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'Sobering picture:' Massachusetts hospitals report negative margins in Q2
July 02, 2022
Acute hospital profitability, as measured by the median total margin, reported -3.1%, a decrease of 6.8 percentage points in comparison to the same period in the prior year. A newly released...
Hospitals still feeling the pains of the pandemic
June 22, 2022
The Massachusetts HA is advocating for additional government relief to get through the financial crisis hurting Massachusetts hospitals. Well over two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, Massachusetts hospitals are still battling...
Employer health plans are expensive in Massachusetts
June 09, 2022
Average monthly premium for single coverage $715IF YOU WORK for a Massachusetts company, it’s likely your employer offers health insurance. But it will cost you.Survey results of 806 employers released...
Massachusetts employers offer health insurance 15% more than national average, CHIA report says
June 09, 2022
Nearly three-quarters of Massachusetts companies offered health insurance to their employees at the start of 2022, which was 15% more than the national rate of 59%, according to a new...
South Coast residents struggle to get health care, insurance
April 28, 2022
- New CHIA data identifies geographic disparities. IT IS BY now an axiom that Massachusetts residents have access to some of the best health care in the country. But actually getting...
Covid relief funds kept some Massachusetts hospitals out of the red in 2020
April 15, 2022
Three of the state's largest hospitals had expenses that outweighed revenue for the year that ended in September 2020, but were able to stay in the black with the help...
Out-of-pocket spending for pregnancy care continues to grow in Massachusetts, report finds
March 31, 2022
Out-of-pocket costs for pregnancy care are rising in Massachusetts, placing a harsher burden on families, a new report shows. Premiums and cost-sharing is rising more quickly than wages and salaries, according...
Independent hospitals are ‘one crisis away’ from financial instability - The Boston Globe
March 30, 2022
Many of the state’s small and independent hospitals, buffeted by two years of heavy losses during the pandemic, are facing a significant financial crunch and fear they may not be...
Massachusetts hospital readmission rates increased in 2020, finds report
March 24, 2022
Mass General Brigham, the largest hospital system and owner of Massachusetts General Hospital, reported an RSRR of 16%. The rehospitalization rate in Massachusetts ticked up in 2020, reflecting "the anomaly...
Report: Relief Funds Minimized Hospital Losses in 2020
March 14, 2022
As Pandemic Took Hold, Prescription Costs Rose While Overall Health Care Spending Fell.....A new state report provides a snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic's early impacts on the health care system...