Connection Between Natural Gas Stoves and Pediatric Asthma

9/18/2020

cities with the highest rates of asthma nationwide — Springfield, Boston, and Worcester. Because about …

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Testimony before the Health Equity Task Force

9/16/2020

recently reported that COVID-19 infection rates at the national level are 2.8 times higher in the Hispanic … or Latino and American Indian or Alaska Native populations when compared to the rate for non-Hispanic white … people and, for Black people, the case rate is 2.6 times higher while the death rate is 2.1 times higher …

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September 9 MMS Member Forum on School Reopening

9/14/2020

. There is a chilling increase in undiagnosed child abuse and neglect. Dr. Fisher reports seeing higher rates … socioeconomic and racial disparities. Dr. Fisher pointed to the low transmission rates in MA … with that of neighboring Finland and found that the rates of disease for children in Sweden were the same as they were …

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Massachusetts DPH Call Summary - September 2, 2020

9/4/2020

case rates. o The Get Tested website, shows the availability of testing sites …’ responses to questions the MMS received from physicians during the call: Question: The case fatality rate …. At the CDC calculation for case fatality rate of .65, that translates to roughly between 1,500 to 3,000 …

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2019 Reference Committee B

9/4/2020

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2019 Complete Delegates Handbook

9/4/2020

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2019 Reference Committee A

9/4/2020

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Planning and Preparedness August 26

8/27/2020

. The allowance for related claims will be the lower of the published fee schedule rate and the submitted …

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Advocacy Dues Flyer

8/27/2020

in opioid-related overdose deaths — and stark racial disparities in the rates of increase — the MMS will continue … increased MassHealth reimbursement rates and advance payments. We urged federal policymakers to increase …

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Letter to Conferees Regarding H.4916 and S.2796

8/26/2020

with rates for in-person services, is essential given the crucial role telehealth is playing in keeping … rates. Inclusion of the average allowed amount in the rate calculation ensures that physicians … are reimbursed for emergency services based upon rates negotiated in Massachusetts between physicians …

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