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The Minnesota Medical Association provides advocacy, information, engagement, education and leadership to Minnesota physicians and their patients. We appreciate you tuning in.

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    32 - Malpractice Discussion

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2014


    MMA's Policy Counsel Teresa Knoedler discusses the Oct. 2 malpractice event taking place at the U of M.

    31 - Medical Cannabis: Legal Questions for Physicians

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2014


    MMA Policy Counsel Teresa Knoedler discusses the new medical cannabis law and how it effects Minnesota physicians.

    30 - Health Disparities Forum

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2014


    MMA Policy Analyst Juliana Milhofer offers a preview of the June 17th forum on health disparities in Minnesota.

    29 - Legislative Session Wrap-up

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2014


    MMA's legislative team of Dave Renner and Eric Dick provide a wrap-up of the 2014 session and how the MMA did on its priorities.

    28 - Legislative Update

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2014


    Eric Dick, MMA manager of state legislative affairs, gives an update on MMA-backed legislation at the Capitol as lawmakers break for Easter/Passover.  

    27 - Legislative Update

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2014


    Eric Dick, MMA manager of state legislative affairs, provides an update on the progress of legislation backed by the MMA including APRNs, regulating e-cigarettes, prohibiting indoor tanning by minors, and more.  

    26 - Fighting prescription opioid misuse

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2014


    Juliana Milhofer, MMA policy analyst, reviews legislation designed to battle prescription opioid misuse.

    25 - Prohibiting tanning bed use by minors

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2014


    Dave Renner, MMA director of state and federal legislation, discusses why legislation is needed to prohibit minors from using tanning bed devices.

    24- Regulating e-cigarettes

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2014


    Eric Dick, MMA manager of state legislative affairs, explains how the MMA is pushing for more regulation of e-cigarettes, in essence asking lawmakers to treat them like tobacco.

    23 - Physician-Led, Team-based Care

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2014


    Dave Renner, MMA director of state and federal legislation, discusses APRNs' efforts for independent practice and how it might affect patients.

    22 - Medical Marijuana Policy Forum

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2014


    Dave Renner, MMA director of state and federal legislation, discusses proposed legislation on allowing the use of medical marijuana in Minnesota. The MMA will host a policy forum on March 5 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Eagan Community Center to discuss the topic. To register, go to www.mnmed.org/MedicalMJ.  

    21 - Free Opioid Prescribing Seminar

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2014


    Jaime Olson, MMA manager of continuing education, provides details on the MMA-sponsored Feb. 8 seminar at the University of Minnesota on extended-release/long-acting opioid prescribing.

    20 - Choosing Wisely

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2013


    Barbara Daiker gives background information on the MMA's work with the Choosing Wisely program, which the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation created in 2012 to encourage physicians and patients to think and talk about medical tests and procedures that may be unnecessary and, in some cases, can cause harm.

    18 - MMA's Proposed Governance Changes

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2013


    Dave Renner, the MMA's director of state and federal legislation, discusses the proposed changes to MMA's governance structure.

    16 - AMA Annual Meeting Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2013


    Dave Renner, MMA's director of state and federal legislation, discusses the recent AMA Annual Meeting in Chicago and its affects on Minnesota physicians.  

    15 - 2013 Legislative Session Review

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2013


    Dave Renner, MMA's director of state and federal legislation, and Eric Dick, MMA's manager of state legislative affairs, review the recently completed legislative session. 

    14 - MEDPAC

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2013


    Eric Dick, MMA's manager of state legislative affairs, provides information on and reasons to join MEDPAC, the MMA's political action committee.

    12 - MMA Listening Sessions

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2013


    Terry Ruane, MMA's director membership, marketing and communications, explains the thinking behind and the details for MMA's new listening sessions.

    6: Raising the Tobacco Tax in Minnesota

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2013


    Guest: Eric Dick, MMA's manager of state legislative affairs. Topic: Dick makes the case for increasing the tax on tobacco in Minnesota and why it's the most effective way to deter young people from starting and to get adults to quit.

    5: Phase-out and Repeal of the Provider Tax

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2013


    Guest: Dave Renner, MMA's director of state and federal legislation. Topic: Renner discusses the MMA's priority to ensure that the provider tax is fully repealed at the end of 2019.

    4: Minnesota-based Health Insurance Exchange

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2013


    Guest: Janet Silversmith, MMA director of health policy. Topic: Silversmith reviews MMA's desire for state legislators to create a Minnesota-based Health Insurance Exchange.

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