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Putting in the Extra Hours: The Spike in Mass. Department of Public Health Overtime Pay during COVID-19
During the heat of the COVID-19 pandemic, Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) payroll data presented a 29.09% increase in the average employee’s overtime pay from the previous year. Pioneer wanted to dig deeper into the Department’s compensation trends to put the $5M bump in 2020 DPH overtime pay into perspective.
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A Brighter COVID Dashboard: State Should Cut Confusion And Clarify All Eldercare Cases and Deaths
Over time, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human…
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Massachusetts Should Disclose More Information about Its Recent Reduction in the Official Count of Long-term Care Deaths
The public -- particularly in Massachusetts, where COVID-19’s toll on elders has been so great -- has a right to know how many deaths occurred in state-regulated eldercare facilities, and how that compares to the total number of deaths. But the state's new counting standard clouds this information, and should be corrected or at least disclosed.
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COVID-19 Transparency – A Step Backwards
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Massachusetts has unfortunately taken the backwards step of ending its longstanding daily reporting of something basic and important: the virus’s cumulative impact on various age groups.
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Mapping COVID-19 in Massachusetts Cities & Towns
Kudos to he Massachusetts Department of Public Health for posting the count and rate (per 100,000) of confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Massachusetts by City/Town.
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New Study Calls for Re-thinking Massachusetts’ COVID-19 Care Standards
Pioneer's new study raises concerns about the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s (DPH’s) Crises Standards of Care (CSC) issued earlier this month, which bear the earmarks of a state bureaucratic effort and should be rethought under a process that includes a thorough vetting by Massachusetts citizens.
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State DPH Continues to Deny Private School Students Millions in School Nurse Services
State should establish a fund to provide partial support for…