Dr. Francis X. Rockett

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  Published on: 11/13/2001    Last Visited: 11/14/2001  

  "While the public's concerns are understandable, taking or stockpiling antibiotics as a precaution is not recommended," said Francis X. Rockett, M.D., president of the Mass. Medical Society."First, many strains of bacteria are resistant to antibiotics, and taking preventive antibiotics could make the situation worse, rendering them useless.Second, there are many different germs that a terrorist could use, and no single antibiotic is effective against all kinds of germs.Third, antibiotics have a limited shelf life before they lose their strength.And finally, many antibiotics have side effects that could be very harmful to certain individuals."

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  Published on: 8/2/2001    Last Visited: 4/25/2002  

  The daylong seminar included a keynote presentation from Francis X. Rockett, M.D., MMS president.
  
  The program, which was directed toward health-care practitioners who counsel and represent physician clients, included several timely, substantive issues, including: HIPAA privacy rules for physician organizations, fraud and abuse, negotiating provider contracts and reimbursement issues for 2002.
  
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  In addition to the formal program components, Rockett spoke candidly with the day's participants during lunch.
  
  In his address, entitled "Critical Condition: Physician Practices and the Future of Massachusetts Health Care," Rockett raised a number of significant issues physician and physician practices currently face.Amid declining Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, Rockett discussed physician practices in the context of a 10-year period that showed either flat or declining reimbursements from managed-care companies.The MMS president also alluded to other external pressures imposed on physician practices, including federal and state government scrutiny of physician relationships with hospitals and other health care organizations.
  
  Rockett serves as president of the oldest continuously operating medical society in the nation, which has more than 17,000 physician and student members.He practices neurosurgery in Newton and holds appointments at several Boston-area hospitals, including Newton-Wellesley Hospital.As MMS president, Rockett has publicly addressed such issues as the decline of physician practices in Massachusetts, inadequate recognition by the Health Care Task Force Report of unprecedented challenges faced by physicians in maintaining their practices, hospital closures and Attorney General Thomas Reilly's investigation into alleged anti-competitive behavior.
  
  Rockett's remarks followed a 90-minute medical malpractice panel that offered three perspectives.

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  (Keywords: interim 2001; president's report; Francis Rockett; house of delegates meetings; MMS)
  
  Francis X. Rockett, M.D.MMS President Francis X. Rockett, M.D.
  
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  Francis X. Rockett, M.D., a neurosurgeon from Newton, was elected president at the Society's 2001 annual meeting.
  
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  Published on: 3/31/2001    Last Visited: 10/6/2005  

  According to Dr. Francis Rockett, president of the Waltham-based Massachusetts Medical Society, the financial environment for private practitioners has changed dramatically over the past several years, making it more and more difficult for physicians to earn a living.Among the factors contributing to that decline, he says, are health insurers that are too interested in the bottom line.If there aren't enough doctors to support an area's patient needs because physicians cannot afford to operate a meaningful patient-centered practice, he explains, access to quality health-care is seriously compromised.

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  AMA Barbara A. Payne Rockett, MD - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/13/2008    Last Visited: 11/13/2008  

  Dr. Barbara A. Rockett, MD, is a practicing surgeon in Newton, Massachusetts who works with her husband Dr. Francis X. Rockett, a neurosurgeon.
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  As a recognized leader in organized medicine, Dr. Rockett serves as an AMA Delegate for Massachusetts and is the Chair of the Massachusetts AMA Delegation. She was the Vice Chair and Chair of the AMA's Council on Legislation. She is a Past President of the Massachusetts Medical Society, which she served for an unprecedented two years. She is Past President of the Norfolk District Medical Society and the Tufts Medical Alumni Association. She is the immediate past Chair of the Massachusetts Medical Society's Judicial Committee and the immediate past Chair of the Professional Liability Committee.
  
  Dr. Rockett received her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College and her doctorate in medicine from Tufts University School of Medicine. She received honorary degrees from Emmanuel College, Stonehill College and King's College. She was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) at the request of the Tufts medical students who submitted her name for the Honorary Alumnus Award. She received the Tufts Distinguished Service Award, the Massachusetts Medical Society Medical Student Section Award, the AMA's Young Physician Section "Young at Heart Award", the Massachusetts Medical Society Presidential Citation for Outstanding Leadership and the Award for Distinguished Service to the Massachusetts Medical Society. She has lectured at several schools, colleges, and civic groups and has delivered several commencement addresses. She has appeared on several radio and television programs discussing medical subjects and proposed legislation.
  
  She is the mother of five children including one who is a General Surgeon, and one who is an Orthopedic Surgeon married to a Family Practitioner.

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  Published on: 3/15/2001    Last Visited: 8/6/2001  

  "We did the study because we were hearing a lot of anecdotes that things are not going well for physicians in Massachusetts," said Francis X. Rockett, MD, a neurologist and president of the Massachusetts Medical Society."We're seeing a lot of physician practices closing or consolidating."
  
  So, the state society commissioned The Howell Group, an independent consulting firm in Boston, to analyze indicators of physician supply and patient access, medical practice financial conditions and the physician's work environment.
  
  Among their findings:
  
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  "That means we are not attracting young physicians to the state," said Dr. Rockett.
  
  However, AMA data also show that, among the 10 states with the largest physician populations, Massachusetts has the highest percentage of physicians younger than 45 -- 48.8% in 1999.
  
  The Massachusetts society gathered its data from the 1993 to 2000 editions of the AMA publications, Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the U.S.; Physician Marketplace Statistics; and Physician Socioeconomic Statistics; the Assn. of American Medical Colleges; the American Hospital Assn.; ProMutual Insurance Co; Grubb and Ellis; and the New England Journal of Medicine.
  
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  Dr. Rockett said that better reimbursement rates and a reduction in administrative hassles would help improve the practice environment.
  
  Some costs high for everyone

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  Boston Globe Online / Business / Tufts Health to issue... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/25/2001    Last Visited: 10/25/2001  

  Medical society president Dr. Francis X. Rockett said he supports physician ratings generally as long as they're not being used as an HMO ''sales pitch , '' but that he cannot comment on the Tufts profiles in particular because he hasn't reviewed them.
  
  ''Anything that sheds light on good practices and emphasizes areas where good quality is being maintained and kept up is very helpful for our patients , '' he said. ''I don't see how anyone could be unhappy with that kind of information.''.

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  Boston Globe Online / Metro | Region / Anxious public... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/14/2001    Last Visited: 10/14/2001  

  Dr. Francis X. Rockett , president of the Massachusetts Medical Society , said , given that terrorists could use many different germs that don't respond to Cipro , it doesn't make sense for people who haven't been diagnosed with anthrax to take the drug.
  
  ''It's much more useful in a central warehouse where it could be called on to treat ill people than sitting in people's medicine cabinets.''.

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  Published on: 3/28/2002    Last Visited: 3/28/2002  

  "The idea of taxing a physician to practice in Boston is one of the most outrageous things I have ever heard," said Dr. Francis X. Rockett, the society president."It's going to start a revolution!"
  
  Rockett said he had never heard of such a fee being charged in any other community.
  
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  Rockett said the move could accelerate physician departures from the state, which he said is already struggling to keep doctors here and recruit new ones in the face of the mounting cost of medical malpractice insurance and restrictive Medicaid payment rules.
  
  "Has nobody been paying attention to what is going on?"he said."To tax physicians who are already being driven out of the state?"
  
  News of the fee has been slow to seep out.The city made no official announcement about it and has instead been sending letters to doctors, in alphabetical order, since mid-March.Early recipients are already registering dismay.

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  Boston Globe Online / Metro | Region / State becoming... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/24/2001    Last Visited: 7/24/2001  

  Despite the plethora of large medical centers in Boston , the mounting difficulties for the frontline physicians who provide primary care may lead to a lack of good medical care , according to Dr. Francis X. Rockett , president of the Medical Society.
  
  ''The hospitals don't practice medicine , '' Rockett said. ''It is the individual physician-patient relationship that's really the core and the foundation of the health care system.''.
  
  The study shows that since 1993 , Massachusetts has increasingly become an undesirable destination for new doctors , which may create a void as older doctors retire.Applications to the state's three medical schools , after reaching a high of nearly 29 , 000 in 1996 , dropped to less than 24 , 000 in 2000.
  
  Meanwhile , the percentage of doctors in the state over the age of 55 rose from 30 percent to 33.4 percent from 1992 to 2000.
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  ''It's almost as if the managers are in the office with you overseeing the relationship with the patient , '' Rockett said.He pointed out that although the rapid growth of managed care was born out of an effort to make health care more affordable , the result has been an overemphasis on cost-cutting and an increased inability of doctors to dictate the care of patients.

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