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MN Legislative Session 2025: MAFP Priorities Remain in Play

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

Medical Assistance Rate Reimbursement – Aligning primary care reimbursement rates under Medical Assistance with Medicare rates. Audio-Only Telehealth – Ensuring audio-only telehealth visits remain a reimbursable option. Lawmakers must pass a full budget before June 30 to avoid a government shutdown.

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MN Legislative Session 2025: Updates on Hearings and Bills

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

It allows for telehealth services while establishing client-to-staff ratio requirements for group treatment settings. The bill also provides for enhanced payment rates for programs offering specific services, such as on-site childcare and culturally responsive programs. Status: The bill was laid over for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill.

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Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

GeriPal

This DEA is taking 6-months to consider how to move forward vis a vis restrictions and requirements for telehealth in a post-pandemic world. So we’re going to be talking about telemedicine, telehealth for people with serious illness. Brooke: So I think of telehealth as the umbrella. Now is the time to act, dear listeners!