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Report finds uneven distribution of federal, state aid for Mass. hospitals
August 06, 2020
A report released Thursday morning by the Center for Health Information and Analysis shows that despite federal and state aid, many Massachusetts hospitals will face a long road to recovery...
For Mass. pharmacies, the largest amount of drug spending came from anti-inflammatory medicine, study suggests
February 13, 2020
Thursday, February 13, 2020 via MassLive Media - The majority of prescription drug spending for pharmacies between 2015 and 2017 went to medications treating inflammatory disorders, cardiovascular illnesses, asthma and other...
Hospital readmission rates in Massachusetts stayed steady last year
December 18, 2019
A new report finds that the rate of readmissions to Massachusetts hospitals has not changed over the last two years. The annual report released Wednesday by the Center for Health Information...
Report - Occupancy Rates, Margins Challenge Nursing Homes
November 25, 2019
Michael P. Norton, State House News Service STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 25, 2019.....Even amidst a wave of closures, usage rates at nursing homes in Massachusetts that are still open are declining...
Mass. residents overburdened by health costs
October 22, 2019
Little agreement so far on what to do about that. by Andy Metzger, Commonwealth, Tuesday, October 22, 2019 EVEN AS OVERALL statewide spending on health care has remained just within...
Mass. kept health care cost growth to 3.1% in 2018
October 08, 2019
Hospital spending grew faster than the state’s benchmark, with inpatient services up 3.7 percent to $11.7 billion, and outpatient services up 3.8 percent to 11 billion. Jessica Bartlett, Boston Business...
Mass. Meets Goal To Curb Health Care Spending, But Insurance Premiums Continue To Rise
October 08, 2019
Angus Chen, WBUR, October 08, 2019. Every year, Massachusetts sets a target ceiling for how much health care spending should grow. The target is supposed to keep costs down, and while...
Marketwide Price Transparency Suggests Significant Opportunities For Value-Based Purchasing
September 06, 2019
Research Article, Health Affairs Vol. 38, No. 9 Abstract: The extent of price variation across a local market has important implications for value-based purchasing. Using a new data set containing health care...
MassHealth enrollment falls 9%
August 29, 2019
by Worcester Business Journal, Wednesday, August 28, 2019 Enrollment in the Massachusetts Medicaid health coverage program has fallen by 9.4% in the past two years at least in part due to...
Eye-opening Trends on Health Insurance
August 20, 2019
By Katie Holahan, BusinessWest, August 20, 2019 More Massachusetts companies of all sizes are offering health insurance to their workers, but fewer employees are enrolling as costs accelerate, according to...