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'Comfortable life' as a physician no longer a given
"Any day, the bottom can drop out. We could be bankrupt next month," family physician Scott Hammond recently told the Wall Street Journal. Hammond, whose three-doctor practice is struggling to see a
Tufts saves $105M by reworking Partners HealthCare contract
Tufts Health Plan will save $105 million in reimbursement payments after it reworked a contract with Partners HealthCare, the largest hospital network in Massachusetts. The new contract announced
Insurers criticized for preventing psychiatric care
A new study is criticizing health insurers in Massachusetts, where statewide reform has lead to innovative changes like global payments, for preventing patients from accessing timely psychiatric
Global payments yield 'modest' savings
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts' own version of a global payment system, called the alternative quality contract (AQC), has produced "modest" savings in its first year and improved quality of
Global payments aren't saving money in Massachusetts
Massachusetts has been leading the charge to contain healthcare costs, but a new report finds that its efforts thus far aren't successful. Attorney General Martha Coakley conducted a yearlong review
BCBS of Massachusetts puts Beth Israel doctors on budget
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and the Beth Israel Deaconess Physician Organization have signed an alternative quality contract, thereby covering 40 percent of Blue Cross HMO members under
BCBS of Massachusetts puts Beth Israel doctors on budget
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and the Beth Israel Deaconess Physician Organization have signed an alternative quality contract, thereby covering 40 percent of Blue Cross HMO members under
Massachusetts Blues' alternative quality contracts signal hospitals' risk-based future
All signs point to global payments in most hospitals' future. The national health system will likely follow Massachusetts' lead and inch toward global payments, said Craig Schneider, director of
