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September 15, 2011

In New England, Massachusetts leads job growth - for state employees

I reached out about a month and a half ago to Governor Patrick’s office to see if they could help understand how, after bipartisan support for cutting state jobs through the recession, the state actually added to its payroll. As usual, despite...
September 1, 2011

Obama Admin Rethinking Massachusetts Model?

The summer has led to little news from the Legislature and Governor Patrick on the health policy front. Which, on the first day of September, left me to wonder whatever happened to the temporarily extended Massachusetts MassHealth 1115 waiver? Simply put, this...
June 2, 2011

More Bad News for Governor's Regulatory Regime for Payment Reform

A Washington Post article today is sure to influence the debate in the beltway on reforming our health delivery system towards accountable care organizations (ACOs), one can only hope it will reach the leaders of the Commonwealth before they pass the Governor’s...