Family Docs: On the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis

Advocacy

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 can make an idea come alive.

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MN Legislative Update: Formularies, All-Payer Claims Database + More

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians 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 Database, conversion therapy, the collaborative care model, prior authorization, flavored tobacco and vaping products and adult-use cannabis.

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Advocacy

AAFP Federal Advocacy Update, February 2023

The American Academy of Family Physicians federal advocacy team shares an update about their recent work, including responding to the public health emergency unwinding, addressing the primary care workforce shortage, endorsing the Kids’ Access to Primary Care Act, supporting policies addressing substance use disorders and more.

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One Month to Go in the 2022 MN Legislative Session

With about one month to go in the 2022 legislative session, Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians legislative rep Dave Renner, CAE, shares the latest health-care-related updates from the Minnesota Legislature....

2022 MN Legislative Session Update: Health & Human Services Bill, Reinsurance Extended + More

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians legislative rep Dave Renner, CAE, shares the latest health-care-related updates from the Minnesota Legislature, including highlights from last week's hearing on the Minnesota House Health and Human Services omnibus bill; the extension of...

Art + Medicine: An Emmy-Winning Combo

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians member and University of Minnesota Center for the Art of Medicine Creative Director Jon Hallberg, MD, FAAFP, received an Upper Midwest Regional Emmy for his role in the Twin Cities Public Television/University of...

2022 MN Legislative Session Update: Health Care Payment Data, Preceptor Tax Credit & More

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians legislative rep Dave Renner, CAE, shares the latest health-care-related updates from the Minnesota Legislature, including movement on improving how health care payment data is collected and reported, a preceptor tax credit, rural training...

Support SF 3563: Physician Preceptor Tax Credit

On Thursday, March 17, 2022, Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians member Emily Onello, MD, testified in support of SF 3563, legislation which will provide tax credits to precepting physicians and other health care clinicians....

2022 MN Legislative Session Update: Health Care Payments, Conversion Therapy & More

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians legislative rep Dave Renner, CAE, shares the latest health-care-related updates from the Minnesota Legislature, including support for primary care payment reform and improving how health care payment information is collected in Minnesota; movement...

Support HF 3696 / SF 3689: Understanding Health Care Spending in MN

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians member Katie Freeman, MD, testified in support of HF 3696, legislation that will help provide a more complete picture of health care spending in Minnesota and help inform any next steps on health...

2022 MN Legislative Update: Loan Forgiveness, Frontline Worker Pay & More

Our legislative rep Dave Renner, CAE, shares an update from the Capitol on loan forgiveness for health care workers, funding for tobacco cessation services, proposed limits on Minnesota’s immunization registry, frontline worker payments and more....

Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in MN

Dennis Peterson, MD, asks how can we advance the education of practicing Minnesota family physicians who have interest in learning point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) skills....

2022 MN Legislative Session Update: Payment Reform, Vaccine Access & More

2022 Minnesota Legislative Session Update: Our legislative rep Dave Renner, CAE, shares the status of primary care payment reform, gives a recap on recent bills introduced that would interfere with vaccine access, tells what we’re following with the...