Tips for Physicians on Gun Safety Advocacy

Support Health Care Loan Forgiveness

Use our Speak Out Tool to ask Minnesota legislators to support expansion of the loan forgiveness program to address health care workforce shortages in rural Minnesota and make our state a healthier, more equitable place to live.

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Legislative

Telehealth, Vaccine Equity & More

Dave Renner, CAE, legislative rep for the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians, urges Minnesota family docs to reach out to their legislators to ask for support for telehealth and shares updates on legislation on COVID-19 vaccine equity and administration as well as cytomegalovirus.

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Two MAFP Priorities Pass Senate

MAFP legislative rep Dave Renner, CAE, provides an update on two MAFP legislative priorities—the licensing of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and clarifying that direct primary care arrangements are not insurance. Both recently passed the Minnesota Senate floor, unanimously...

Creating Change in Family Medicine

The National Conference of Constituency Leaders (NCCL) is a leadership and policy development event by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Amanda Meegan, MD, shares about her experience with last year's NCCL and why she's heading back in...

Direct Primary Care, Tobacco Cessation & More Legislative Updates

MAFP legislative rep Dave Renner, CAE, provides an update on what’s happening in the MN Legislature, including movement around direct primary care, medical and recreational cannabis, tobacco cessation services, mandated reporting, health equity and more....

Opioid Stewardship Bill Passes MN House

MAFP legislative rep Dave Renner, CAE, shares about an opioid stewardship bill that cleared the Minnesota House in March 2019....

Bipartisan Support for Provider Tax Alternative

MAFP legislative rep Dave Renner, CAE, shares about a bill recently introduced in the Minnesota Senate, offering an alternative to the provider tax—a claims expenditure assessment....

Gun Violence Prevention Advocacy Toolkit

The MAFP is partnering with the Minnesota Medical Association and have created a grassroots action toolkit to help physicians in advocating for gun violence prevention....

Formulary Changes, Tobacco Prevention & More Legislative Updates

MAFP legislative rep Dave Renner, CAE, shares about movement in the MN Legislature to prevent mid-year formulary changes, encourage tobacco prevention and fund smoking cessation services, license pharmacy benefit managers and much more....

MAFP Supports Reach Out and Read Program

The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians supports funding for the early literacy program, Reach Out and Read Minnesota....

MAFP Supports Direct Primary Care

The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians supports the direct primary care legislation (SF 277) authored by Senator Scott Jensen....

MAFP Supports Immunization Education Bill

The Minnesota House will hear a bill on immunization education on March 8, 2019, , which will provide funding to promote the benefits of immunization. We need family docs to contact their reps and ask them to support...