Letter to Secretary Sudders Urging Greater Physician Practice Involvement in Vaccine Distribution (PDF)

3/19/2021

vaccination rates persist and must be addressed. As new opportunities arise with increased vaccine supply … distribution efforts to improve equitable access and reduce racial and ethnic disparities in vaccination rates … at getting shots in arms en masse, but as we continue to see disparities in vaccination rates, we urge …

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Planning and Preparedness March 15

3/16/2021

& Johnson vaccine administration rate set On Friday, March 12, 2021, MassHealth issued a bulletin … to identify a rate of reimbursement for the administration of a newly approved one-shot Johnson & Johnson …, carriers are expected to reimburse providers at a level that is always higher than the MassHealth rate …

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tMed Coalition Comments to Division of Insurance

3/10/2021

to meaningfully negotiate reimbursement rates with carriers. It was suggested at the listening session …

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Planning and Preparedness March 8

3/9/2021

these recommendations as more people are vaccinated, rates of COVID-19 in the community change, and additional …

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Vital Signs March 2021 PDF

3/9/2021

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Telehealth, Out-of-Network Billing, and More in New State Health Care Law

3/8/2021

body { background:#fff; } BY CASEY ROJAS, JD, MBE, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS ADVISOR On January 1, Governor Baker signed into law An Act Promoting a Resilient Health Care System That Puts Patients First, the result of a months-long negotiation in the legislature betwee

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Celebrating Our Physicians

3/5/2021

to rejoin the MMS at this special rate. Discount code required. Enjoy $1,000+ in Member Benefits FOUR TOP …

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Massachusetts DPH Call Summary - March 3, 2021

3/5/2021

with testing numbers, case numbers and hospitalization rates. The dashboard is helpful in seeing the big … lower-published efficacy rate for the J&J vaccine. I would ask us to remember that these vaccines have not been …

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Real Talk: How Physicians Can Have Healthier Conversations about Race and Racism

3/5/2021

inequities based on race: BIPOC babies have a much higher rate of mortality, especially non-Hispanic Black …

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COVID-19 Articles - 2020 Archives

3/5/2021

have been known to be getting COVID at higher rates, die of it at higher rates, that they have access … surge is coming in Massachusetts August 5, 2020 – "The positive test rate has been going up ever since … the people who are living in majority Black communities, they are three times higher rate of COVID, six times …

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