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Nonprofit insurers post operating losses in Q1
The nonprofit insurers in Massachusetts, a leader in health reform, reported falling operating incomes in the first quarter, primarily because of increasing pressure to keep premium costs low.
Experts get creative in protecting patient IDs in audit trails
A body that advises the state of Massachusetts about health information exchanges has devised an unusual approach to maintaining the privacy of patient information while allowing the use of audit trails.
Tax breaks aim to lure providers from Massachusetts
New Hampshire policymakers are pushing for tax breaks and incentives to draw specialty hospitals along its southern border and gain patients from Massachusetts.
Bill would cut state healthcare spending growth in half
Massachusetts lawmakers have introduced legislation that, if enacted, would limit what hospitals and physicians could charge for services and create an agency that would monitor medical spending, The
State tests 'disclose, apologize and offer' approach to malpractice reform
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Baystate Health are among three major health systems that are testing a "disclosure, apology and offer" process, making legal
Massachusetts health data breaches have impacted more than 980K people
More than 200 healthcare data breaches have impacted roughly 980,000 people in Massachusetts over the past four years, according to a new report from the state's Office of Consumer Affairs and
Why Massachusetts is the state to lead reform, cost control
Massachusetts implemented its own universal health plan six years ago and today more than 98 percent of residents are insured. Yet the industry still questions whether to follow the Bay State's lead
State Attorney General proposes limited provider market power
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has drafted a proposal that she hopes could help solve the state's problem of ever-increasing healthcare prices. The proposed legislation, which
States consider assisted-suicide laws
Peter Goodwin, a family physician who campaigned for the passage of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act in 1994, used the law to end his own battle with a terminal brain disease Sunday, the Oregonion
Insurers rake in earnings at ten times 2010 profits
The four largest health insurers in Massachusetts fared extremely well in 2011, as fewer people sought medical care and as insurers renegotiated provider contracts, which helped them stifle
