Regulatory Issues

The MMS monitors state and federal regulations affecting physician interaction with patients, other health care workers, hospitals, health plans and new technologies.

• Massachusetts Medical Society Opioid Therapy and Physician Communication Guidelines August 30, 2017
• Comments Regarding Proposed Regulatory Changes to Licensing and the Practice of Medicine (243 CMR 2.00) Regulations before the Board of Registration in Medicine May 18, 2017
• Testimony in Opposition to Proposed Changes to Masshealth Regulations, 130 CMR 433.000 May 11, 2017
• Testimony In Opposition to Proposed Changes to Regulations of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, 101 CMR 317.00 May 11, 2017
• MMS Comments to CMS on Meaningful Use Stage III and MACRA December 13, 2015
• CMS to Offer Process to Seek Reprieve from Meaningful Use Penalties December 2, 2015
• The Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law: What Every Employer Needs To Know July 29, 2015
• Bold Steps to End the Opioid Epidemic – The Physician Contribution to the Solution May 20, 2015
• Comments to The Health Policy Commission: Registration of Provider Organizations Data Submission Manual May 14, 2015
• Proposed Health Policy Commission Patient Centered Medical Home Certification Standards April 9, 2015
• Comments of the Massachusetts Medical Society to the Massachusetts Opioid Task force March 31, 2015
• Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Obligations March 24, 2015
• Massachusetts Breast Density Notification Law February 12, 2015
• Mass. Electronic Death Registration System February 9, 2015
• New Medical Marijuana Registration Rules Take Effect Feb. 1 January 29, 2015
• Overview of Final EHR/Meaningful Use Regulations January 20, 2015
• Walgreens Expands Its 'Good Faith Dispensing' Policy December 21, 2014
• Testimony In Support of Proposed Changes to EHR-Meaningful Use Regulations September 25, 2014
• Testimony In Support of Proposed EHR/Meaningful Use Licensure Requirements September 24, 2014
• Federal Sunshine Act: An Overview July 30, 2014