2025 NMA Distinguished Service to Medicine: Gerry Luckey, MD, FAAFP
Awarded to a long-standing physician leader who has made impactful contributions to the profession of medicine and the NMA. By Gerry Luckey, MD, FAAFP I am surprised, humbled, and honored to receive the Distinguished Service to Medicine Award from the [...]
2025 NMA Young Physician of the Year: Melanie Menning, MD, MPH
NMA Young Physician of the Year is awarded to a physician under age 40 who consistently achieves high standards in the practice of medicine and is looked upon as a role model by his or her peers. By Melanie Menning, [...]
2025 NMA Physician of the Year: Daniel Rosenquist, MD
NMA Physician of the Year is awarded to an actively practicing physician who consistently achieves high standards in the practice of medicine and is looked upon as a role model by his or her peers. Reflections on My Career in [...]
Medicaid Cuts Threaten Nebraskans’ Access to Health Care
NMA opposes proposed Medicaid cuts, citing harmful impacts to children, rural care, and state infrastructure Congress is currently considering widescale Medicaid eligibility reforms and deep funding cuts as part of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” As the voice for [...]
Governor Pillen Signs Significant Prior Authorization Reform into Law
(Lincoln, NE) - Yesterday, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed the Ensuring Transparency in Prior Authorization Act (LB 77) into law. The new law reforms the prior authorization (PA) processes that require a patient’s health plan to approve a service or [...]
Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte’s Hospital Restoration Project
To honor our True Nebraska Physician Hero By Britt Thedinger, MD Against all odds, our Nebraska medical colleague, Susan La Flesche, graduated as Valedictorian from the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1889, becoming our country’s first Native American physician—and [...]
