April 4, 2024
As part of its commitment to promoting an anti-racist culture in medicine, the MMA has developed an Inclusive Communications Guide, which is now available online.
April 4, 2024
Physicians-in-training currently have three scholarship programs available through the MMA Foundation.
April 4, 2024
The MMA Mentorship Program is designed to support physicians-in-training as they explore a career in medicine. Mentorship has also been shown to promote and maintain fulfillment in medicine.
March 28, 2024
On March 22, House and Senate leaders, and Gov. Tim Walz agreed to add $477.5 million to the 2024-2025 biennial budget and another $62.7 million for the next fiscal biennium. Just under $5 million of the new spending this biennium will be for health and human services.
March 28, 2024
An MMA priority bill to improve physician wellness went before its second Senate committee on March 27.
March 28, 2024
Several MMA-supported firearm safety bills are working their way through the Capitol.
March 28, 2024
As of June 27, 2023, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) license holders, upon initial registration or renewal, are required to complete at least eight hours of training in the treatment or management of patients with opioid or other substance use disorders.
March 28, 2024
The Minnesota Rare Disease Advisory Council (RDAC) is looking for a physician licensed and practicing in the state with experience researching, diagnosing, or treating rare diseases. The three-year term begins in January 2025.
March 21, 2024
The House Health Finance and Policy Committee heard HF 4247 (Liebling, DFL– Rochester), an omnibus bill that includes mostly non–controversial scope of practice changes. Fortunately, the bill does not include two scope of practice changes that the MMA opposed.
March 21, 2024
With the recent increase in measles cases in the United States, Minnesota physicians are warned to be on the lookout for patients presenting with rash, fever, and cough, coryza, or conjunctivitis, and to isolate these possible measles cases.
