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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. Read a summary of HF 1005.

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Looking for Clues about FDA Under RFK Jr.

FDA Law

The Senate Finance Committee will hold the first day of hearings, which will then move over to the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Thursday. Only Finance will vote to send his nomination to the full Senate. Will he wait until the next PDUFA reauthorization in 2027 to instill additional changes at the agency?

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Gun Violence Reduction Law Further Extends Moratorium on Trump-Era Rebate Rule

FDA Law

A little-noticed section (13101) of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act , signed by the President on Saturday, continues the pattern by extending the moratorium on the rebate rule one more year until January 1, 2027, this time to help pay costs of implementing the gun violence reduction measures in that legislation.

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