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Getting a grip on health care costs - MSN

(4 days ago) WEBA 2024 annual report from the Center for Health Information and Analysis found that nearly one-third of Massachusetts residents reported going without needed …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/getting-a-grip-on-health-care-costs/ar-BB1njufF

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News HPC SETS 2025 HEALTH CARE BENCHMARK AT 3.6% TO …

(Just Now) WEBBOSTON — Today, the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) Board set the Massachusetts Health Care Cost Growth Benchmark for calendar year …

https://www.mass.gov/news/hpc-sets-2025-health-care-benchmark-at-36-to-curb-growth-and-encourage-affordability

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Massachusetts’ Steward health system crisis News - Harvard T.H

(4 days ago) WEBMarch 6, 2024 – The potential financial collapse of Steward Health Care, which owns nine hospitals in Massachusetts, is a crisis—but it could also provide an opportunity, …

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/unpacking-massachusetts-steward-health-system-crisis/

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MassHealth Receives Federal Authority to Expand Eligibility for

(4 days ago) WEBBoston — The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced today that it received federal approval for MassHealth, Massachusetts’ Medicaid and Children’s …

https://www.mass.gov/news/masshealth-receives-federal-authority-to-expand-eligibility-for-individuals-and-lower-insurance-costs-for-massachusetts-families

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Mass. health care system at ‘high risk’ amid patient backlog, …

(9 days ago) WEBMajor swaths of the state’s health care system are now considered “high risk,” with the crisis largely fueled by a major backlog of patients waiting to be …

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/mass-health-care-system-high-risk/3269480/

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Boston doctors discuss ‘devastating problem' of health inequity

(7 days ago) WEBRacial disparities continue to plague Massachusetts’ health care system, but thankfully, there’s a lot of work underway to change that. “The pandemic is probably …

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/boston-doctors-discuss-devastating-problem-of-health-inequity/3291764/

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Lawmakers zero in on private equity in health care amid Steward

(6 days ago) WEBMarch 25, 2024. The pressure points inflicted by private equity ownership in health care extend far beyond Steward Health Care, and lawmakers have a long menu of policy …

https://www.wgbh.org/news/health/2024-03-25/lawmakers-zero-in-on-private-equity-in-health-care-amid-steward-troubles

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Mass. launches emergency operations plan for embattled Steward …

(2 days ago) WEB15. Massachusetts has activated an emergency operations plan in response to the ongoing financial turmoil of Steward Health Care’s statewide hospitals. On Friday, …

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/05/04/mass-launches-emergency-operations-plan-for-embattled-steward-hospitals/

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Health disparities costing Massachusetts nearly $6 billion per year

(8 days ago) WEBJune 15, 2023 – Health inequities experienced by people of color in Massachusetts are costing the state an estimated $5.9 billion each year, according to a new report from the …

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/health-disparities-costing-massachusetts-nearly-6-billion-per-year/

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Massachusetts regulators warn of out-of-control health …

(8 days ago) WEBMassachusetts regulators warn of out-of-control health care costs. June 08, 2023. Chris Lisinski, State House News Service. The premium payments that employees make for employer-sponsored …

https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/06/08/massachusetts-health-care-costs-expensive

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A string of for-profit hospitals in Massachusetts might close — a

(2 days ago) WEBA string of Massachusetts hospitals owned by Steward Health Care are deep in debt and in danger of closing. The situation threatens patients in …

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/23/1233582917/a-string-of-for-profit-hospitals-in-massachusetts-might-close-a-danger-for-patie

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Boston Health Care News - Boston Business Journal

(1 days ago) WEBNational Boston News Health Care. Boston Health Care News . Pharmaceuticals; Hospitals; Largest Insurance Brokers in Massachusetts . Ranked by Mass. 2023 …

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News and Announcements Mass.gov

(9 days ago) WEBNews. HPC SETS 2025 HEALTH CARE BENCHMARK AT 3.6% TO CURB GROWTH AND ENCOURAGE AFFORDABILITY . 4/11/2024 Massachusetts Health …

https://www.mass.gov/orgs/massachusetts-health-policy-commission/news

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Massachusetts health care system ranked second in the country

(9 days ago) WEBBOSTON -- The Massachusetts health care system has been ranked second in the country. The Commonwealth Fund looked at 56 different measures to …

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/massachusetts-health-care-system-ranked-second-country-commonwealth-fund/

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MA health regulators to meet to discuss Steward Health - NBC …

(3 days ago) WEBState health regulators will be discussing Thursday the Steward Health Care‘s decision to sell-off its physician network in Massachusetts. Steward is trying to …

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/state-health-regulators-to-meet-to-discuss-steward-health/3335239/

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Steward promised to rebuild its hospital in Norwood. The town is …

(8 days ago) WEBThe 3rd-largest Mass. hospital system is in bankruptcy. Here’s what you need to know; Primary care wait times grow in Mass., pushing some patients to ERs

https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/05/30/steward-health-care-bankruptcy-norwood-hospital-massachusetts

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Massachusetts hospitals achieve first-in-the-nation health equity

(Just Now) WEB“This recognition is a testament to our healthcare community’s commitment to set a national standard when it comes to what accessible, culturally competent patient …

https://www.jointcommission.org/resources/news-and-multimedia/newsletters/newsletters/joint-commission-online/feb-28-2024/massachusetts-hospitals-achieve-first-in-the-nation-health-equity-distinction/

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These were the six biggest Massachusetts health care stories of …

(7 days ago) WEBWade — shocked the system in a different way. Meanwhile, health care leaders also took up initiatives to address long-standing issues, like hospital spending …

https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2023/01/03/six-health-care-stories-in-2022.html

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Mass General News

(2 days ago) WEBMass General community news featuring employees and initiatives that focus on bettering the future of clinical care, research and training. Proto Magazine Reporting from …

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Massachusetts Health Care Reform Increased Access to Care, …

(6 days ago) WEBThe researchers found that three years after being enacted in 2006, Massachusetts health reform was associated with a 7.6 percent increase in health …

https://hms.harvard.edu/news/massachusetts-health-care-reform-increased-access-care-particularly-among-disadvantaged

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Massachusetts Health Connector – The Health Connector is the …

(4 days ago) WEBDo you need health coverage? Enroll any time of the year if you experience certain life events or qualify for help paying for health coverage including MassHealth, Children’s …

https://www.mahealthconnector.org/

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Massachusetts contends right to review Steward Health Care sales

(9 days ago) WEBMH Illustration/Adobe Stock. Massachusetts supports Steward Health Care's plans to quickly sell its hospitals in the state, but reserves the right to review …

https://www.modernhealthcare.com/legal/steward-health-care-bankruptcy-massachusetts-andrea-campbell

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Health care MIT News Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(8 days ago) WEBDesigning solutions to ensure equity in health care. MIT senior Daisy Wang interweaves biological engineering and women’s and gender studies as a way to …

https://news.mit.edu/topic/health-care

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Steward Health Care crisis: Mass. members of Congress send letter …

(7 days ago) WEBAll 11 members of the Massachusetts delegation to D.C. signed onto a letter Thursday to Cerberus Capital Management, the private equity firm that owned …

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/mass-congress-members-have-growing-concerns-about-steward-health-crisis/3283119/

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Steward Health Care failure in Massachusetts predicted by Catholic

(Just Now) WEBMay 28, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. Lawmakers were well warned more than a decade ago in advance of the current crisis surrounding several Bay State hospitals operated by …

https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/05/28/steward-health-care-failure-in-massachusetts-predicted-by-catholic-activists-back-in-2010/

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Private Equity Bankruptcy of Steward Health Is a Warning for …

(6 days ago) WEB5:32. The bankruptcy of Steward Health has become the latest cautionary tale about private equity’s involvement in health care. Cerberus Capital Management’s …

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-05-22/private-equity-bankruptcy-of-steward-health-is-a-warning-for-health-care

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Senators See Possible Conflicts of Interest in Health Care Pricing

(9 days ago) WEBTrustees for a union health plan in Massachusetts sued Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts in 2021, accusing the insurer of repeatedly overpaying claims …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/us/senate-multiplan-health-care-pricing.html

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MassHealth Mass.gov

(8 days ago) WEBIn Massachusetts, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are combined into one program called MassHealth. MassHealth members may be able to …

https://www.mass.gov/topics/masshealth

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Steward sued by Brighton Marine over health care contract

(6 days ago) WEBThe news: Brighton Marine Inc. filed a lawsuit earlier this month alleging that Steward was interfering with its efforts to drop the bankrupt hospital company as its main …

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/30/business/steward-bankruptcy-lawsuits/

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