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Information about the APA Reorganization - click HERE Open Division / Committee Chairs The following positions are open for the 2025 year. Please click HERE to see the full description for the divisions and HERE to see the full description for Committee Chairs.
The following positions are also open for nominations and are appointed:
Change in MN Health Plans Many psychologists in MN are not in network with insurance plans, which reduces access to high quality psychological services for consumers. The legislature passed a law last session requiring local insurance plans to accept any willing qualified provider, from now through June 2025. Here is information about the legal change that temporarily requires Minnesota health plans to open their networks for enrollment of all qualified providers. Several of the health plans have significantly increased their rates for doctoral providers, so if reimbursement levels have been a concern for you in the past, this could be a good time to reevaluate your interest in joining networks. Here is the relevant section of the statute. MA LPs - Medicare ProvidersSome MPA representatives met with APA representatives last week for a briefing on the enrollment of MA LPs as Medicare providers. We learned that APA Services asked CMS to also recognize psychologists with masters degrees as eligible providers.
CMS ultimately issued this comment in the final rule, “In response to the comments received on the variation in nomenclature used across States for mental health counselors, we wish to make clear that individuals who meet all of the applicable statutory and regulatory qualifications for the mental health counselor benefit category for education and clinical supervised experience, but are licensed or certified by their State under a different title to furnish mental health counseling, are eligible to enroll in Medicare under the Part B ‘‘mental health counselor’’ statutory benefit category.” Special thanks to Dana Fox, Ph.D., LP for her efforts on this topic!
MPA Diversity Statement The Minnesota Psychological Association actively encourages the participation of all psychologists regardless of age, creed, race, ethnic background, gender, socio-economic status, region of residence, physical or mental status, political beliefs, religious or spiritual affiliation, and sexual or affectional orientation. Although we are an organization of individuals from diverse cultures and backgrounds, the Minnesota Psychological Association also recognizes our core unifying identities as Psychologists who practice in America. We also recognize that we may hold unintentional attitudes and beliefs that influence our perceptions of and interactions with others. Within this context of unity and self-exploration, we are committed to increasing our sensitivity to all aspects of diversity as well as our knowledge and appreciation of the unique qualities of different cultures and backgrounds. We aspire to become alert to aspects of diversity, previously unseen or unacknowledged in our culture. In this spirit, we are committed to collaborating with multicultural groups to combat racism and other forms of prejudice as we seek to promote diversity in our society. To this end, we are dedicated to increasing our multicultural competencies and effectiveness as educators, researchers, administrators, policymakers, and practitioners. |
