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massachusetts
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Mass. may be moving closer to use of dental therapists to hold down Medicaid costs
Earlier this summer, Gov. Charlie Baker lent his support to a long-running effort to bring a new class of dental…
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Facing growing health care costs, Mass. tries containment #ahcj13
Massachusetts is famously ahead of other states when it comes to health insurance coverage. Ninety-eight percent of Bay State residents…
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Alarm fatigue hurts patient care, overwhelms nurses
In the wake of several high-profile incidents, The Boston Globe‘s Liz Kowalczyk has assembled a thorough investigation of alarm fatigue…
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Mass. reform, cost-cutting crush safety net hospital
Boston Medical Center has been pushed to the financial brink by a mix of politics, economics and expanded health coverage.…
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Mass. won’t post hospitals’ death rates
The Boston Globe‘s Liz Kowalczyk reports that, two years after it was first proposed by a consumer group, the Massachusetts…
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Mass. data show how reform could affect access
How will the masses of newly insured post-reform patients impact already tight access to primary care? The Boston Globe‘s Liz…
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Pay for the person – not the procedures
When people talk about Health Policy it’s often shorthand for covering the uninsured. But improving access without tackling costs is…
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Mass., Tenn. provide test cases for federal reform
AP Medical Writer Carla K. Johnson takes a look at health care reform in Massachusetts and Tennessee and how the…
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Mass. health journalism fellows named
Ten journalists were named to the 2009 class of the Health Coverage Fellowship sponsored by the Blue Cross Blue Shield…
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Law may hurt Boston medical convention business
Liz Kowalczyk of The Boston Globe reports that a new Massachusetts law restricting contact between doctors and pharmaceutical companies is…