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MN Legislative Session 2025: Updates on Health Care Bills

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

The Minnesota Hospital Association, as well as some individual hospitals, testified in support of the bill. The bill addresses Medicare supplement policies and individual health plans , including: Allowing Medicare supplement policies to factor in late enrollment and reenrollment when determining premiums. Read a summary of S.F.

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Risking It All For a New Business Model at Family Physicians of St. Joe

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

Joseph, the family medicine practice is committed to providing exceptional, affordable, patient-centered primary care in SW Michigan without reliance on insurance companies for payment of services. In 2007, Dr. Mancini joined the practice, followed by Dr. Meadows in 2012, and Dr. Gendernalik in 2015. Joseph, P.C.,

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Navigating Insulin Initiation in Type 2 Diabetes: Unraveling the Sociodemographic and Biological Dynamics [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: This study aimed to investigate factors affecting insulin prescription patterns in individuals with T2DM. Setting or Dataset: Participant data were selected from the Extramural LUMC Academic Network(ELAN) primary care database between 2007 and 2023. per 13 mmol/mol,95%CI:1.52-1.57) mmol/L,95%CI:1.01-1.10), per 28%,95%CI:1.02-1.12),

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