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MA immigrants to lose state-subsidized coverage
Last week, 30,000 legal immigrants in Massachusetts were told they would be losing their state-subsidized health coverage at the end of this month, and would receive "patchwork" replacement coverage,... Read more...
MA moving ahead with bundled payment model
Once again proving that they aren't afraid to be first, Massachusetts officials are moving ahead with plans to create a bundled payment system for providers that would replace the existing... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Massachusetts may cut back on 'healthcare for all'
At the beginning, Massachusetts policymakers were adamant that reforms would expand the healthcare system to provide coverage for all residents. Now, under financial pressure, the state budget has... Read more...
Even with good insurance, MA patients putting off healthcare
Once again, we get a reminder that the much-touted Massachusetts health reform model is far from a cure-all. State officials there are increasingly hearing from consumers who are cutting back on... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Sen. Kennedy reform proposal resembles MA plan
Always influential, Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) is likely to be a particularly interesting voice in the health reform debate this year. So it should be interesting to learn the details of what he... Read more...
MA plans big changes to provider pay
A group of Massachusetts officials are planning an extraordinary healthcare experiment--one arguably as radical as the forced downsizing of New York's health care system. A state commission is urging... Read more...
Case study: ED visits soar in MA
As FierceHealthcare readers know, more patients are seeking care in emergency departments than ever before, taxing not only EDs but hospitals as a whole. This problem includes hospitals in... Read more...
MA facing substantial physician shortage over next decade
It's looking like the state of Massachusetts, like many of its peers, is facing a huge physician shortage over the next decade. Part of the expected shortage is driven by a loss of physicians due to... Read more...
Bill for MA's subsidized employee health coverage $794M in 2008
Massachusetts continues to serve as a laboratory of sorts for health reform that could help other state and federal programs learn from what works and what doesn't. Yesterday, the Massachusetts... Read more...
MinuteClinics doing well in Massachusetts
Just yesterday, we told you about CVS Caremark's plans to close 90 of its MinuteClinic retail clinics for their spring off-season. The move, coming from the retail clinic industry's largest player,... Read more...
