CommonHealth

Final rules on the use of medical marijuana take effect later this month, but doctors still have some concerns.

Mass. lays out proposed rules for the medical marijuana law that voters approved.

Towns cannot issue full bans on medical marijuana dispensaries, the Massachusetts attorney general rules.

A new animated video by the Joint Commission urges patients to speak up about their pain.

State public health officials are taking input on many parts of the new medical marijuana law they must define. The law authorizes the drug’s use for patients with a “debilitating medical condition,” but what does that include?

An entrepreneur is planning to sell his pot-infused truffles, ice cream and other treats in Mass. following the November passage of a law legalizing medical marijuana.

Gov. Deval Patrick shakes up his cabinet, including a new head of health and human services, former St. Elizabeth’s hospital administrator John Polanowicz.

Patrick Budget Cuts Deal Blow To Rates Paid To Health Care Providers (State House News Service, via Wicked Local) “The bulk of Gov. Deval Patrick’s emergency budget cuts hit providers of care to Medicaid recipients, with over half of the spending reductions being taken from rates paid to MassHealth providers. Managed care organizations, nursing homes …

Medicare payment changes draw fire (The Boston Globe) – “Neurologists criticize cuts in payment from Medicare Neurologists in Boston and nationwide are objecting to a plan that would pay them less for certain diagnostic tests, a change meant to cut Medicare costs and direct more money to primary care physicians whose pay is widely seen …

“Medibles” — medical marijuana edibles — are gaining in popularity since more and more states have legalized medical marijuana.