The Health, Homelessness, and Criminal Justice Lab team at the Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute share about their Project of Greatest Interest from the 2023 Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) Innovation & Research Forum: Recruiting and Engaging People Experiencing Homelessness or Incarceration in Research.
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Federal Advocacy team shares what they’ve been working on, including Medicare payment reform, growing the primary care workforce, mental health parity and more.
The 2023 Minnesota Legislative Session has ended. In addition to passing a balanced budget for the next two-year period, the Minnesota Legislature passed many bills that the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) strongly supported, including the All-Payer Claims Database update, audio-only telehealth coverage, rural health care workforce funding, firearm safety measures and more.
While this is being referred to as a historic session for the number of bills passed, it was clearly a good (policy) year for family physicians and their patients.
Guest post: University of Minnesota medical students share about MD Link, a medical-student-run, non-profit mentorship organization, working to develop student leaders and provide role models to youth who are vulnerable.
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, physicians running for the Senate in 2022 and 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.
The Minnesota Legislature convened on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, to begin what is expected to be a five-month session. Dave Renner, CAE, our legislative rep, shares a recap of these first weeks and reviews the Minnesota Academy of Family Physician’s legislative priorities for 2021.
This month’s violent insurrection—with symbols of white supremacy on display—has been deeply troubling and unsettling for many of our members, leaders and patients. The challenge presented to our democracy is another reminder that in order to achieve health equity we all need to be active participants against racism and advocates for equal rights, equal protection under the law and equal access to public programs, services and opportunities for ALL people.
Advocating for Family Medicine is an advocacy blog by the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP).
