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Complete Rewrite of the Board of Registration in Medicine’s Regulations is...
The state Board of Registration in Medicine has released a draft copy of newly revised proposed regulations governing licensing and the practice of medicine. The new proposals come in three sections of...
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Debate on Prescription Drug Bill Resolved; Goes to Governor for Signature
The Massachusetts House and Senate today resolved the debate over a proposed prescription drug monitoring bill intended to increase scrutiny of the way prescriptions are handled. The bill now goes to...
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DPH Proposes New Regulations for Prescription Monitoring Program
Rules May Apply to All Physicians and Prescribers The Department of Public Health this week presented draft regulations to the Public Health Council to implement changes to the state Prescription Drug...
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The President’s Podium: Mass. Medicine, After Cost Control
By Ronald Dunlap, M.D., President, Massachusetts Medical Society Massachusetts entered its second phase of reform with the 2012 passage of Chapter 224, cost control legislation officially titled “An...
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The President’s Podium: Physician, Inc.
By Ronald Dunlap, M.D., President, Massachusetts Medical Society In my first post on this site last August, I called attention to a survey of nearly 3,500 physicians that found that 60 percent of...
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With Portal Plagued by Problems, AMA, MMS and Others Urge Sunshine Act Delay
The American Medical Association, Massachusetts Medical Society, and 110 other state and specialty medical societies today asked the federal government to delay the public release of information about...
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The President’s Podium: Reclassification of HCPs Reasonable
By Richard Pieters, M.D., President, Massachusetts Medical Society The announcement today by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration that it is reclassifying hydrocodone combination products (HCPs) to...
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Editor’s Note: On April 27, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to implement key provisions of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of...
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