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Category Archives: Health Care Market
Caritas and Cerberus: The Train has left the Station – Looking to DPH and AG to Protect Communities and Consumers
The proposed conversion of the Caritas Christi Hospital network from a non-profit to a for-profit owned by the Wall Street public equity firm Cerberus appears to be on the fast track. Health Care For All and residents in the hospitals’ … Continue reading
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Small Group Insurance Market Gets Informed
Just in time for the end of the Legislative Session debate, DOI has released three reports dealing with the small-group health insurance market and exploring possible solutions to the unsustainable premium rates currently suffered by the market. All of the … Continue reading
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New Outpatient Measures on Website
Hospitalcompare, a website created by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services with data on quality of care provided to Medicare patients in hospitals across the U.S., recently added some new measures looking at the quality of outpatient care. … Continue reading
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Too Much For One Blog Post? We Think Not
There’s so much health policy news today, that we’re tempted to post 6 different items. They’re all important. But rather than overwhelm, we’ll try some brief-ish summaries of a bunch of things that all exploded today. We apologize for the … Continue reading
Health Bills Move/Die in Legislature
The Health Care Financing Committee polled members on 44 bills Tuesday afternoon, cleaning out most of their inventory of bills for this session. Click here to see a list of the poll results. We were disappointed that the Committee recommended … Continue reading
If a Non-Profit Hospital Converts to a For-Profit Hospital, What Does that Mean to Patients and the Community?
Today begins a month-long series of public hearings before the Attorney General and Department of Public Health on the proposed conversion of the non-profit Caritas Christi hospital network owned by the Boston Archdiocese to the New York-based private equity firm … Continue reading
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Hospital Assets Report Released
Late yesterday, the DHCFP released its Study of the Reserves, Endowments, and Surpluses of Hospitals in Massachusetts. This report, required by Chapter 305 of the Acts of 2008 is groundbreaking in its review of hospital assets. Much like its Insurer … Continue reading
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Mass Plans Advance Dependent Coverage
One of most often asked questions on our HelpLine about the federal Affordable Care Act is related to the expansion of parents’ coverage for dependents up to age 26. HelpLine callers whose employers self-insure are eager to find out if … Continue reading
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DHCFP Reports, You Pay Attention. Part One of Two: Reserves
Two groundbreaking DHCFP reports issued today and yesterday will have a direct impact on health policy in Massachusetts. The reports (Study of the Reserves and Surpluses of Health Insurers in Massachusetts and Health Care Cost Trends Final Report), together with … Continue reading
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DOI Hearings on Limited Networks, Transparency
The DOI will hold two informational hearings in the next few weeks. The first hearing, scheduled for May 6th at 10 am, will discuss limited provider networks and the effect they may have on small business health insurance premiums. Both … Continue reading
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