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NewsCritics: Emergency department wait time claims unsubstantiated
As hospitals boost their short emergency department (ED) wait times or 30-minutes-or-less pledges, skeptics question whether these claims are substantiated with data. Hospitals have been touting Read more...
Infusion from feds buys time for safety-net hospitals
The feds have approved a $435 million aid plan for Massachusetts safety-net hospitals, the Boston Globe reports. The infusion includes $180 million for Boston Medical Center and channels another $163 Read more...
Reform means desperate times for safety net hospitals
Massachusetts hospitals that treat poor and uninsured patients are facing financial crisis, trying to cut losses while still providing care for the state's poorest residents. Officials with these Read more...
Labor board restores hospital nurse retiree benefits
Cambridge Hospital nurses won a fight against the Cambridge Health Alliance when the Commonwealth Employment Relations Board ruled Friday that a unilateral cut in retiree health benefits was not Read more...
Mass. to use $764M of stimulus money for healthcare
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced on Wednesday that his state will use $764 million in federal stimulus money to help hospitals reduce job cuts, and to keep in tact benefits for residents Read more...
Budget cuts affect two MA safety-net hospitals
According to an article published in last Friday's Boston Globe, Boston Medical Center and Cambridge Health Alliance will lose more than $100 million combined due to budget cuts by the state of Read more...
| Press ReleasesTOMORROW: CMS Administrator Don Berwick and Former Senate Majority Leaders Tom Daschle and Bill Frist to Headline Bipartisan PolWASHINGTON, June 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bipartisan Policy Center's (BPC) Health Project will release a new report on the role of health information technology (IT) in delivery system, Read more >> Cambridge Health Alliance Expands Its Revenue Cycle Relationship with MedAssetsBoston-Based Health System Chooses Integration and Proven Results ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MedAssets, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDAS) announced today that the Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) of the Read more >> |
