Physician-Hospital Affiliations/Organizations

Information on MHA’s Physician/Hospital Integration Collaborative (PHIC).
03.18.2019  | WEBINAR Confronting the Opioid Crisis in America
In this webinar, you'll learn what Massachusetts has been doing to combat both the spigot problem and the treatment challenges of the opioid epidemic.
02.04.2019  | Betsy Lehman Center Takes a Look at Physician Burnout
The January edition of the Betsy Lehman Center’s monthly newsletter, Patient Safety Beat, features a story on the challenge of physician burnout.
01.28.2019  | What to Expect in the Federal Healthcare Arena
The American Hospital Association (AHA) last week laid out its 2019 public policy agenda.
01.28.2019  | MHQP’s 14th Annual Patient Experiences Survey
Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP) has released the results of its annual survey of patient experiences in primary care practices across the states.
01.14.2019  | AG Grants Support Healthcare Partnerships
Using funding from recent settlements through its healthcare division, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office last week distributed $3 million in grants to organizations addressing social determinants of health.
12.03.2018  | Beth Israel Lahey Health Gets State & Federal Approval for Merger
Perhaps the largest and most complex healthcare merger in state history is all but final after Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s office ok'd the merger with conditions.
12.03.2018  | An Opportunity to Help Lessen EHR Burden
Numerous studies have identified electronic health records (EHRs) as being the cause of great physician dissatisfaction and burn out with their jobs. Doctors feel that the requirements to use EHRs cuts into their personal interaction with patients an
12.03.2018  | MHQP Announces Winners of New Patient Experience Awards
Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP) has announced the winners of its first annual “MHQP Patient Experience Awards,” which recognizes primary care practices that perform highest on MHQP’s annual survey.
11.05.2018  | Dozens of Reasons to Oppose Question 1 (And We Could Have Added More)
Care is fluid and ever-changing and should not be determined by a rigid number arrived at through popular vote. Vote NO on 1.
10.01.2018  | HPC on BID-Lahey Merger: AG Review Needed
The HPC has released its final report on the proposed large merger of hospitals and physician practices that would be known as Beth Israel Lahey Health.
07.16.2018  | Mass. Medical Society Opposes Staffing Ballot Question
The Massachusetts Medical Society has joined the Coalition to Protect Patient Safety in opposing the nurse staffing question on the ballot this November.
07.16.2018  | Clinicians Concerned About Their Scores Can Get a Review
Clinicians who participated in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System in 2017 can now access their final MIPS score and performance feedback.
03.12.2018  | Merger Takes Big Step to Fulfillment
The deal involving Lahey Health, the Beth Israel Deaconess system, and other entities received a favorable report from DPH.
11.06.2017  | HPC Casts Cold Eye, Preliminarily, on Partners, MEEI Merger
The Health Policy Commission’s (HPC’s) preliminary Cost and Market Impact Review (CMIR), on the merger between Partners HealthCare and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, and its Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates physician organization was re
05.22.2017  | HOSPITALS SEEK THREE AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BUDGET
On Tuesday The Senate Ways & Means Committee released its state budget proposal for the coming fiscal year (2018), calling for total spending of $40.8 billion and including a number of provisions of great interest to the healthcare community.
05.22.2017  | MHA TO BORIM: REGULATIONS IN NEED OF FURTHER REVISION
Board of Registration in Medicine (BORIM), MHA expressed concerns shared by a wide segment of the provider community that BORIM’s proposed substantial changes to its regulations would increase healthcare costs.
05.22.2017  | NICHOLAS ON BOSTON CHILDREN'S PANEL MAY 31
MHA's President & CEO Lynn Nicholas, FACHE will participate on a panel at Boston Children's Hospital on Wednesday, May 31 to discuss how recent federal healthcare policies will affect children and families.
05.22.2017  | HEALEY JOINS AGs IN SEEKING TO PRESERVE ACA SUBSIDIES
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey joined 15 other AGs from across the U.S. in filing a motion aimed at preserving the so-called “cost-sharing reductions”.
05.22.2017  | DATA & QUALITY WEBINARS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
MHA, the Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA), Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors, and New England QIN QIO offered a webinar series on leveraging data reports to drive quality improvement.
05.22.2017  | CONTINUING THE FIGHT AGAINST TEEN TOBACCO USE
Dr. Lynda Young, president of Tobacco Free Mass and former president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, testified with Chris Lathan, M.D., a medical oncologist from Dana Farber Cancer Institute in support of legislation that would raise the legal

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