Understanding Supervised Injection Facilities (pdf)

6/5/2017

.  The Vancouver SIF also reported a 30 percent increase in the rate of detoxification use and an increase …

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About Supervised Injection Facilities (SIFs)

6/5/2017

in referral to addiction treatment, including a 30 percent increase in the rate of detoxification use … percent increase in the rate of detoxification use and an increase in the use of medication-assisted … rates – the number of opioid-related overdose deaths in Massachusetts reached record levels last year …

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Understanding Supervised Injection Facilities

6/5/2017

Download Interactive PDF (2 pages)  The MMS has been engaged for several years in efforts to address the opioid misuse epidemic. Recognizing that physicians must be an important part of the solution to this epidemic, the MMS formed a Task Force on Opioid Prescribing and Physician Communication in 2014. One

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If You Treat Male Patients, We've got Your Back (And Theirs)

6/2/2017

know that unmet social needs contribute to high health care costs and high utilization rates …

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Senate Budget: Strong On Opioids, Weak on Out-of-Network Billing

5/26/2017

an amendment that would have established a ceiling of 160 percent of Medicare rates on provider reimbursements … at nontransparent contracted rates, giving health insurers the upper hand in contract negotiations. It would also … empower the Health Policy Commission to set rates for non-contracted physician services every five years …

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Is Male Menopause a Thing? Can Marijuana Affect Men's Fertility?

5/19/2017

of Medicare rates in each of three bills; such a payment formula would have drastic effects … and nicotine addiction; Increasing MassHealth rates; Improving medical decision making. The Society testified … the state's wiretapping law. Three health insurers plan double-digit rate hikes for third quarter …

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Testimony In Support of Senate 604 and House 604, an Act to Increase Masshealth Rates, before the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

5/16/2017

Testimony In Support of Senate 604 and House 604, an Act to Increase Masshealth Rates, before … to be recorded in support of S.604 and H. 604, “An Act To Increase MassHealth Rates.”  The MMS is grateful … implement “pay parity” whereby MassHealth rates would be equal to or greater than Medicare rates …

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Testimony In Opposition to Senate Bill 603, an Act Relating to Equitable Provider Reimbursement, before the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

5/16/2017

intended to be a broadly applicable index for commercial physician payment. Medicare rates … as a distribution of an already limited budget of this social service program.  Further, Medicare rates differ … of this variation is that the denominator—the rate of Medicare payment—varies significantly across specialties …

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Testimony In Opposition to House Bill 2164, Senate Bill 522, and House Bill 587 before the Joint Committee on Financial Services

5/16/2017

payment. Medicare rates are not established to represent a valuation of professional services provided ….  Further, Medicare rates differ widely across specialties as evidenced by a study published recently … specialty billing Medicare.  A driving factor of this variation is that the denominator—the rate of Medicare …

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Testimony In Support of House 605, an Act to Encourage Quality Reviews and Reduce Costs in Health Care, before the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

5/16/2017

environment, it is unfair to add a 4 percent or higher premium over and above current interest rates …

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