BCBS COVID-19 Questions April 13

4/14/2020

. physician office, urgent care center, drive through lab, hospital ED). Is that correct? Waiving member … Society 860 Winter Street ▪ Waltham, MA 02451 www.massmed.org choose not to offer waived … to coronavirus will still have the usual patient cost sharing? No, see above. How is that being …

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Bias in the Medical Workplace: They Think It's Normal Because Everyone Does It (pdf)

12/13/2020

of training and policies on how to handle bias and discrimination, physician leaders are mostly on their own … health disparities. Vital Signs talked with physicians about dis- criminatory incidents and workplace … dynam- ics, and how to address them. Biases in the medical workplace — among patients, peers …

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Bias in the Medical Workplace: “They Think It’s Normal Because Everyone Does It”

2/5/2018

physicians, who exhibit far less racial bias) and explored how it may contribute to differential clinical … to as granular as how speakers are introduced at academic lectures (male physicians as “Doctor” and women ….” But in the absence of training and policies on how to handle bias and discrimination, physician leaders are mostly …

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Book your hotel room for the 2018 Annual Meeting

3/2/2018

to the ACO of their primary care physician. MassHealth outlined its Continuity of Care plan detailing how … reporting — due March 31 Physicians in private practice: Could you could use help complying with MIPS …: (617) 983-6800 Reminders: Stuff you should click on   Connect with your physician colleagues at our …

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Boston Square Dedicated to Pioneering Physician and MMS Member

6/16/2017

Boston Square Dedicated to Pioneering Physician and MMS Member … to a pioneering physician and MMS member A public square outside Boston Medical Center was dedicated this week … to Dr. Kenneth C. Edelin, a physician described by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America as “one …

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CDC Draft Opioid Prescribing Guidelines for Chronic Pain - Dec 2015 (pdf)

12/23/2015

for pain. An estimated 20% of patients presenting to physician offices with noncancer pain symptoms … of the population, highlighting the lack of consensus among providers on how to use opioid pain medication (2 … in prescribing opioids (21). Across specialties, physicians believe that opioid pain medication can …

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11/7/2017

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CIGNA_analysis_2012

3/20/2013

of the Addendum do not apply to services covered under self-funded plans. Clarification is warranted as to how …, are incorporated into the Agreement and binding upon physicians. Since many provider obligations are included … to Administrative Guidelines. Since Cigna has discretion to determine whether changes are material and how …

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COVID Mindfulness

5/12/2020

time of uncertainty and change. Gail Gazelle, MD, MCC, and Paula Gardiner, MD, MPH, are physicians …, in addition to a myriad of health benefits, mindfulness decreases physician burnout, indicating that, along …, there is a brief body scan followed by exercise of noticing how we are holding stress in our body, acknowledging …

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COVID-19 Articles - 2021 Archives

2/15/2022

– The Massachusetts Medical Society and two other physicians’ groups are urging parents to have children over the age …. Alain Chaoui, who leads the MMS Task Force on Physician Burnout, said he still hears from too many … patients afraid to go to a doctor’s office for fear of becoming infected with COVID — even though physician …

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