MMS officers frequently offer testimony and/or legal perspectives to state and federal officials on issues relevant to Massachusetts physicians and their patients.
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MMS Testimony Concerning S 483 An Act Relative to Electronic Prescribing
September 26, 2011
The MMS strongly supports electronic prescription and medical record systems that are free from advertizing and promotional information. We support standards that require information to be evidence based and consistent with standards of care.
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MMS Testimony In Support of House 2080 and in Opposition to S 515
September 26, 2011
The Massachusetts Medical Society supports changes in the current pharmaceutical gift ban which would apply to meals.
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MMS Testimony In Support of Senate Bill 505, An Act to Provide Access to Patient Protection Service for all Massachusetts Citizens
September 26, 2011
The Massachusetts Medical Society wishes to be recorded in support of Senate Bill 505, legislation that would extend to all Massachusetts residents the same protections and benefits that the Legislature bestowed on all managed care patients through passage of Chapter 141 of the Laws of 2000 – the...
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MMS Testimony in Support of Senate Bill 530 and Senate Bill 1858
September 26, 2011
The Massachusetts Medical Society wishes to be recorded in support of Senate Bills 530 and 1858, legislation that would ban the practice of “data mining” – the sharing of prescription information by insurers and pharmacies with pharmaceutical companies or other parties aimed at promoting the...
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MMS Testimony In Support of Senate Bill 513, 'An Act Providing for the Information Submitted by Hospital Medical Staff
September 26, 2011
The Massachusetts Medical Society wishes to be recorded in strong support of Senate Bill 513, “An Act Providing for the Information Submitted by Hospital Medical Staff,” legislation aimed at protecting the privacy of information disclosed by physicians and other health care professionals as members...
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MMS Testimony on Proposed Changes to Board of Registration in Medicine Regulations
September 23, 2011
The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) supports the Board and its staff for the comprehensive approach they are taking to their regulatory changes.
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MMS Testimony in Opposition to House 3164, An Act to Ensure Sanitary Conditions in Physicians' Offices
September 20, 2011
The Massachusetts Medical Society is concerned about this legislation which would allow the Board of Registration in Medicine's disciplinary unit the right to perform unannounced inspections of any physician’s office at any time during working hours with no justification.
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MMS Testimony In Opposition to Senate Bill 1142, An Act Relative to Patient, Medical Intern, and Resident-Physician Safety and Protection
September 20, 2011
The Massachusetts Medical Society is opposed to Senate Bill 1142, legislation that would lock into statute specific standards currently established for resident-physician work hours and then establish an Advisory Council on Physician Work Hours in the Department of Public Health with authority to...
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MMS Testimony In Opposition to House Bill 1469, An Act Relative to Patient Safety
September 20, 2011
The Massachusetts Medical Society supports the concept of adequate nurse staffing levels without across-the-board statutory or regulatory ratios. The Society has grave concerns about enacting laws and regulations to establish standards of medical care.
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MMS Testimony Concerning House 3361, An Act Prohibiting the Participation of Health Care Professionals in the Abuse and Torture of Prisoners
September 20, 2011
The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) asserts that physicians should not be coerced or participate in, or otherwise assist or facilitate, the commission of torture of any person.
Physicians who have firsthand knowledge that torture has occurred, is occurring, or has been planned have a duty to...
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MMS Testimony Concerning S 1161 An Act to Regulate the Medical Use of Marijuana by Patients Approved by Physicians and Certified by the Department of Public Health
August 4, 2011
The Massachusetts Medical Society affirms its opposition to smoking marijuana for recreational purposes.The Massachusetts Medical Society recognizes the importance of clinical trials on the medical use of marijuana and its derivatives. All such trials should be approved by an Institutional Review...
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MMS Testimony In Support of Senate Bill 527 An Act To Define the Use of Observation Services
July 19, 2011
This bill would establish a standardized definition of observation service for all insurers. It would also implement an appeals process before the Office of Patient Protection, established under the managed care reform law (Chapter 141 of the Acts of 2000) for cases in which the classification of...
