(Left-to-right) MMS Immediate Past President Dr. Maryanne Bombaugh, with speakers Phillip Gardiner, Dr. Valerie Yerger, and Simon McNabb, and coalition chair Dr. Lauren Smith at the MMS-hosted Tobacco Free Mass annual policy forum.
The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) ensures physicians have a strong voice in the policies that impact their patients and their practice.
MMS represents physicians in key state task forces and initiatives — including Primary Care, Telehealth, Maternal Health, Shield Law protections, and the Governor’s Health Care Affordability Work Group — helping shape decisions on cost, access, and care
delivery.
Through coalition partnerships, MMS advances solutions to improve access to care, affordability, substance use treatment, immunizations, prescription drug costs, and maternal health equity.
Key coalitions and partnerships include:
Putting Patients Over Paperwork: The Coalition to Streamline Access to Care (PA Coalition)
MMS is a founding member and is leading efforts to reform prior authorization in Massachusetts, reducing delays in care and the administrative burden on physicians.
Through the PA Coalition, we filed legislation to reform prior authorization to reduce administrative burden and promote access to quality, timely care.
Massachusetts for Overdose Prevention Centers
MMS is a founding member of a statewide coalition advancing Overdose Prevention Centers, an evidence-based approach to reduce overdose deaths and connect patients to care.
tMED Coalition
MMS serves in a leadership role in the tMED Coalition, a group of 50+ organizations, working to expand telehealth and improve access to care across Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Families for Vaccines
The MMS is a leading partner in “Massachusetts Families for Vaccines,” a grassroots network that organizes to combat misinformation
about vaccines and advance science-based legislation to improve vaccination rates in the Commonwealth.
MA Prescription Drug Affordability Coalition
The MMS is a member of the MA Prescription Drug Affordability Coalition, which advocates for comprehensive legislation to
contain prescription drug costs and improve affordability of care for patients.
Mind the Gap
As a member of the “Mind the Gap” coalition, the MMS supports efforts to grow and diversify the state’s perinatal mental health workforce and invest
in community-based organizations supporting perinatal people.
Tobacco Free Mass
The MMS is a founding member of Tobacco Free Mass, which advocates for legislation, policies and programs that counteract the tobacco industry’s
impact on the people of Massachusetts, focusing on those most affected by tobacco use and its harms.
Mass Collaborative
MMS is a member of the Mass Collaborative, a voluntary, open organization of more than 35 payers, providers, and trade associations dedicated to reducing
complex and cumbersome health care administrative processes in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Health Council
MMS is also a member of the Massachusetts Health Council, a broad group of stakeholders formed to foster a strong culture of health in Massachusetts.
The Massachusetts Health Council promotes policies and programs that enable healthier lifestyles, wellness, and preventative care so all people and their communities can thrive.
Additional MMS-involved coalitions include:
