Massachusetts news and information

“Looking for connections and ways to make life easier” were the goals at UMass Memorial Medical Center when staff at a hospital in Worcester, Mass., began beefing up its social media presence.
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The success of the president's healthcare overhaul may depend on an unlikely feat: With little time, and limited resources, the Obama administration and its allies must find and entice millions of Americans who are eligible for new healthcare coverage and might not want to pay for it.
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WINCHESTER, Mass.—Winchester Hospital signed a preliminary agreement to join a larger suburban Boston competitor, Burlington, Mass.-based Lahey Health. The board of the 200-bed hospital had been seeking a potential partner since March 2012. Under a letter of intent with Lahey Health,...
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Winchester (Mass.) Hospital signed a preliminary agreement to join a larger suburban Boston competitor, Burlington, Mass.-based Lahey Health.
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In an exclusive interview, Dr. Donald Berwick says the best way to reduce healthcare costs is to improve care.
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In an exclusive interview the day he formally jumped into the race for governor in Massachusetts, Dr. Donald Berwick explains that decision, his view of politics, and the role of healthcare financial executives in improving the quality of healthcare. He was interviewed during the Healthcare...
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A leading proponent of Medicare reform on Capitol Hill says Congress should change the accountable care program to make sure ACOs are improving care for the sickest patients.
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The University of Massachusetts at Amherst announced that it is notifying clients of the university's Center for Language, Speech, and Hearing that their protected health information was possibly revealed after a workstation was inadvertently infected with a malware program.
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Two new Massachusetts agencies are deep in the process of collecting and assembling data on healthcare costs deemed critical to the success of the state's 2012 cost containment law, grappling with the level of information commissioners will need to determine appropriate cost growth.
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The Massachusetts congressional delegation launched what could be a final effort to preserve more than $250 million in bonus Medicare payments to the state's hospitals.
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