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Medicare Meltdown Poster (pdf)
April 23, 2010
Dear patient: I love my Medicare patients, but it is harder and harder for me to continue to care for them. For 10 years, doctors have pleaded to Congress to fix Medicare. Congress understands the problem but has refused to take action for years. We need your help. Please ask Congress to fix the...
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The Medicare Payment Gap: 2001-2014 (pdf)
April 8, 2010
American Medical Association January 2010 FA31:10-0021:PDF:1/10 AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION • MEDICARE Future bleak for seniors, baby boomers: Medicare to cut payments as boomers enter the program. Without congressional action on permanent Medicare physician payment reform, Medicare rates will be...
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MMS Endorses National Petition to Fix Medicare Payment
April 7, 2010
The petition urges citizens to let Congress know that “physicians have faced steep payment cuts that make it harder and harder for them to care for their Medicare patients.”
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Sample Medicare Private Contract Opt Out Affadavit (pdf)
March 3, 2010
Sample affidavit for physicians who wish to opt out of participation in Medicine. Provided by the AMA.
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Judge to Consider MMS and GIC Arguments After Hearing
February 16, 2009
Lawyers for the state Group Insurance Commission (GIC) and two health plans argued that Superior Court Judge Nancy Staffier Holtz should dismiss charges filed against them by the Massachusetts Medical Society and five practicing physicians.
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MMS Maintains Busy Administrative-Agency Advocacy Agenda
October 28, 2008
Amid all our advocacy with legislators in Washington, the Society’s advocacy with federal administrative agencies is often overlooked. In recent months, these agencies have been engaged in rulemaking that will affect physicians, and the MMS has been very active in responding.
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MMS Complaint Against the GIC - June 2008 (pdf)
May 22, 2008
PDF of the MMS complaint against the Group Insurance Commission (GIC).
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Review of the Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission Physician Profiling and Network Tiering Plan (pdf)
April 3, 2008
Review of the Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission Physician Profiling and Network Tiering Plan A Report to the Massachusetts Medical Society Robert A. Greene, MD, FACP Howard B. Beckman, MD, FACP Gregory H. Partridge Focused Medical Analytics, Rochester, NY J. William Thomas, PhD Muskie School...
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What You Should Know About Physician Tiering and the GIC’s Clinical Performance Improvement Initiative
March 27, 2008
What You Should Know About Physician Tiering and the GIC s Clinical Performance Improvement Initiative If you, or someone in your family, is employed by the state, you may have obtained your health insurance through the state agency the Group Insurance C ommission. If so, you will see that...
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Announcement Regarding the GIC and Physician Tiering
March 21, 2008
Message from MMS President Dale Magee regarding the public records request delivered to the GIC on March 19, 2008.
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Blue Cross GIC Announcement (pdf)
November 28, 2007
Annual Reports Awards and Recognition Board of Directors Career Opportunities Company Highlights Senior Management Team Just the Facts History Member Rights News Our Commitment to the Community Supplier Diversity TV Ads Business Leaders on Value Forms Library Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts...
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MMS Principles for Tiering of Physicians by Health Plans
November 8, 2007
Adopted by the MMS House of Delegates on Nov. 3, 2007
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MMS Guidelines for Measuring, Reporting, and Rewarding Physician Performance (pdf)
February 23, 2007
May 2005 The Health Report Guidelines for Measuring, Reporting, and Rewarding Physician PerformanceImproving the Quality of Health Care Increasingly, physicians are being judged by systematic measurement and reporting of their performance on selected quality indicators, by patient experiences with...
