Massachusetts DPH Call Summary - November 17, 2021

11/17/2021

is also in a very different place than a year ago, with one of the highest vaccination rates … in the country. Hopefully, the high rate of vaccination will continue to act in our favor as we move … into the winter. • Massachusetts has one of the highest testing rates in the country. One of the questions …

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Massachusetts Medical Society and Mass. Chapter of the AAP on vaccinating 5- to 11-year-olds, making major push to educate public

11/16/2021

. Obesity has also risen at a faster rate than we had previously seen, a foreboding hint about the tenuous …

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Testimony in Support of H.2386 and S.1489, An Act Relative to Improving the Outcomes for Sudden Cardiac Arrest (PDF)

11/15/2021

cases occur each year outside of a hospital, and the survival rate is less than 12 percent. According …

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Testimony in Support of H.2386 and S.1489, An Act Relative to Improving the Outcomes for Sudden Cardiac Arrest

11/15/2021

of a hospital, and the survival rate is less than 12 percent. According to the American Heart Association …

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Testimony in Support of H.2310 and S.1459, An Act to Protect Youth from the Harms of Tobacco and E-Cigarette Products (PDF)

11/9/2021

and tobacco use, if cigarette smoking continues at the current rate among youth in this country, 5.6 …

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Testimony in Support of S.634, An Act Relative to Women's Health

11/9/2021

and continuation rates, require minimal maintenance, and are rated highest in patient satisfaction. LARC methods … pregnancy, and reduce rapid, repeat pregnancy rates. Similarly, in April of 2016 the Center for Medicaid …. Notably, CMCS also acknowledged raising payment rates to providers for LARC or other contraceptive devices …

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Testimony in Support of S.634, An Act Relative to Women's Health (PDF)

11/9/2021

: they are cost-effective, have high efficacy and continuation rates, require minimal maintenance, and are rated highest … access, reduce unintended pregnancy, and reduce rapid, repeat pregnancy rates.2 Similarly, in April … state strategy to optimize access to LARC. Notably, CMCS also acknowledged raising payment rates …

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Massachusetts Medical Society Comments to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance in Response to the RFI on Mental and Behavioral Health (PDF)

11/4/2021

system reported that telehealth show rates had been 89% during the first half of 2020 versus the show … rate of 80% for in-clinic-only visits during the previous year. Moreover, a study by an MMS member (at … that compared to visit rates in-clinic, telehealth visits “had significantly lower no-show rates …

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Testimony in Support of H.2310 and S.1459, An Act to Protect Youth from the Harms of Tobacco and E-Cigarette Products

11/3/2021

use, if cigarette smoking continues at the current rate among youth in this country, 5.6 million …

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Overview of October 2021 BOT Meeting

11/1/2021

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