Planning and Preparedness July 29

7/30/2020

this requirement if they are coming from a designated lower-risk COVID-19 state or fall into another narrow …

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Massachusetts Medical Society supports the Pandemic Production Act

7/30/2020

and appropriate PPE for health care providers, supplies of PPE still fall short of current and future anticipated …

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MMS comments regarding S.2796, An Act to promote resilience in our health care system

7/22/2020

, and chronic disease management to ensure that patients with conditions not falling under a covered …

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Comments Regarding S.2796, An Act to Promote Resilience in our Health Care System

7/22/2020

management to ensure that patients with conditions not falling under a covered service are not left behind …

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Massachusetts Medical Society on returning to school

7/17/2020

should be prioritized. Acknowledging that much about this coming fall remains unknown, we support …

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Letter to Congress Urging Federal Medicaid Match Increase and Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Rule Rescission

7/10/2020

the national unemployment rate falls below 5 percent. In addition, we request additional FMAP increases …

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FMAP Letter to Congress

7/10/2020

rate falls below 5 percent. In addition, we request additional FMAP increases be determined based …

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Massachusetts DPH Call Summary - June 25, 2020

6/30/2020

average.  The number of hospitalized patients also continues to fall. As of June 24, there were 905 …

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Massachusetts Medical Society and the Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Physicians support the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act

6/30/2020

during the pandemic. Physicians falling ill to COVID-19 further depletes the health care workforce …

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Legal Issues

6/29/2020

; or (3) she or he is a victim of a crime that falls within a specific set of crimes as laid out …

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