Overview of September 2021 BOT Meeting

9/23/2021

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Massachusetts DPH Call Summary - September 22, 2021

9/23/2021

responses to questions asked during the call: Question: It's sometimes difficult to find places to test … look to find the information? If it's posted on your website. How would we find it? Dr. Madoff: We …, you are looking for a crystal ball. I can tell you what the current data show, but I find it much …

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NEJM Healer Demystifies, Teaches, and Assesses Clinical Reasoning

9/21/2021

CONTRIBUTED BY NEJM GROUP Clinical reasoning is notoriously tough to teach, let alone assess. It involves complicated cognitive processes, demands lots of in-person instructional time, and is context-specific. NEJM Healer, a new online

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Vital Signs September-October 2021 PDF

9/21/2021

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Women’s Section Gains Momentum, Seeks to “Raise Every Voice”

9/21/2021

ERIN TALLY, SENIOR MEMBER RELATIONS ADMINISTRATOR Illustration by Chris Twitchell Riding a surge of interest from members and success in proposing new MMS policies, the Women Physicians Section (WPS) of the Massachusetts Medica

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Testimony in Support of H.1069 and S.642, An Act Empowering Health Care Consumers Before the Joint Committee on Financial Services (PDF)

9/21/2021

drug towards the end of a workday, only to find when the patient arrives at the pharmacy (after …

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Testimony in Support of H.1069 and S.642, An Act Empowering Health Care Consumers Before the Joint Committee on Financial Services

9/21/2021

of a workday, only to find when the patient arrives at the pharmacy (after the physician office is closed …

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Massachusetts Medical Society Comments to CMS on the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PDF)

9/17/2021

, or technicians are finding jobs elsewhere that have lower health risk or less stress. Additional Medicare pay … (TTP): Findings and Recommendations, https://www.ncqa.org/programs/data-and-information-technology …

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Testimony in Support of H.1578, H.1577, H.1639 and S.1075 Before the Joint Committee on Judiciary

9/15/2021

prior to the date on which the verdict was rendered or the finding or order made. Currently cases … of findings of negligence in medical malpractice. Fairness dictates that defendants must be found to have … create a new way of determining damages to a plaintiff in a medical liability case. If the court finds …

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Testimony in Support of H.1578, H.1577, H.1639 and S.1075 Before the Joint Committee on Judiciary (PDF)

9/15/2021

bills settled immediately prior to the date on which the verdict was rendered or the finding or order … addresses the issue of causation as an essential element of findings of negligence in medical malpractice … to a plaintiff in a medical liability case. If the court finds that a settlement was unfairly withheld …

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