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Massachusetts health care by the numbers
June 17, 2024
MASSACHUSETTS IS IN the unique position of having a designated agency to wave a red flag when health care systems start trending in troubling directions, and the head of that...
Mass. health care labor shortage hard for nursing, home care | The Boston Globe
June 07, 2024
After helping Rita Barse, left, shower and dress, aide Millicent Cousins leaves for the day. Barse, 83, of Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard has been waiting since November 2022 for...
Status of primary care system keeps slipping
May 16, 2024
More and more doctors leaving practices, some cancer screenings down - Jennifer Smith, Commonwealth Beacon, Thursday, May 16, 2024 BY ALMOST EVERY almost every significant metric, primary care in Massachusetts is...
About a third of Mass. voters are unhappy with health care access, new poll shows
April 26, 2024
Dissatisfaction was highest among Hispanic residents. Dr. Barbara Spivak, a primary care doctor in Watertown and the president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, said primary care doctors make 20 percent less...
Massachusetts Health Care Costs Rose Sharply Again In 2022
March 13, 2024
Consumers, Hospitals Lose Ground As Total Spending Increased 5.8 PercentColin A. Young, State House News Service, Wednesday, March 13, 2024MARCH 13, 2024.....As policymakers this week examine a law meant to...
State Takes First Look At Pediatric Hospital Readmissions
October 19, 2023
BOSTON (State House News Service) — Unplanned hospital readmissions are viewed by health care analysts as a measure of system performance and quality, and new state data marks the inaugural look...
The Costs of Drug Pricing Middlemen - CommonWealth Magazine
October 02, 2023
In the fight against ever-rising drug prices, attention is increasingly zeroing in on a little-noticed middleman of the pharmaceutical chain – pharmacy benefit managers. Pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, are the...
Report on Mass. hospital finances 2022 highlight cost of temporary staffing - Boston Business Journal
September 29, 2023
The cost of temporary staffing at Massachusetts hospitals doubled in 2022, according to a new state report, leading to a significant drop in the profitability of local hospitals.“CHIA’s latest report...
Lawmakers Weigh Solutions For “Terribly Underfunded” Primary Care
September 13, 2023
It was pretty clear which of the 24 bills on the docket Tuesday would command the bulk of the Health Care Financing Committee's attention from the get-go. Five people were...
Black and Hispanic patients admitted and return to the hospital in higher rates than others, study finds - The Boston Globe
August 23, 2023
New state data shows that Black and Hispanic residents are using hospital services at higher rates than other groups, potentially pointing to uneven challenges accessing primary care and differences in...