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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Cost Trends Hearings: Day One Affirms and Confirms
Yesterday’s initial day of the DCHFP Cost Trends Hearing (background: mass.gov/dhcfp/costtrends) confirmed the serious issues with our health care cost structure, and reaffirmed the need to take comprehensive action for health care cost containment. Several themes raised up by the … Continue reading
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National Health Reform is Good For Massachusetts: Prescription Sunshine
Today’s guest blogger is Kate Petersen, communications coordinator for Community Catalyst, and a blogger for Postscript, their blog covering prescription drug issues. Provisions in national health care reform would require all drug companies, device, and medical supply manufacturers to fully … Continue reading
National Health Reform is Good For Massachusetts: Helping Pam
HCFA’s HelpLine is on track to field more than 40,000 calls this year. Every day we hear from HelpLine callers who tell us that were it not for our help, they would be stuck without access to health care. National … Continue reading
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Cost Trend Hearings Start Tuesday; Follow the Live Stream Video
The Division of Health Care Finance and Policy kicks off its cost containment hearings tomorrow morning (DHCFP press release; Commissioner Morales blog post). The morning starts with public officials – Secretary Bigby and several legislators will be speaking – and … Continue reading
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Quality and Cost Council Meets Tuesday
The QCC will be meeting on Tuesday, March 16th from 3p-5p in the Daley Room on the 5th Floor of the China Trade Building at 2 Boylston Street. The agenda (pdf) includes a discussion of the Governor’s small business health … Continue reading
National Health Reform is Good For Massachusetts: Reaching Out
Regular readers of this blog are familiar with Health Care For All’s HelpLine: a free in-house resource, referral, and enrollment service available in four languages (Portuguese, Spanish, Mandarin, and English) for consumers. Counselors help consumers from all backgrounds get the … Continue reading
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“Oral health is a little like Rodney Dangerfield— it doesn’t get the respect it deserves.”
An op-ed in today’s Boston Globe highlights the oral health needs of children in Massachusetts. Fay Donohue, the President and CEO of Delta Dental of Massachusetts, wrote that while we’ve made great strides over the past ten years, the Commonwealth … Continue reading
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Patient Safety Week: New HCFA Webpage on Patient and Family Advisory Councils
Health Care For All and the Consumer Health Quality Council successfully advocated for a mandate that all Massachusetts hospitals establish Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFACs). This mandate was included in Chapter 305, the omnibus cost containment/quality improvement law that … Continue reading
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Legislature Hears Small Business Rate Relief Bill
On Wednesday, March 10, the Health Care Financing and Community Development and Small Business Committees heard testimony on the provisions of Governor Patrick’s small business bill dealing with health care cost control. The hearing opened with testimony from the Governor … Continue reading
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Watch Your Mouth Says, “Healthy Communities, Thriving Children”
Watch Your Mouth’s newest advertorial, “Healthy Communities, Thriving Children,” was featured on the today’s opinions page in the Boston Globe: History shows us that when Massachusetts’ residents put their minds to something, they can make a difference. Together, we have … Continue reading
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