On August 18, the Nebraska Medical Association held its 2023 Annual Membership Meeting and Awards Ceremony. Installed as President was John Trapp, MD, of Lincoln. Dr. Trapp currently serves as the System Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer for Bryan Health....>>Read more...
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Recent News
Apr
25
Is your DEA license expiring in 2023?
The NMA is offering all members FREE training that meets the new DEA eight-hour training requirement. As a reminder, the DEA has implemented training requirements for all DEA-registered practitioners beginning on the...>>Read more...
Feb
24
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it has updated guidance for health care providers regarding the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), which is set to expire May 11, 2023. The agency posted a series of Fact Sheets...>>Read more...
Jan
16
Lincoln, NE – Today, twenty leading healthcare and educational organizations announced the creation of the Nebraska Healthcare Workforce Collaborative, a group uniting to address the shortage of healthcare professionals in Nebraska. The Workforce Collaborative was initiated by the Nebraska Hospital...>>Read more...
Aug
19
The Nebraska Medical Association held its 2022 Annual Membership Meeting and Awards Ceremony on August 19, 2022. Installed as President was Daniel Rosenquist, MD, of Columbus. A native Nebraskan, Dr. Rosenquist received his bachelor’s degree at Hastings College, his Doctor...>>Read more...
May
24
The gains we constantly make in diagnosing and treating illness and injury are easy to take for granted – until we realize just how far organized medicine has advanced since the mid-1800s, when bloodletting and blistering helped place “bodily humors”...>>Read more...
Feb
01
The 2022 NMA Legislative Breakfast was held Tuesday, February 1, 2022. This event provides an opportunity for physician members to foster relationships with Nebraska Senators and to voice their perspectives on current legislation. We appreciate our physician members and the...>>Read more...
Sep
10
The DHHS Licensure Unit is excited to be moving to an internet-based licensing system starting in late 2021 and projected to be fully in place in 2022. The new system is called LANCE - Nebraska Licensing and Certification Environment.
LANCE will...>>Read more...
Aug
27
The Nebraska Medical Association is excited to announce Lindsey Hanlon as the new LifeBridge Nebraska Program Coordinator. Lindsey’s passion for health and wellness led her to complete her Masters of Science (M.S.) degree in...>>Read more...
Aug
06
The Governor of the State of Nebraska announced that the COVID 19 State of Emergency expires 6/30/2021 (midnight). License types that were deferred per Executive Order 20-10 will have their expiration dates extended to 10/31/2021 and must be renewed by...>>Read more...
Aug
04
By William Padmore, Host/Reporter Nebraska Public Media
Reggae music plays softly in the background of CBD Remedies’ South Lincoln location, as its employees keep busy with a steady stream of customers. Workers direct the curious to various shelves...>>Read more...
Jul
28
Nebraska Medical Association member physicians invite you to join their physician-lead campaign to raise funds to help restore the Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte Center in Walthill, Nebraska.
In 1889, Susan La Flesche Picotte, MD was the nation’s first Native...>>Read more...
May
19
When Alena Balasanova, MD, started the addiction psychiatry consultation-liaison service at the University of Nebraska Medical Center with a colleague two years ago, even she didn’t realize how much it would become part of the...>>Read more...
May
04
Thank You Tuesday is a joint venture with the Lincoln Saltdogs and the Nebraska Medical Association to honor various frontline heroes who have helped navigate the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic over the...>>Read more...
Mar
30
Dr. Michelle Walsh received a Proclamation from Governor Pete Ricketts designating Doctor’s Day in Nebraska.
Join us in celebrating Nebraska’s physicians and medical teams Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Read full proclamation>>Read more...
Mar
24
Author: John Massey, MD, MD PAIN, Lincoln, NE
Opioid misuse has been a topic of national concern for many years and adverse sequela related to prescription medication misuse and opioid use disorder have accelerated once again over the last year. ...>>Read more...
Mar
05
On Tuesday, March 2, 2021, a joint hearing was held for LB270 and LB375 at the Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee chaired by Senator Williams. Both bills deal with pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs. PBMs are companies that manage prescription...>>Read more...
Jan
04
Per Executive Order 20-10, license renewal is being deferred for certain license types. Expiration dates for these licenses will now appear as 06/30/2021 on License Lookup unless the licensee has renewed. Licenses for these license types may continue to defer...>>Read more...
Dec
18
RENEWAL UPDATE: Per Executive Order 20-10, license renewal is being deferred for certain license types. Licenses for these license types will not expire until further notice and when the COVID-19 State of Emergency is lifted; therefore, expiration dates for these licenses...>>Read more...
Nov
16
The American Medical Association Foundation has honored Alena A. Balasanova, M.D. with the Award for Health Education, made possible through the generous support of the John P. McGovern Foundation.
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