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CPOE Initiative
/0 Comments/in Healthcare, News /by Editorial StaffIn 2004, the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC), in partnership with New England Healthcare Institute (NEHI), created the Massachusetts Hospital CPOE initiative, a six-year-long campaign to speed adoption of a computer technology that can drastically reduce the scourge of harmful medication errors. The Initative’s groundbreaking research revealed that one in every ten patients in a Massachusetts community hospital suffers a serious but preventable medication error. The finding spurred the Massachusetts Legislature, the state’s private payers and later the US Congress to enact policy changes encouraging or requiring the use of Computerized Physician Order Entry, or CPOE. [wpdm_package id=262]
Health Insurance Cost Control
/0 Comments/in Healthcare, Press Releases /by Editorial StaffThe combined use of limited, or slective, provider networks and a defined contribution strategy presents an immediate opportunity for government entities and employer groups to achieve significant and sustainable health insurance savings and reduce medical cost trends, while maintaing coverage leverls and quality of care. Health Insurance Cost Control
A National Market for Individual Health Insurance
/0 Comments/in Better Government, Healthcare, News /by Editorial StaffHealth insurance markets are regulated by the states under the McCarran-Ferguson Act (15 U.S.C. 1011) of 1945. The ‘purpose clause’ of the Act states that regulation and taxation of the business of insurance by the states is in the public interest. As a result of McCarran-Ferguson, evey health insurer must be licensed in the policyholder’s state of residence. The states have responded with a complex patchwork of mandates and laws that vary widely acrcros the country. [wpdm_package id=260]
Wellness Health Incentive Payment Program
/0 Comments/in Healthcare, News /by Editorial StaffSuitable healthcare should always involve an accountable partnership between the payor and the third party insurance administrator. The Wellness Health Incentive Payment (WHIP) Program facilitates better health/wellness outcomes by holding health insurance vendors fiscally responsible for health insurance administrative vendors according to the vendor’s wellness activity performance against nationally recognized health and wellness standards [wpdm_package id=259]
Intro to KIPP video
/0 Comments/in Blog, News /byCheck out this video introduction to Knowledge Is Power Program schools. It’s a very good reason to support legislation that goes beyond the current proposal by the governor — to support unfettered charters in urban districts where failure is the rule. Without a charter cap lift in MA, it is unlikely KIPP, which has one school in Lynn, will deepen its presence in the state.