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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Disparities Council Meets in Preparation for Grading the Commonwealth
On Monday June 22, the Massachusetts Health Disparities Council held its monthly meeting. The meeting comprised of legislators, providers, and health care groups from across the state was chaired by Senator Susan Fargo and Representative Byron Rushing. The meeting began … Continue reading
No B.S.: California Video Explains Why Health Budget Cuts Don’t Make Sense
The video below, produced by the New America Foundation (home of the outstanding New Health Dialogue blog), explains why health program budget cuts are bad for people and the economy. The video details are all about California, but the reasoning … Continue reading
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Quality and Cost Council Monthly Meeting Tomorrow and Annual Meeting Thursday
The Quality and Cost Council is holding its monthly meeting tomorrow. Click here to download the agenda (.pdf) The Council is holding its annual meeting this Thursday in Shrewbury. See the agenda, and register, on the QCC’s website
Connector Meets Tomorrow
The Connector Board will meet tomorrow, Tuesday June 23rd from 2:30 – 4:30 pm in the 21st floor conference room of One Ashburton Place, Boston. Meeting materials are available here. The Board is expected to vote on several issues: a … Continue reading
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Hearing Tomorrow on Healthcare Quality Bills
The Joint Committee on Public Health will hear a number of healthcare quality bills at a hearing tomorrow morning, 10:00 am, in State House room A-2. Included on the list are 3 priority bills of the Consumer Health Quality Council … Continue reading
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Foundation Podcasts Highlights Drug Marketing: “I couldn’t find medical experts who weren’t working for the drug industry”
The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation is regularly posting podcasts on their new website, bluecrossfoundation.org. The latest features Melody Petersen, former NY Times medical journalist and author of Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves Into … Continue reading
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Conference Committee Budget Eliminates Legal Immigrant Coverage
Filed last night, section 121 of the Conference Committee budget for FY10 removes coverage for 28,000 legal immigrants in Commonwealth Care (budget language; House-Senate comparison). The language offers them a mere 30 days noticing before termination. If you’ve been reading … Continue reading
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Greater Boston Receives “Aligning Forces for Quality” Grant
The Greater Boston region has been selected to receive a planning grant through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Aligning Forces for Quality initiative. Fifteen other regions across the country are already part of Aligning Forces, which focuses on improving healthcare … Continue reading
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Medical Fail: State Won’t Pay
The state’s HealthyMass Initiative, which brings together a number of state agencies to work on ensuring access to care, containing costs, advancing quality, promoting individual wellness, and developing healthy communities, has finalized guidelines relating to nonpayment for costs associated with … Continue reading
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Senator Harriette Chandler: True Health Care Must Include Dental Care
At a jam-packed conference hosted by the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum in Boston yesterday, participants were treated to a wide array of incredible speakers discussing the state of oral health in Massachusetts and ways to improve oral health at the … Continue reading
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