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The press release stated both have signed a letter of understanding to explore the benefits of merging and this is not a final decisions as algorithms will need to be run to make sure the 2 are compatible and that everything else jives along the way. BD About 6 months ago Harvard Pilgrim Health...
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What is interesting here is that the one company who has negotiated higher rates n the area, Partners, who has even had a few bragging rights on how they have done this with carriers, is now stating they will come to the table. Earlier this year there were new contracts signed and basically the...
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If one is planning on going to medical school or is there now this looks like a great way to get some of the loans for education paid off with a trade off of working 2-3 years in a community health center for needy patients. The Kraft family is the owner of the football team the New England Patriots...
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Mon, Jan 10 2011
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Who said electronic medical record weren’t expensive? Partners hospitals include Brigham and Women and Massachusetts General Hospital in their network of hospitals and physicians. about 6 months ago their long term CIO left to work for Siemens, who just announced this week that they have...
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Fri, Jan 7 2011
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Last week Blue Cross announced their plan for employers to encourage the use of those on the “low” list versus the “high” group and as you can see from the link below there are 15 on the “high” list to where it will cost the patient more and will have higher premiums. This agreement is at the hospital...
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Sat, Dec 11 2010
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In the Boston area the article states this leaves out Massachusetts General, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital and there are also some community hospitals on the list but most are on the low cost list. Boston teaching hospitals are on the “low” or good side of the list...
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Fri, Dec 3 2010
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Cambridge Consultants, the think tank and creator of mobile devices for healthcare has added one more item to their collection to work with their VenaHub wireless suite called the “Minder”. I still think they have one of the most exotic items with the blue toot inhaler and this new product works...
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Thu, Nov 18 2010
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The article states they are out of options within their own realm and need everyone to come together for a solution to include elected officials. Listed at the bottom line of the revenue problems are the changes made to the way reimbursement is taking place for Medicaid patients, and they are not...
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Mon, Sep 13 2010
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Both situations are sad and the man who had surgery to cure what he was told was prostate cancer is even sadder now that he lives with some not so nice side effects that came along with the surgery. In the meantime, the other man didn’t have his prostate cancer found as earlier as it could have...
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Sun, Aug 15 2010
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As the article states employees will be able to file claims and be reimbursed and CareGroup did not admit to any wrong actions with settling the suit which still needs approval from a US district Judge in Boston. Most of the hospitals in the group have experienced efforts of local labor groups...
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Not too long ago the Department of Justice was looking at how hospital contracts worked in the state of Massachusetts and Blue Cross is now looking to find some relief. Some of the insurers in the state are non-profit, different than how it functions in many states with for profits leading the...
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Mon, May 24 2010
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When it comes to healthcare news, Partners is no stranger. Recently in the news the Department of Justice opened an inquiry as to how they were able to substantiate larger compensation contracts compared to other hospitals in the Boston area. How Does Partners HealthCare Negotiate Those Higher...
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Sat, May 15 2010
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In case you missed it, the 6 Hospital chain, Caritas Christi Health was sold to a private Equity firm, Cerberus for $830 million earlier this year and with the financial status of the hospitals there was not a lot of choice after recovering from bankruptcy and reorganization in place, and if it was not...
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Mon, May 10 2010
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This is not a new topic by any means as it has been in the news quite a bit about how Partners gets paid at higher rates than some of the other hospitals in the Boston area. The link below is from last year, January 2009 for a little history. One area of difference when comparing Massachusetts...
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Thu, Apr 29 2010
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I don’t know for sure but I might guess the offer might be providing a generous source of income to leave his current physician at a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital, and I’m sure others might be pondering the same question here. There is of course the conflict of interest in doing both...