Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

APRIL 22, 2025

LEGISLATIVE DEADLINES REACHED We came to the end of the legislature’s third deadline last week, which means all bills with a fiscal impact in each committee needed to be voted out and sent to the Finance Committee in the Senate and the Ways and Means Committee in the House. The omnibus bill includes many of the MAFP’s priorities.

Finance 52

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 13, 2025

Last week, the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) was actively engaged in multiple discussions on health care policy, including Medical Assistance rate reimbursement, coverage for the Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model and broader reforms to patient-centered care. Supporters Say: This will improve care coordination.

Patient-Centered 52

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GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

Eric 03:25 So we have a lot to talk about, but I’m wondering if we can kind of take a big step back and just talk about the patient population that’s in nursing homes. Connie 06:18 So, I’ve been a clinician working in the nursing home since back in the 80s, and I saw a lot of patients that really needed palliative care.

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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

It improves symptom management. That’s a problem in our healthcare financing system. Nursing homes are subsidized by their Medicare, by their rehab patients. Once a nursing home gets a bad reputation and they can’t attract the rehab patients anymore, they’re in big trouble. Of intensively hand feeding?

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