June 26, 2025
Some of the nation’s top experts on vaccinations painted a grim picture of the future of immunizations in Minnesota and the United States, at a June 23 online forum hosted by the MMA.
June 26, 2025
The latest adverse health events data issued by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) on June 24 showed a small increase in preventable errors.
June 26, 2025
On June 18, the MMA joined nearly 100 other state medical associations and healthcare advocacy groups in a joint letter urging HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to “immediately reinstate” the previously appointed members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) within the Centers for Disease Control Prevention (CDC).
June 26, 2025
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is warning physicians and practices about fraud schemes that are increasingly targeting Medicare providers.
June 26, 2025
Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) has agreed to a $2.8 billion settlement to resolve claims of anticompetitive practices impacting physicians and healthcare facilities.
June 18, 2025
The MMA is mourning the assassination of House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman (DFL-Brooklyn Park) and her husband, as well as the shootings of Sen. John Hoffman (DFL-Champlin) and his wife this past weekend.
June 18, 2025
Physicians can now preview their 2023 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) performance information as it will appear later this year on the compare tool on Medicare.gov and in the Provider Data Catalog (PDC).
June 18, 2025
The Center for Advancing Serious Illness Communication (CASIC) continues to offer physicians a comprehensive training series that will introduce them to serious illness communication and to the Serious Illness Conversation Guide (SICG).
June 12, 2025
The Legislature met for a one-day special session on June 9 to approve the budget deal that leaders and Gov. Tim Walz agreed to over the weekend. Several of the MMA’s priorities were included.
June 12, 2025
The AMA’s annual meeting, June 6-11 in Chicago, reinforced the importance of physician advocacy efforts on behalf of their patients and the practice of medicine.
