CMS Ignites ACO (Accountable Care Organizations) Debate

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Today the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)…

Medicaid’s Drug Problem: $329 million a year

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I have blogged before about the problems that we have here…

FactCheck.org: ‘RomneyCare’ Facts and Falsehoods

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A reporter from FactCheck.org visited Pioneer's office a couple…

VIDEO DEBATE: Obamacare One Year Out

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With the one year anniversary of the passage and signing of the…

WSJ: “The Massachusetts Health-Reform Mess” Swing and Miss

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The late John Calfee, has an opinion piece in the WSJ this morning…

Governor Patrick Found the Silver Bullet for Cost Containment?

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Thoughts on Governor Deval Patrick’s speech this morning about…

Blame Game in Massachusetts Health Care

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An interesting piece from Paul Levy over at Not Running a Hospital. …

“For small businesses, a hesitancy to hire”

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An illustrative piece in the Boston Globe today by Megan Woolhouse…

Real Competition at the Health Connector?

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The Connector Board yesterday moved forward with plans to introduce…

Governor’s Budget & Plan for Cities

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When it comes to the aspects of the Governor's agenda that…

Governor Patrick’s Budget on Health Care: Playing Around the Edges

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Medicaid (MassHealth) The Administration is feeling the heat…

Feds plug the Money Hole in Massachusetts Health Reform?

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To close the loop from an earlier post on federal money being…

Troubling Cost Trends in Massachusetts Health Care

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Two trends that might determine the long term success of health…

GLOBE OP-ED: Mass. cities need new deal with public employees

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The Mayor of New Bedford-- one of Pioneer's Middle Cities--…

VIDEO: Is Beacon Hill Rigged?

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On a quiet Friday afternoon during the holidays, Beacon Hill…

Health $ Elbow Out Kids, Cops and Trees

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Just wanted to share a dramatic graph from a recent Boston Foundation…

Payment Reform: No Government Mandate Needed

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The move in the health sector towards payment reform took a big…

Decrease Insurance Premiums or You’ll Be Sleeping with the Fishes

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A study released this morning may lay out the possible future…

Massachusetts Health Care Transparency: Bright Enough Spotlight?

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Massachusetts officials published online this week a database…

Pioneer Senior Fellow on PBS's NewsHour

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Pioneer's Senior Fellow on Health Care, Amy Lischko, was interviewed…

Health Care Costs Crushing States– Is the Solution to Drop out of Medicaid?

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The headline says it all. “States' Woes Spur Medicaid Drop-Out…

Raining Cats and Dogs: Massachusetts Local Budgets

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A Boston Globe headline today seems to imply cities and towns…

Health Care in the Mid-terms: What the Polls really tell us

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Trying to read the tea leaves of poll numbers on the general…

American as baseball, apple pie and primary care doctors?

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Harvard Medical School recently announced an anonymous gift of…

ObamaCare blowback

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Great piece in the Boston Globe titled "ObamaCare blowback" by…

Unresolved Safety Net Hospital Issues

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Mr. Keefe, First, thank you for taking the time to read my post…

Next Step in Reform: Cost Control

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The President & CEO of Associated Industries of Massachusetts…

Feds giving a safety net to Massachusetts’s safety net hospitals?

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Two of the most prominent “safety net” hospitals in Massachusetts…