Final Report — Reference Committee C

7/18/2019

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Reference Committee C 2019

7/18/2019

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Final House Votes — A, B, C

7/18/2019

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Testimony in Support an Act Regulating Flavored Tobacco Products and An Act to Ban Smoking in Certain Public Places

7/16/2019

for the death of half of all long-term users.  Young people use flavored tobacco products at high rates …

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Testimony in Support an Act Regulating Flavored Tobacco Products and An Act to Ban Smoking in Certain Public Places

7/16/2019

for the death of half of all long-term users.  Young people use flavored tobacco products at high rates …

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Vital Signs Summer 2019

7/15/2019

elimination status — obtained in 2000. While overall vaccination rates remain high in the United States … rates in the country. Research published in JAMA showed that the percentage of Califor- nia … with higher rates of serious chronic illness, like diabetes, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary …

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Summer Vital Signs now available; MMS and Mass. DPH film youth vaping PSA

7/14/2019

administering rate for these medications. For more information, refer to the Opioid Replacement Therapy …

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Letter to Massachusetts Congressional Delegation on Surprise Billing

7/3/2019

that the law is having a positive impact of the health care spending in New York where the rate of growth … to negotiate with physicians.  There is much confusion about why the in-network rates are troubling … is to take it or leave it as they have market dominance.  In other cases, physicians will accept lower rates …

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MMS members win MPS honors; MMS testifies on An Act Relative to End of Life Options

6/30/2019

(Lowell Sun) The rate of opioid-related hospital visits in Massachusetts dropped slightly between 2016 …. The analysis, released Wednesday by the Health Policy Commission, found that rates of substance exposure … report, notes that the drop came while the national opioid mortality rate climbed 11 percent …

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MMS Letter to Senator Warren on S. 1895, Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019

6/25/2019

. There is much confusion about why the in-network rates are troubling to the physician community … it as they have market dominance. In other cases, physicians will accept lower rates than costs because … rate as the benchmark is because it fails to increase “in network” care by giving insurers …

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