MMS News Releases

Saying that the bill “presents an unbalanced approach which works to the interest of a few individual nurses seeking to independently practice psychiatry while presenting no protections to patients,” the Massachusetts Medical Society today testified before the legislature’s Joint Committee on...

The guest for the show is Dennis M. Dimitri, M.D., a board-certified family physician in Worcester, Massachusetts, Clinical Associate Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at UMass Memorial Medical Center and UMass Medical School, and Vice President...

The MMS announced the release of a new publication for physicians and their practice managers that provides detailed guidance on the issues that physicians should consider whether they are currently participating in an accountable care organization, forming or joining an ACO, or entering into...

Stating that the proposed regulations ignore significant statutory requirements and pursue a goal of diminished oversight and supervision requirements for nursing, the Massachusetts Medical Society today expressed “in the strongest possible terms” its opposition to proposed changes in regulations...

Seven years into health care reform, and despite longer wait times for appointments with physicians, Massachusetts residents remain as satisfied with the health care they receive as they were before reform began and are finding access to the care they need without difficulty, according to a...

The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) today testified in opposition to five bills before the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing, saying that each of the bills “advance the business interests of managed care companies over the interests of patients and providers.” It also offered testimony...

The August edition of Physician Focus with the Massachusetts Medical Society will examine the topic of complicated grief, its causes, symptoms, risk factors, who is most affected, how it may affect overall health, and treatments for the condition. The discussion will also include the...

Saying that “the existing regulations are unique in their comprehensive approach to public protection,” the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) today testified before the Department of Public Health in strong opposition to proposed changes in public health regulations governing limited service...

The ninth annual MMS Patient Access to Care Study shows that wait times for new patient appointments with primary care physicians remain long, that half or more of primary care practices remain closed to new patients. However the acceptance of the government insurance programs of Medicare and...

The July edition of Physician Focus with the Massachusetts Medical Society – Weight-Loss Surgery: Myths and Realities – examines surgery as a treatment for obesity. The discussion looks at such questions as:  Who is eligible for this treatment?  What are the different kinds of weight-loss...

Community Day Center of Waltham, the only walk-in day center for homeless adults west of Boston, has received a $3,500 charitable grant from the physicians of the Charles River District Medical Society to support the agency’s efforts to help homeless adults.

With the Marathon bombings as the starting point for discussion, the June edition of Physician Focus with the Massachusetts Medical Society examines the specialty of disaster medicine with two board-certified emergency medicine physicians who are experts in disaster medicine.