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August 28, 2015
The next VSTW will be published on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015
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Do you know the difference between patient experience and patient satisfaction? If you’re not sure, you’re not alone, according to Adrienne Boissy, MD, chief experience officer at the Cleveland Clinic.
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Featured guests include Jessica Dudley, MD, Chief Medical Officer for the Brigham and Women’s Physician’s Organization; Jo Shapiro, MD, Director of the Center for Professionalism and Peer Support and Chief of the Division of Otolaryngology at BWH; and Past MMS President Lynda M. Young, MD.
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Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women, second only to skin cancer. The September edition of
Physician Focus with the Massachusetts Medical Society examines several aspects of breast cancer with two physicians from The Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Nadine M. Tung, M.D., director of the Cancer Genetics and Prevention Program at BIDMC, and Gerburg M. Wulf, a medical oncologist and researcher. Hosting this edition is B. Dale Magee, M.D., an obstetrician/gynecologist and a past MMS president.
View the program here.
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Medical students and resident physician MMS members are eligible to apply for grants for up to $2,000 to defray the costs of study abroad. The program, administered by the MMS and Alliance Charitable Foundation, with input from the Committees on Global Health and Medical Education, aims to encourage international education, particularly focusing on underserved populations. Applications must be submitted
via an online application no later than 4:00 p.m. Sept. 15.
Learn more about the program here.
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Are your physicians are ready for the Oct. 1 ICD-10 implementation deadline? Join experts from the MMS’ Physician Practice Resource Center on Sept. 9 from noon to 1:00 p.m. for a live webinar on how to best position your practice for ICD-10. Learn strategic methods for optimizing your operational preparedness, handling post-implementation challenges, and more.
More information and webinar registration is here.
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Worcester officials honored MMS Past President and former Worcester Public Health Director Leonard Morse, MD, this week with the dedication of The Morse Stroll at Elm Park. At the ceremony, MMS President Dennis Dimitri said of Dr. Morse: "He is a man of the highest ethical character. If you were to Google a scholar and a gentleman, Dr. Morse's picture would show up there and it would talk about the ethical way he has conducted every piece of business he has done."
More details, photos and video from the event on Masslive.com here.
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Live CME Activities
Unless otherwise noted, all events are held at MMS headquarters, 860 Winter St., Waltham, MA
The above activities have been approved for
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Featured Online CME Activities – Risk Management Credit
The above activities have been approved for
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
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Massachusetts Removes 205,000 from Medicaid Rolls
Federal Push to Cut Medicare Costs Saves $120m in Mass. Over 3 Years
A federal program to
reduce the cost of providing care to seniors produced sizable savings in Massachusetts over the past three years, adding momentum to efforts to change the way doctors and hospitals are paid for providing health care..
State Reports Season’s First Human West Nile Case
Western Massachusetts Hospitals Lag Behind Rest of State in Profits
Hospitals in Western and central Massachusetts had among the lowest profit margins in Massachusetts in fiscal year 2014, even as total hospital profitability rose across the state,
according to a new report.
Taunton's Morton Hospital Unveils New $25 Million ED
Health Insurance Rates to Spike for 300,000 in Mass. Merged Market
Division of Insurance regulators, who recently reviewed small group and individual plans in the so-called merged market, concluded that
base rates will increase by an average of 6.3 percent in January for the first quarter of 2016 over rates in effect during the first quarter of 2015.
UMass President Meehan Wants More Investment in Medical School
Mr. Meehan, who took office on July 1, said he’s interested in lobbying state legislators for
more money for the Worcester medical school, which currently sees about 4 to 6 percent of its approximately $1 billion annual budget come from state funding.
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