June 9, 2022
On June 15, the MMA’s Health Equity Community of Practice will host a meet and greet with Brooke Cunningham, MD, the recently appointed assistant commissioner for the Minnesota Department of Health’s Health Equity Bureau.
June 2, 2022
The state of Minnesota has set up a website dedicated to providing information on frontline worker pay. It is anticipated that the application for pay will be open June 8 through July 22, although the dates are subject to change. When the system is ready to accept applications, eligible workers will have 45 days to apply for pay.
June 2, 2022
Beginning July 18, the MMA will host a series of noon-time sessions called “Project ECHO: Navigating Transition for Youth with Medical Complexity to Adult Care.”
June 2, 2022
On June 1, the MMA and the Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA) released a statement calling for more firearm safety and prevention measures in the wake of the nation’s recent mass shootings, including a shooting at a Tulsa, OK, healthcare facility that took four lives earlier in the day.
May 26, 2022
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has released a health advisory regarding monkeypox, an orthopoxvirus, the same genus as smallpox, variola and vaccinia viruses.
May 26, 2022
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to update healthcare providers, public health departments, and the public on the potential for recurrence of COVID-19 or “COVID-19 rebound.”
May 26, 2022
On May 24, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, issued an advisory highlighting the urgent need to address the health worker burnout crisis in the United States.
May 26, 2022
On May 20, the MMA submitted a formal comment in support of a proposed federal rule to fix the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) “family glitch.”
May 26, 2022
While the conference committee on the omnibus Health and Human Services (HHS) bill did not reach an agreement on how to spend the allocated $1 billion, both House and Senate members agreed to recommend passage of certain policy items.
May 26, 2022
On May 22, both chambers passed HF2725 which provides more than $10 million each year for several programs to provide mental health services.
