Meet MAFP President Alex Vosooney, MD

Meet Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) President Alex Vosooney, MD. Learn about her vision for her term as president, where she sees the MAFP has room to grow and how members can get more engaged in the work of the Academy.

MN Family Physicians Stand Against Policies That Criminalize Abortion Care

The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) is disappointed in today’s Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.

The MAFP stands against any policies that interfere with a patient’s ability to obtain the health care treatment and services that they need, including abortion and gender-affirming care; obstruct the ability of a physician/medical provider to practice evidence-based medicine; threaten the patient-physician relationship; and criminalize physicians, medical providers and medical care.

2022 MN Legislative Session Update: Payment reform, Vaccine Access, MinnesotaCare Buy-IN & More

2022 Minnesota Legislative Session Update: Our legislative rep Dave Renner, CAE, shares an update on the status of primary care payment reform, gives a recap on recent bills introduced that would interfere with vaccine access, shares more on what we’re following with the Governor’s budget proposal as well as provides updates on frontline worker pay and workers’ compensation legislation.

MN Physicians Urge Minnesotans to Get Vaccinated

Earlier this week, MAFP member and former Minnesota House Representative Alice Mann, MD, MPH, joined a group of Minnesota physicians and health care workers from across the state at Hennepin Healthcare Clinic & Specialty Center in Minneapolis. The group shared stories to help shed light on what’s happening in Minnesota hospitals (with the current surge and capacity and workforce issues) and asked Minnesotans to, once again, help slow the spread of COVID-19.