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Patients notified of changes with little Pioneer ACO understanding

With the launch of the first Pioneer accountable care organizations (ACO), effective Jan. 1, patients now are receiving word about changes to their providers--but often, with little understanding of Read more...

CMS selects 32 final Pioneer ACOs

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced the final list of 32 Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) to start in the new year. CMS estimates that care coordination Read more...

Steward nabs Partners HealthCare physician group

Steward Health Care System nabbed another Massachusetts physician group, this time away from Partners HealthCare, reports The Boston Globe. Following the recent, highly contentious score of Whittier Read more...

Partners HealthCare enters global payment system to save $240M

Partners HealthCare has reached a deal with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts that will reduce payments by $240 million over three years, Massachusetts' largest hospital and physician network Read more...

Partners HealthCare: How EMR, health IT boosts medication reconciliation

Health IT changes can help bring medication reconciliation adherence to 98 percent, according to Partners HealthCare, which includes Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: DOJ investigating Partners HealthCare System for potential antitrust violations

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is conducting a civil investigation of Partners HealthCare System Inc., a regional hospital and physician network founded in 1994 by Boston-based Brigham and Women's Read more...

Skyrocketing: Hospital costs 55 percent higher in Mass., than national average

Hospital costs throughout the U.S. are constantly on the rise, but nowhere more so than in Massachusetts, where they rose to more than 55 percent above the national average in 2007. The culprit? A Read more...

Payments limited for docs who serve on pharma boards

After much scrutiny over its lack of a solid conflict-of-interest policy, Massachusetts-based Partners HealthCare finally bit the bullet, banning stock payments and limiting fees to high-ranking Read more...

Partners HealthCare chairman accused of conflict of interest

The chairman of Partners HealthCare, New England's largest healthcare organization, has been accused of conflicts of interest, not so surprising in corporate life, but still noteworthy given the Read more...

'Improved documentation' key to healthcare's future

In a roundtable discussion on Tuesday focusing on the results of a nationwide emergency department study conducted by the Health Management Academy, one of the primary points talked about was Read more...

Press Releases

Verizon Foundation Awards $25,000 to Partners Healthcare Center for Connected Health

Grant Supports Use of Technology to Promote Healthy Nutrition and Activity for Boston-Area StudentsBOSTON, Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston-area students will be taking steps toward healthier Read more >>

First Online Marketplace for Peer-to-Peer Healthcare Solutions Launches

Solutions Address Persistent Healthcare Challenges Like Long ER Waits & Drug CostsBOCA RATON, Fla., July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MX.com today unveiled the first e-commerce site to facilitate the Read more >>

Massachusetts General Hospital Goes LIVE on Keystone Engine

MGH Improves Workflow and PACS Performance with Mach 7 Technologies' SolutionBURLINGTON, Vt., March 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Mach 7 Technologies (M7T), a global provider of vendor neutral medical Read more >>

HCA Adds Jay O. Light and Geoffrey G. Meyers to its Board of Directors

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HCA (NYSE:HCA) today announced that Jay O. Light, Dean Emeritus of Harvard Business School, and Geoffrey G. Meyers, retired Chief Financial Officer of Manor Care, Read more >>

47% of Healthcare Professionals Believe a Repeal of Healthcare Reform Will Have a Negative Impact on Patient Care Accordin

The Beacon Partners 2011 Healthcare Reform Study reveals how the industry feels about a repeal WEYMOUTH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- According to the Beacon Partners 2011 Healthcare Reform Study, 47% of Read more >>