Member Making a Difference - Dr. Philomena A. Asante

9/21/2021

. The conference is free for medical students and residents, who may benefit most as they are in the early stages …, resources, and influential social networks. The world may distribute talent evenly but not opportunity, so I …

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NEJM Healer Demystifies, Teaches, and Assesses Clinical Reasoning

9/21/2021

CONTRIBUTED BY NEJM GROUP Clinical reasoning is notoriously tough to teach, let alone assess. It involves complicated cognitive processes, demands lots of in-person instructional time, and is context-specific. NEJM Healer, a new online

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Vital Signs September-October 2021 PDF

9/21/2021

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Women’s Section Gains Momentum, Seeks to “Raise Every Voice”

9/21/2021

ERIN TALLY, SENIOR MEMBER RELATIONS ADMINISTRATOR Illustration by Chris Twitchell Riding a surge of interest from members and success in proposing new MMS policies, the Women Physicians Section (WPS) of the Massachusetts Medica

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Testimony in Support of H.1069 and S.642, An Act Empowering Health Care Consumers Before the Joint Committee on Financial Services (PDF)

9/21/2021

paperwork may be necessary before a patient can receive the prescription medication and could reduce delays …

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Testimony in Support of H.1069 and S.642, An Act Empowering Health Care Consumers Before the Joint Committee on Financial Services

9/21/2021

authorization. This would allow physicians to anticipate when additional paperwork may be necessary before …

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Massachusetts Medical Society Comments on Section 1115 Demonstration Extension Request

9/20/2021

in maternal morbidity and mortality and the racial disparities therein. Inadequate postpartum care may … is an ongoing process that typically requires multiple visits and follow-up care that may last a year or even … postpartum depression – that may not be detected within the first two months postpartum – is essential …

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Massachusetts Medical Society Comments to CMS on the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PDF)

9/17/2021

as supply and demand for in-person care has rebounded”.4 The authors argue that telehealth may improve … than six months may impose potentially burdensome travel requirements on the beneficiary … a patient’s home. For example, for equity reasons, it may be more beneficial for a patient to conduct …

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Testimony in Support of H.1245 and S.792, An Act to Provide Medicaid Coverage for Tobacco Cessation Before the Committee on Health Care Financing (PDF)

9/14/2021

. Rockville, MD; May 2008. vii Land T, Warner D, Paskowsky M, Cammaerts A, Wetherell L, et al. Medicaid …

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Testimony in Support of H.1297 and S.799, An Act Relative to Expanding Equitable Access to Maternal Postpartum Care (PDF)

9/14/2021

and the racial disparities therein. Inadequate postpartum care may contribute to persistent racial and ethnic … may help to improve these longstanding inequities. Racial disparities in maternal mortality … that these disparities persist, even when 1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019, May 7 …

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