Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians President Renée Crichlow, MD, and physician leaders from our Lake Superior Chapter met with members of the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board to talk about the environmental review process and adequately assessing the impact on human health.
Peter Meyers, MD, MPH, co-chairs the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians Workforce Task Force. He shares why family physicians should play a central role in addressing workforce issues in Minnesota.
Family medicine leaders and advocates from across the nation gathered in D.C. for the 2019 AAFP Family Medicine Advocacy Summit. Residents and medical students, who joined our delegation, share a glimpse into their experiences at the summit.
The legislative session has ended. Read an update on the key issues the MAFP pursued this session, including pharmacy benefit manager regulation, tobacco cessation funding and more.
As Minnesota legislative session nears an end, the MAFP legislative rep Dave Renner, CAE, provides an update on the bill to license pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).
With less than a month remaining in the 2019 legislative session, legislators, staff and advocates are settling in for long debates at the Minnesota State Capitol. MAFP legislative rep Dave Renner, CAE, shares the latest update on the Health and Human Services budget bills.
The Minnesota Senate followed the Minnesota House’s lead by passing legislation to address the opioid epidemic with a strong bipartisan vote. MAFP legislative rep Dave Renner, CAE, shares about what’s different in the House and Senate opioid bills, currently being negotiated in conference committee.
MAFP legislative rep Dave Renner, CAE, shares about a bill introduced in the Minnesota House that offers an alternative to the provider tax—a claims expenditure assessment.
Minnesota House DFLers unveiled their Health and Humans Services omnibus budget bill on April 3, 2019. MAFP legislative representative Dave Renner, CAE, provides a high level overview of the bill.
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 (67-0).
