MMA Alliance members advocated for domestic partner change
[MMA News Now, August 5, 2010] MMA Alliance members played a key role in changing the American Medical Association Alliance (AMAA) policy concerning domestic partners.
How health reform will affect your practice
MINNEAPOLIS, March 25, 2010 - Here's a snapshot from the AMA of key provisions in health system reform legislation that may impact your practice and your patients immediately or in the in the coming years.
Bill calls for state-based prescriber registry
MINNEAPOLIS, March 25, 2010 - The MMA is opposing a bill, S.F. 3201, that calls for the state to establish a registration system for persons who manufacture, distribute, prescribe, or dispense controlled substances.
Minnesota physicians go to Washington
MINNEAPOLIS, March 4, 2010 - MMA leaders met with Minnesota’s congressional delegation as part of the American Medical Association’s Advocacy Conference March 1-3 in Washington, D.C.
MMA supports Medicare payment reform, despite AMA opposition
MINNEAPOLIS, December 3, 2009 – The Minnesota Medical Association generally agrees with the AMA’s analysis of the Senate health care reform bill but parts ways with the AMA on its decision to oppose a provision that would require Medicare to establish a value index for paying physicians.
Minnesota physicians to attend AMA meeting
MINNESOTA, November 5, 2009 – National health care reform is expected to be a hot topic at the 2009 Interim Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates (HOD) November 7–10 in Houston.
MMA presidents mentioned in AMA blog
MINNEAPOLIS, September 30, 2009 – AMA President J. James Rohack, M.D., reflected on comments made by Immediate-Past Pesident’s Noel Peterson, M.D., and MMA President Benjamin Whitten, M.D., in a recent blog entry, Payment disparities, our "blame-shame" culture, and a "thank you" to a fine leader.
AMA board votes to support House reform plan
MINNEAPOLIS, July 16, 2009 - The AMA Board of Trustees voted Wednesday to support H.R. 3200, the reform bill released by the House of Representatives this week, according to an AMA representative.
Former state association president chosen as surgeon general
MINNEAPOLIS, July 13, 2009 - President Barack Obama announced Monday that he has chosen Regina Benjamin, M.D., a family physician from Alabama to serve as U.S. surgeon general.
MN doctors to attend AMA meeting, Obama to speak
MINNEAPOLIS, June 11, 2009 – On Monday, the MMA’s delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) will hear President Barack Obama speak about the need for health care reform at the AMA’s 158th Annual Meeting in Chicago.