Are you having trouble getting paid?

5/11/2018

physicians, their medical staffs, and their institutions’ administration through MMS and AMA governance … a medical injury dispute? How can you remove a patient from your panel or support an impaired colleague … of care. The Summer issue of Vital Signs, which mails in late June, will focus on how the environment …

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MACRA: What Physicians Need to Know Presentation

12/2/2016

MACRA: What Physicians Need to Know Presentation … Physicians Need to Know Massachusetts Medical Society Town Hall December 2, 2016 MACRA Medicare … to Medicare – Retains Fee for Service - modified – Physician Choice and Involvement – Transitional payment …

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Vital Signs May-June 2021 PDF

6/7/2021

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Firearm Guidance for Providers

2/10/2017

a condition that results in an altered mental state such as drug addiction or dementia. How should I … specific, here are some general thoughts about how best to avoid a confrontational dialogue and provide …, “Some of my patients have guns at home, and some gun owners with suicidal thoughts choose to make …

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Firearm Guidance for Providers

3/20/2017

a condition that results in an altered mental state such as drug addiction or dementia. How should I … specific, here are some general thoughts about how best to avoid a confrontational dialogue and provide …, “Some of my patients have guns at home, and some gun owners with suicidal thoughts choose to make …

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Printable Firearms Provider Info

4/3/2017

questions about how to keep themselves and their families safe. Some providers may not approach this topic … because of concerns about how to talk about guns and what to do when troubling information is gleaned … or to others outside of the provider- patient relationship? Gunshot wounds A physician or an administrator …

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Women Physicians Section Provides Space for Networking, Support, and Leadership Training

9/18/2020

body { background:#fff; } BY VICKI RITTERBAND, VITAL SIGNS WRITER While women physicians have long made their mark on medicine, parities in pay and leadership opportunities have been elusive, as have meaningful so

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Vital Signs November 2016 (pdf)

11/1/2016

physicians are particularly worried about how this law would affect children and adolescents. A major … patient protections • Allowing patients the opportu- nity to choose their principal physician and have …, chooses to inquire further. Is Dr. B. an anomaly? Can any physician today afford to focus …

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Proposed Health Policy Commission Patient Centered Medical Home Certification Standards

4/10/2015

when considered in analysis of how patient contact time is used. Physicians already have an innumerable … through our Physician Practice Resource Center, through continuing medical education courses … a process whereby physician practices and other providers already certified by the NCQA—or those …

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MMS_PatientReportedOutcomeMeasures

2/20/2019

, for example, how much a knee replacement helps a patient walk. PROMs can help quantify symptoms, function- al … Shield of Massachusetts (Page 5) 8. How to Select PROMs (Page 6) 9. Implementation of PROMs (Page 7 … (PRO), into a numerical score.6 With PROMs, providers can use numbers to describe, for example, how …

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