Medicine in 2019: A Primary Care Physician Treats Patients Fills Out Forms

10/1/2019

. But click-heavy electronic health record (EHR) programs are often configured as stand-alone systems, and may … conversing with patients, EHR can be manageable. It may facilitate chart organization and quality measurement … that may not have meaningful benefits for patients. Reporting metrics become more complicated when patients …

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Testimony in Support of An Act Relative to Expanding Access to Telemedicine Services

10/1/2019

, undermines any potential benefits the Commonwealth’s health system and residents may reap related …:870959. Epub 2010 May 19  2 http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/33/2/194.full 3 Darkins A, Ryan P …

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Testimony in Support of An Act Promoting High Value and High Quality Care

10/1/2019

of different quality measures, as each health plan and product may require slightly different quality measures …

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Testimony in Support of An Act Relative to Preventing Overdose Deaths and Increasing Access to Treatment

10/1/2019

case in Philadelphia, which may soon shed light on the merits of some of these legal considerations …

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Non Member MMS Rights

9/30/2019

to HOD staff if for HOD meeting) Non-MMS Members May sit in the HOD … in the observer section at the First and Second Session May testify at Ref Comm Hearings (with … the approval of the ref comm chair) May NOT testify at the First or Second Session of the HOD …

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Vital Signs October 2019 (pdf)

9/30/2019

, or point of view that may be offered. The MMS expressly disclaims any representations as to the accuracy … by the varying rules of programs and payers. • Broad policies (e.g., regulatory require- ments) may conflict … credentialing processes that can take sev- eral months and may delay their ability to de- liver, or be paid for …

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Letter to The Honorable Seema Verma regarding Medicare Physician Fee Schedules

9/27/2019

support CMS’s proposal that the monthly maintenance payments may continue for as long as the patient’s OUD …. For example, some patients may need the services of a typical care manager, but others will need a trained … mix of services that may be required to address those needs, not just differences in the amount …

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Foundation_PromoSheet_2019

9/27/2019

Since our inception in May 2000, the Massachusetts Medical Society and Alliance Charitable Foundation …

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Proceedings 2016

9/27/2019

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Testimony in Opposition to An Act to Support Access, Value, and Equity in Health Care Before The Committee on Public Health

9/25/2019

is an effective means to address costs. While nurse practitioners and other advanced practice nurses may …

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