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Health center networks to receive $3 million for EHR efforts
By Steven Ross Johnson | August 06, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Six regional networks of community health centers are slated to receive a total of $3 million in federal funding toward the adoption of or improvement to their electronic health-record systems.
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Mass. healthcare reform model satisfying most residents, survey shows
By Andis Robeznieks | August 05, 2013
Most Massachusetts residents are satisfied with their healthcare under the state's Obamacare-like system, and despite occasional long waits to see a physician, cost appears to be their main concern, according to a survey conducted by the Massachusetts Medical Society.
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Reform Update: Online insurance brokers get to play on federally run exchanges
By Jonathan Block | August 01, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Increasing enrollment in health insurance is one of the primary goals of the health reform law. The CMS took a major step to achieve that by signing agreements with five online insurance brokers.
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Reform Update: Public health organizations work to prepare providers for Medicaid expansion
By Steven Ross Johnson | July 30, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Three leading public health organizations have announced plans to partner in a project aimed at helping the nation's healthcare providers prepare for the 2014 expansion of Medicaid coverage.
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Perrigo to buy Elan for $8.6B, seeks tax savings
By Shawn Pogatchnik / Associated Press | July 29, 2013
U.S. drugmaker Perrigo agreed Monday to buy Ireland's Elan for $8.6 billion in a deal that should allow the rapidly growing company to reduce its tax bill and boost its royalty stream.
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Shortage of primary care doctors forces groups to adapt
By (Worcester, Mass.) Telegram | July 23, 2013
Dr. Michael Kelleher, Reliant Medical Group's medical director for quality and patient safety and interim chief medical officer, sees Massachusetts as ahead of the curve in unmasking a medical crisis: the looming shortage in adult primary care.
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Complex coordination | Successful Pioneers credit focus on improving care
By Melanie Evans and Jessica Zigmond | July 20, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Medicare Pioneer ACOs that saved money on patient care—and will share Medicare's $140 million in total savings for 2012—credit their success to an intense focus on improving coordination and care for the most complex and costly patients.
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Why one Medicare Pioneer ACO failed to save money
By Melanie Evans | July 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Atrius Health is one of nearly two dozen ACOs that agreed to stick with Medicare's test of the promising but unproven model. Atrius also saw a financial loss during the experiment's first year.
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Why one Medicare Pioneer ACO succeeded in saving money
By Jessica Zigmond | July 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
How did Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization meet Medicare's cost targets and receive substantial shared savings in the first year of the Medicare Pioneer ACO experiment? Data analytics.
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Patient access to doctors mixed in Mass.
By Boston Herald | July 16, 2013
About half of the state's primary-care practices are closed to new patients and wait times to see a primary-care physician remain long, according to the results of an annual survey released Monday by the Massachusetts Medical Society.
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