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MN Legislative Session 2025: Updates on Hearings and Bills

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

Key Changes: It implements a base year payment rate structure effective January 1, 2026, which will set specific payment rates for various levels of care, including outpatient and residential treatment services, and mandates annual adjustments based on the Medicare Economic Index, beginning January 1, 2027.

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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

The group discussed evolving trends in telehealth and how to capture that as a category of community practice. Several members of the Specialty Board shared concerns about legislation in different states threatening the availability of telehealth, with others underlining the large role it plays in their practice.

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Infectious Disease Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

After similar explorations in gastroenterology , hematology and medical oncology , ABIM announced the development of several new focused LKAs planned for launch in those areas in 2026. The group discussed how sharing data of this kind between organizations is a step toward a solution.

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GeriPal Takeover! Nancy Lundeberg and Annie Medina-Walpole

GeriPal

I will always, as always, say, you know, you’re welcome to do this in 2026. So, you know, using telehealth companies to shuttle patients to neurologists who will, you know, prescribe the drug with questionable oversight. I honestly thought probably not for 2026 because it’s virtual. Of course. We will step aside.

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