TOPIC:
- Leadership
Lead and Advocate for Family Medicine
In the spring edition of Minnesota Family Physician magazine, outgoing Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians President Alex Vosooney, MD, encourages Minnesota's family physicians to keep leading and advocating for our
TOPIC:
- Practice
Safe Water from the Kitchen Faucet: A Family Physician’s Role
Casey Johnshoy, University of Minnesota medical student, surveyed family physicians across Minnesota to assess how water quality awareness through health risk communication between well users and their primary care physician
TOPIC:
- Advocacy, Legislative
MN Legislative Update: Budget Bills, Conversion Therapy Ban, Gender-Affirming care & Reproductive Freedom Defense Act
Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) lobbyist Dave Renner, CAE, shares an update on the legislative session, including the status of two budget bills, a conversion therapy ban, gender-affirming care
TOPIC:
- Advocacy, Legislative
AAFP Federal Advocacy Update, April 2023
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) federal advocacy team shares an update about their recent work to help strengthen Medicare, ban noncompete clauses, streamline prior authorization processes, promote health
TOPIC:
- Advocacy, Legislative
MN Legislative Update: What to Expect in the Last Weeks of Session
Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) lobbyist Dave Renner, CAE, shares what to expect in the remaining weeks of the legislative session and provides an update on actions around the
TOPIC:
- Advocacy, Legislative
AAFP Federal Advocacy Update, March 2023
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) federal advocacy team shares an update about their recent work, including support for proposed prior authorization rules, action to prevent substance use disorder
TOPIC:
- Advocacy, Education, Practice
Launching the Street Medicine Selective
Jeffrey Woods, third-year medical student at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, shares about the Street Medicine Selective in Rochester, Minnesota, and how the power of community and collaboration
TOPIC:
- Advocacy, Legislative
MN Legislative Update: Formularies, Health Care Payment Data, Conversion Therapy, Collaborative Care + More
Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) lobbyist Dave Renner, CAE, shares an update from the Capitol in Saint Paul, highlighting recent legislative actions on mid-year formulary changes, the All-Payer Claims
TOPIC:
- Leadership
Renewing Joy in Medicine Through Advocacy & Leadership
A conversation with MAFP Special Constituency Director Cybill Oragwu, MD, about the National Conference of Constituency Leaders (NCCL), advocacy and leadership.
TOPIC:
- Advocacy, Legislative
AAFP Federal Advocacy Update, February 2023
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) federal advocacy team shares an update about their recent work, including responding to the public health emergency unwinding, addressing the primary care workforce
TOPIC:
- Advocacy, Legislative
MN Legislative Update: All-Payer Claims Database, Drug Formulary Changes + More
Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) lobbyist Dave Renner, CAE, shares an update from the Capitol, highlighting recent action on updating the All-Payer Claims Database (APCD), limits to drug formulary
TOPIC:
- Advocacy, Legislative
MN Legislative Update: Gun Violence Prevention, the PRO Act, Mid-Year Formulary Changes + More
Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) lobbyist Dave Renner, CAE, shares an update from the Capitol, highlighting action on gun violence prevention legislation, limiting mid-year formulary changes, updating the All-Payers