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MBTAAnalysis: A look inside the MBTA
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The MBTA shuttles over a million passengers a day around Greater…
Study Finds Patient Cost for MRI Largely Unrelated to Overall Price or Insurer Contribution at 14 MA Hospitals
Read coverage of this report in WCVB-TV, Boston Herald, the Boston…
The U.S. shouldn’t use the ‘QALY’ in drug cost-effectiveness reviews
This op-ed by William Smith appeared in STAT News on February…
Baker’s Orwellian drug pricing policy
This op-ed by William Smith appeared in Commonwealth Magazine…
The Opioid Crisis’ Wealth Window: There’s a Network of Overdoses on the East Coast
Billerica, Massachusetts is a quaint town of 40,000 people in…
Survey Shows Wide Variation in Both Overall Cost of Medical Procedure and Amount Paid by Consumers
Making all-payer claims data public could put downward pressure…
Can State Pensioners Pay for Future Medically Necessary Long-term Care?
At some point many people find themselves needing help to care…
Moving the Needle on Healthcare Cost Containment & Reform
Today, Pioneer Institute submitted recommendations to the Commonwealth…
Pioneer Experts Offer Contrasting Prescriptions For MA Healthcare
BOSTON - New policy briefs from Josh Archambault and Barbara Anthony, two senior fellows in healthcare at Pioneer Institute, offer differing prescriptions for how Massachusetts should navigate uncertainty in the healthcare market, as Congress debates the fate of the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA).
2017 Hewitt Healthcare Lecture: Innovations In The Massachusetts Healthcare Market
BOSTON - While efforts to revise the federal healthcare law continue,…
Public Statement on the Recommendations of the Legislature’s Healthcare Provider Price Variation Commission
Commission Misses Great Opportunity to Advance Healthcare Price…
With Federal Health Law Facing Repeal, New Book Offers Alternative
U-Turn: America’s Return to State Healthcare Solutions
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Governor’s Plan to Cap Healthcare Provider Prices Misses the Mark
The Governor filed a number of healthcare market reform proposals…
Achieving a Sustainable and Transparent Healthcare System
As the Legislative Special Commission on Provider Price Variation…
Survey Finds Prescription Drug Prices Easy To Access, But Not Always Accurate
Wide variation found in price of generics, less for brand-name…
New ACA-Related Medicaid Fee Will Cost MA $162M+ Over Next Decade
Read news coverage of this report in The Boston Globe.
Health…
Telemedicine: The Future of Healthcare
Telemedicine sounds a bit like science-fiction, but the practice…
National Survey Finds Limited Access To Price Estimates For Routine Hospital Procedure
Price for MRI of knee ranges from $400 to $4,544
BOSTON -…
Mass. Healthcare Price Transparency Law Still Not a Reality
State Healthcare Price Transparency Law Still Not a Reality for…
Promising State “Duals” Pilot (One Care), Late and Losing Carriers
Pioneer has long advocated for reforming the way that healthcare…
What is ahead for Chapter 224 in 2013
In an effort to achieve greater transparency, I decided…
Health Care Payment Reform’s New Bureaucracies
In Part 3 of Pioneer Institute’s series on Massachusetts’…
What Romney should do on health care
http://dailycaller.com/2012/06/21/what-romney-should-do-on-health-care/
Americans…
Will Beacon Hill’s Payment Reform Work?
Pioneer Institute’s Health Care Policy Director Josh Archambault…
Mass. Taxpayers Foundation Responds To Critics On Health Reform Spending
http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2012/04/mass-taxpayers-foundation-critics
A…
2012 Hewitt Health Care Lecture
Pioneer's 2012 Hewitt Health Care Lecture enjoyed record attendance, and featured a presentation by Dr. Don Berwick, formerly the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Dr. Berwick was followed by James Capretta, Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
Obama Admin Rethinking Massachusetts Model?
The summer has led to little news from the Legislature and…
Vermont Single-Payer Plan Full of Holes
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts held a…
More Bad News for Governor’s Regulatory Regime for Payment Reform
A Washington Post article today is sure to influence the debate…