
Annual Meeting
We are VERY excited that ANCE will be in person this year. Please join us on Friday, March 31st at the Four Points Sheraton in Norwood for what is sure to be a great day.
If you are an exhibitor wishing to register, please go HERE:
Telehealth Town Hall
Please find the slides from the January town hall event here.
Please find the link to the recording here. Passcode is V1*f6Y6t
An Act Putting Patients First took effect in January 2021 as part of Chapter 260 of the Acts of 2020. It covered many areas of health care services provision in MA, including “no surprise billing” and COVID-related services.
MAND’s Board of Directors approved hiring lobbyists to help us advocate for MNT provided via telehealth and retained Smith, Costello & Crawford in November 2022, ahead of the new two-year legislative session which began on January 4, 2023.
Lobbyists' role is to offer expertise and guide MAND’s advocacy activities, which include:
Lobbyists’ work to date
Our lobbyists worked with the MAND Executive Committee and Director of Public Policy to draft two versions of a bill to establish payment parity for MNT provided via all modalities of telehealth.
They then worked with two members of the state legislature to file these bills:
Next steps are to connect MAND with key members of the legislature as bills get assigned to committees. They will also continue to monitor regulatory avenues for telehealth reimbursement parity.
For more information on telehealth reimbursement in MA please email:
Sarah Conca sconca@live.com
Ellen Lowre elowre@yahoo.com
For more information on the 2023-2024 session of the Massachusetts General Court: https://malegislature.gov/ClerksOffice/Senate/Deadlines
For more information on the MA Division of Insurance:
https://www.mass.gov/orgs/division-of-insurance
For more information on Chapter 260 of the Acts of 2020:
https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2020/Chapter260
View all comments submitted to MA DOI regarding telehealth provisions here:
https://www.mass.gov/service-details/telehealth-information-sessions
Join the Academy's telehealth discussion board: https://www.eatrightpro.org/practice/practice-resources/telehealth/telehealth-discussion-board
View the Academy's Telehealth Policy Stance here.
View the Academy's letter to CMS regarding telehealth here.
We are VERY excited that ANCE will be in person this year. Please join us on Friday, March 31st at the Four Points Sheraton in Norwood for what is sure to be a great day.
If you are an exhibitor wishing to register, please go HERE:
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