By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff | January 12, 2010 Partners HealthCare – unlike many of its competitors, which were no-shows at hearings last week – appeared before state regulators yesterday… Read more »
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High costs aren’t due to local issues, Partners says
Obama, disgruntled labor chiefs discuss health care overhaul
Leaders not keen on Senate version By Alec MacGillis, Washington Post | January 12, 2010 WASHINGTON – President Obama sought yesterday to assuage organized labor’s misgivings about the health care… Read more »
Simmering spat over payments between Patrick, BMC boils over
By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff | January 8, 2010 A yearlong dispute over the adequacy of state payments toBoston Medical Center has erupted into an open and pointed disagreement between… Read more »
Imbedded chips track drug doses, health shifts
By Scott Kirsner, Globe Correspondent | January 11, 2010 Highlights from Scott Kirsner’s Innovation Economy blog. For the full blog, updated daily, visit
Nation’s Largest RN Organization Blasts Bid to Tax Benefits
Urges Other Reforms to Protect Patients, Families In Final Talks on Healthcare Reform Legislation The nation’s largest union and professional organization of registered nurses today called on House members to… Read more »
Brigham executive to lead Boston Medical
Health veteran taking over financially troubled facility By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff | January 6, 2010 After searching nationwide for a new leader, Boston Medical Center reached into the city’s… Read more »
Avoid legal fight by paying more to front-line hospitals
January 4, 2010 IN THE epic tug of war between containing medical spending and securing access to hospitals for lower-income people, Massachusetts faces a range of options from raising Medicaid… Read more »
Hospital wins state OK to add 60 beds
Overtaxed facility plans $52m 2-floor expansion By Johanna Seltz, Globe Correspondent | December 27, 2009 WEYMOUTH – The state has approved plans by South Shore Hospital to add two stories… Read more »
MGH parent curbs fees to staff from drug makers
By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff | January 3, 2010 High-ranking physicians and executives at Partners HealthCare, which includes Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s hospitals, can no longer receive stock… Read more »