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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Health Disparities Council Meets
The Health Disparities Council met today with Senator Susan Fargo and Representative Byron Rushing as co-chairs and EOHHS Secretary Dr. JudyAnn Bigby attending. Members of the committee provided an update on the Framework Group, emphasizing a need for more complete … Continue reading
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Consumer Council and HCFA Testify at DPH Hearing on Ch. 305 Quality Regs
The Consumer Health Quality Council and Health Care For All gave oral testimony at this morning’s DPH hearing on implementation of portions of Chapter 305. Consumer Council members Nicola Truppin, Ken Farbstein and Linda Burgess, gave testimony on public reporting … Continue reading
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DC (Mis)Uses MA
In the national health reform conversations, Massachusetts health reform has become a sort of fun-house mirror, where people see different images reflecting the political points they want to make in the Washington discussion. It illustrates how some progressives feel they … Continue reading
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Legislative Hearing on Prescription Drug Data mining
The Joint Committee on Health Care Financing will host a legislative hearing on Thursday, March 26th at 1:00 pm in Room B-1. As we discussed here, these bills will prevent the use of prescription data for marketing purposes. Pharmaceutical companies … Continue reading
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Disparities Council Meets Monday Afternoon
The Health Disparities Council will meet on Monday, March 23rd from 1 to 3 PM at One Ashburton Place (21st Floor in Rooms 2 & 3). For more information on the Council, or to receive Council communications, contact Yashira Pepin … Continue reading
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Socials Workers’ Legislative Education and Advocacy Day Scheduled for March 23rd
Our ACT!! Coalition partner, the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW-MA) is hosting their annual legislative education and advocacy day on Monday, March 23rd. The event brings hundreds of social work students and professionals to the … Continue reading
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Public Hearing on Chapter 305 Quality Provisions this Monday
The Department of Public Health is holding the first of two public hearings on the proposed regulations for implementing some of the health care quality provisions in Chapter 305. Health Care For All and the Consumer Health Quality Council will … Continue reading
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Controlling the use (and consequential costs) for imaging services
Two recent articles have highlighted some of the potential dangers to consumers of overuse of medical imaging tests, such as CT scans, MRI’s, and nuclear medicine scans, such as positron-emission tomography (PET) scans. The first is a story that was … Continue reading
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The Flipside: Privacy As A Promoter, NOT A Preventer of Health Information Exchange
In the thoughtful and informative article by Deven McGraw, James Dempsey, Leslie Harris, and Janlori Goldman, Privacy As An Enabler, Not An Impediment: Building Trust Into Health Information Exchange (abstract), in the most recent issue of Health Affairs, the authors … Continue reading
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Congratulations, Bob!
Congratulations to Dr. Robert Master, for being a recipient of the NCQA Health Quality Award, presented in Washington last night. The NCQA recognizes the achievements of individuals and organizations whose efforts have been instrumental in highlighting the need for and … Continue reading
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