New Jersey Bank Extends Health Care Lending to Massachusetts
A New Jersey-based bank has expanded its health care banking services into several states, including Massachusetts.
Build for the Future: Chose Sustainable Design in Health Care
Through careful financial analysis of long-term expenses and costs, health care organizations can quickly see the financial savings of their sustainable design selections add up.
Fed Up with Rising Costs, Big US Firms Dig into Health Care
At its Silicon Valley headquarters, network gear maker Cisco Systems Inc. is going to unusual lengths to take control of the relentless increase in its U.S. health care costs.
State Approves Expansion at Baystate Surgery Center
State officials signed off Wednesday on the addition of two ambulatory surgery operating rooms at the Baystate Orthopedic Surgery Center in Springfield.
US Producer Prices Rise Slightly After Recent Solid Gains
U.S. producer prices barely rose in April after strong gains in the first quarter, held down by a moderation in the cost of both goods and services, which could ease fears that inflation pressures were rapidly building up.
Health Cost Estimators Catching on, Pioneer Report Says
Private health insurers are “waking up to” benefits of price transparency, but work remains to reach the potential for cost savings from providing consumers with more information, according to a new study from the Pioneer Institute.
DeLeo Offers Peak at House Health Care Bill
New reporting requirements for MassHealth and protections against out-of-network billing are among provisions of forthcoming House health care legislation, details Speaker Robert DeLeo sketched out for the first time Friday morning.
Amazon, JPMorgan, Berkshire Creating New Health Care Company
Amazon is diving into health care, teaming up with Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and the New York bank JPMorgan Chase, to create a company that helps their U.S. employees find quality care “at a reasonable cost.”
MA Employers Face New Health Care Assessments in 2018
The new year will bring with it mixed financial news for Massachusetts employers, with $200 million in new health care assessments and unemployment insurance rate relief both scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1.
Baker: Senate Health Bill Won’t Save State Money
Gov. Charlie Baker is questioning whether a wide-ranging health care bill under consideration in the Senate would save the state any money.
Baker: Fed Bill Would Force Mass. Coverage Retreat, Or Revenue Search
Passage of the Graham-Cassidy health care reform bill in Congress would force Massachusetts to either “dramatically step back” from its decades-long commitment to expanding coverage or find huge sums of new revenue or money within the budget to keep programming going, Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday.
Baker Outlines Health Care Ideas In Testimony To US Senate Panel
Gov. Charlie Baker, in a significant moment for the moderate Republican on the national stage, will testify Thursday before senators in Washington where, based on his written testimony, he plans to admonish the tenor of the debate over health care and urge a minimum two-year extension of premium cost sharing reduction payments worth millions of dollars to health insurers and residents in Massachusetts.
Senators Talk With Industry About Health Care Bill
A Senate working group has wrapped up its series of public discussions on health care cost drivers but will continue talks with industry officials as its members aim to produce new cost control legislation this month or next.
Senators Explore Challenges To Long-Term Health Care
Questions of how best to fund long-term care and how to encourage the use of community-based health services over costlier institutions are among the issues facing a group of senators developing legislation aimed at reining in health care costs.
Access Woes Complicate Heightened Focus On Behavioral Health
A lack of access to providers can pose barriers for people needing behavioral health care, according to industry officials who on Thursday suggested expanding access to telemedicine services.
Health Care Divide Leaves Tax On Path To Reinstatement
The industry that makes medical devices from artificial hips to miniature pumps for IV drips is looking for a fallback plan to repeal a widely reviled sales tax that almost met its end in GOP health care legislation.
Can Private Developers Rescue The Health Care Industry?
Satellite health and urgent care centers, specialty centers, diagnostic suites – look around during your next commute and you’re certain to notice the uprising of these in-city and suburban facilities.
Baker Opposes ‘Skinny Repeal’ Health Care Proposal
In the midst of a health care showdown with lawmakers at home, Gov. Charlie Baker again weighed in on federal health policy, joining nine of his colleagues on a letter to U.S. Senate leaders asking them to work with governors from both parties to find insurance reforms instead of passing a House-backed health care bill or repealing elements of the Affordable Care Act.
Big Merger Reshapes Eastern MA Health Care Landscape
The Beth Israel Deaconess system, Lahey Health, New England Baptist Hospital, Mount Auburn Hospital and Anna Jaques Hospital on Thursday announced they had signed an agreement to merge into a new regional system, a move that would mark a major change to the state’s health care market.
Group: Baker’s MassHealth Changes Need Public Vetting
Advocates for people with disabilities are urging lawmakers to reject MassHealth reforms proposed by Gov. Charlie Baker, arguing such changes are better handled publicly than through a conference committee negotiating in secret.
