standing committees for three-year terms beginning the following January.
The popular training program will be held this year at Grand Casino Hinckley.
The MMA Nominating and Leadership Development Committee is beginning the process of providing a slate of candidates to the 2008 House of Delegates.
Nominations are being accepted for the 2008 MMA Outstanding Achievement Awards.
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