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A report from the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association and the American Nurses Association that found up to 766,000 health care and related jobs could be lost by 2021 as a result of the 2 percent sequester of Medicare spending mandated by the Budget Control Act of 2011.

MMS comments focus on the proposed rules for the Value-Based Payment Modifier and electronic prescribing.

Members of the Massachusetts congerssional delegation this week united to support the use of unused defense funds to repeal the flawed Medicare physician payment formula.

House rejects Senate's proposed two-month freeze of Medicare physician payment rates.

Senate vote is 89-10; House is expected to vote on the measure in a few days.

Congressional leaders are now negotiating a two-month reprieve from the looming 27% cut in Medicare payments, as opposed to the two-year patch that was proposed by Republicans.

A Republican proposal to delay Medicare payment cuts for two years has attracted criticism from medicine, and from both political parties.

News and resources regarding the federal government's Medicare ACO program.

The MMS has called on members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation to urge members of the congressional “Super Committee” to repeal the physician Medicare payment formula in its deficit-reduction proposal.

MMS regarding the proposed physician fee schedule for Calendar Year 2012 and other revisions to the Medicare Part B program.

 Today, the  MMS submitted 20 pages of comments  on the federal government's  proposed regulations  for Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs). Our comments were based on the  principles for health care reform  approved by the Massachusetts Medical Society's House of Delegates last...

Massachusetts Medical Society President-Elect Lynda Young, M.D. this morning joined an AARP Massachusetts Tele-Town Hall Meeting focusing on protecting seniors access to health care, part of wide-ranging national and local efforts in urging Congress to fix the flawed payment formula used to...

Saying that "we have to advocate for physicians and patients with tenacity and determination," Massachusetts Medical Society President Alice Coombs, M.D., in delivering her President’s Report to the MMS House of Delegates at the Society’s Interim Meeting December 3 in Waltham, addressed two of the...

Organizations representing senior citizens, teaching hospitals and physicians in Massachusetts today urged Congress to act immediately and block a pending 23 percent cut in physician Medicare fees, arguing that the cut will severely destabilize Medicare and reduce access to care for Medicare’s...

November 11, 2010 Passed the AMA House of Delegates, Nov. 9, 2010 1.  Guiding Principle - The goal of an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) is to increase access to care, improve the quality of care and ensure the efficient delivery of care. Within an ACO, a physician's primary ethical and...

By Alice A. Tolbert Coombs, M.D., President, Massachusetts Medical Society