Baystate, Mercy advocate takeover as public worries about ER waits, delivery rooms, Medicare
Despite precarious finances and declining business and questions about its long-term viability, Mercy Medical Center still discharges more than 7,800 patients and logs 44,000 emergency room visits a year.
The mental health system needs more money -- but from where?
With low reimbursements, too few providers accept insurance.
Norwood Hospital was done in by inadequate state regulations. Here is the fix.
Massachusetts has shown it knows how to prevent the next Norwood-like crisis. The question is whether it will build the tools to help the communities already living through one.
Worcester's oldest free medical program opens new, larger space
Move comes as demand for free care expands due in part to federal cuts.
Baystate and Mercy say smaller hospital’s emergency department will remain in place after takeover
More than 1,100 ambulance trips a month end at Mercy Medical Center and its emergency department, state data shows. The emergency department at Baystate Medical Center, the only top-level trauma center in western Massachusetts, gets more than three times as many arrivals, also according to data collected by the state’s Center for Health Information and Analysis.
Can Baystate save struggling Mercy Medical Center?
The community hospital has played an important role in Springfield.
Among Massachusetts hospitals, the gap between rich and poor widens - The Boston Globe
Hospitals that serve lower income patients charge much lower prices compared to big players like Mass General Brigham.
Editorial: A worthy push to get more people to use urgent care
The agreement among Massachusetts insurers to cover visits to out-of-network urgent care centers through September could go a long way to getting people accustomed to exactly what urgent care is, and when to use it.
CHIA: Racial diversity is lacking in Mass. healthcare leadership
Newly released data shows the majority of leadership positions in the Massachusetts healthcare industry are held by white people, a fact that not only shapes workplace dynamics, but can often lead to negative healthcare delivery and outcomes for patients.
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