Task Force on Opioid Therapy and Physician Communication

3/6/2019

on Opioid Therapy and Physician Communication Meeting Minutes - May 31, 2016 …

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Testimony in Support of An Act Relative To Abusive Practices To Change Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity In Minors

3/5/2019

that may explore issues related to gender identify.  The medical community is committed to improving …

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MMS Letter Urging CMS to Include Prior Authorization Language in its 2020 Call Letter to Medicare Advantage Plans

3/5/2019

, which may in turn adversely affect patient health outcomes. According to a 2018 AMA survey of 1,000 … to necessary care.2 These delays may have serious implications for patients and their health, as 75 percent …

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Testimony in Support of An Act Relative To Abusive Practices To Change Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity In Minors

3/5/2019

that may explore issues related to gender identify.  The medical community is committed to improving …

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Information Technology in Medicine Awards; Environmental Justice Symposium

3/1/2019

and important *NEW* registration information This year's Annual Meeting is scheduled to take place, May 2-4 … injection facility, US Attorney Andrew Lelling may not let it happen. His office declined an interview …

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MMS Comments on Strategy for Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden

2/22/2019

presentation, documentation and order entry. Further, while EHR systems may offer many tools for user … working with non-affiliated practicing physicians to understand workflows. Vendor-employed testers may …

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Environmental justice symposium; MMS committee applications due March 1

2/22/2019

is scheduled to take place May 2-4 at the Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center in Boston. The MMS hotel …

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MMS_PatientReportedOutcomeMeasures

2/20/2019

Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) may fill this critical gap in the measure set for global budget … of patient-centered and equitable quality care, consistent with the Triple Aim. PROMs may also help cut costs … increasing career satisfaction and decreasing stress experienced by the health care workforce.13 PROMs may …

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BCG Therapy (pdf)

2/20/2019

years duration. This clinically important effect may be driven by resetting of the immune system … T1D and not type 2 diabetes (T2D), the high oxidative phosphorylation state in T1D may explain why … treated with BCG may drive mechanisms underlying blood sugar restora- tion. In young NOD mice, repeat …

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MGHBGC (pdf)

2/20/2019

that infectious diseases, in general, and life long bacterial exposure, in particular, may play … that BCG may replace the impact of immunomodulating bacterial exposures lost in the move to cleaner … 1 diabetes may be a BCG-induced shift in the process of glucose metabolism from oxidative …

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