Evolving Models for Sustainable Medical Practice: Private Practice Is Possible

9/1/2020

Course Overview Provided by the Massachusetts Medical Society and its Committee on the Sustainability of Private Practice Discussion includes a variety of financial and regulatory considerations needed to establish a private practice including coordinating, planning, and maintaining an efficient and effective an

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Resolution to Establish a Special Committee on Mental Health and Substance Use

7/17/2020

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Long-Term Care Visitation Guidance Memo - June 1

7/2/2020

. Limitations on Long-Term Care Visitors: Long-term care facilities may allow visits with residents … Commissioner Tel: 617-624-6000 www.mass.gov/dph A long-term care facility may allow … COVID-19 may be visited.  Prior to transporting a resident to the designated outdoor visitation …

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COVID-19 and Vulnerable Populations

6/30/2020

Course Overview COVID19 has taken a disparate toll on vulnerable populations in Massachusetts and across the country. Data released mid-June by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health COVID19 Health Equity Advisory Board revealed Black and Hispanic populations in particular experience disproportionate rates

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Affordable Care Act Provisions Concerning Intimate Partner Violence

6/29/2020

at least once a year (but may be offered more frequently for individual patients), and can take place …

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Intervention

6/29/2020

medical records can supplement, and in some cases may be able to substitute for, the physician’s personal …

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Mandated Reporting in Massachusetts

6/29/2020

who fail to comply with mandated reporting responsibilities may be subject to disciplinary action …

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Help for Health Professionals

6/29/2020

may themselves have experienced domestic or sexual violence as children or as adults, or may currently …

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Danger Assessment and Safety Planning

6/29/2020

appraisal of both immediate and future safety needs. Since individual patients may minimize or deny … to confidentiality that may be imposed by applicable state reporting requirements, is essential. To this end, early … on in the healthcare encounter, it may be helpful to make a clarifying statement such as: “Everything we discuss here …

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Trauma-Informed Care

6/29/2020

way, including within household, family, or intimate relationships, may find medical encounters … of “trauma-informed care,” treating all patients as if they may have had personal exposure to abuse or violence … approach can help providers respond sensitively and effectively to trauma survivors who may feel threatened …

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