Medical claims issues, MCRC ratification highlight SMA president’s report to 2024 Fall RA

Problems with medical claims payments are having a significant impact on Saskatchewan’s physicians, Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) president Dr. Andre Grober said during his address to the SMA’s 2024 Fall Representative Assembly (RA).

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Longtime Regina family physician Dr. Nasim Alibhai honoured as SMA’s 2024 Physician of the Year

Dr. Nasim Alibhai has touched the lives of thousands of patients during her career in family medicine, which spans more than 40 years, including 37 in Regina. Dr. Alibhai is the recipient of the 2024 Saskatchewan Medical Association’s (SMA) Physician of the Year Award.

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SMA presents 2024 leadership awards to physician, resident, and student

The Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) honoured outstanding leadership in the province’s medical community by presenting three awards during its 2024 Fall Representative Assembly. The SMA annually presents Physician, Resident and Student Leader of the Year awards at the Fall RA, which was held Oct. 25-25 in Regina.

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SMA op-ed: Targeted solutions needed to tackle health care needs

A family physician shortage has been simmering across Canada for years, and Saskatchewan has been particularly hard hit. About 200,000 people in the province – or one in six – don’t have a family physician. This shortage is only going to get worse as more family physicians retire and fewer medical graduates enter family medicine.

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Ceremony apologizing for harms to Indigenous Peoples a powerful, emotional event for Sask. physician

The Canadian Medical Association’s (CMA) ceremony apologizing for past and ongoing harms to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples was powerful, emotional, yet heartwarming, says Saskatchewan physician Dr. Annette Epp.

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Ministry of Health news release: Government Establishes Innovation Fund for Saskatchewan Physicians

The Government of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) have partnered to establish an Innovation Fund supporting the development of family physician-led, team-based health care clinics in communities throughout Saskatchewan. 

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