Monday Report

11.08.2021 | Vaccine Mandates; Senate Spending Bill

Healthcare workers must be vaccinated by Jan. 4, 2022 and the State Senate begins deliberations on a spending bill. Plus a look at insurance practices.

10.25.2021 | Prior Authorization; Underpaying Providers for Vaccines

The focus last week was on insurance company policies, plus MGPO has a new CEO.

10.11.2021 | 3 Bleak Forecasts and Concern with Insurers

MHA takes a look at hospital finances and expresses concern with insurer practices.

10.04.2021 | Redlining, Racial Bias in Medical Tests, and more ...

MHA takes a look at the downstream effects of redlining plus concerns about the racial bias of kidney tests. Plus MHA makes an ask for ARPA funding.

09.27.2021 | Booster Shots

The rollout of booster shots, plus a look at hospital finances during COVID-19.

09.20.2021 | Studies Focus on Pre-COVID; BH Funding

MHA made a distinct ask for more behavioral health funding, and state studies look back at pre-pandemic healthcare data.

09.13.2021 | Mandatory Vaccines, Provider Relief Funding, and more

Developments on mandatory vaccines, PRF money, surprise billing, and more.

08.16.2021 | COVID Resurgence & Response

As COVID-19 surges again, hospitals are revisiting their disaster plans and response structures.

08.09.2021 | Critical Blood Shortage in New England

A look at results of telehealth surveys and a video showing the blood shortage in New England.

08.02.2021 | 500-Plus Boarders, Vaccine Mandate, and more ...

MHA's Board of Trustees endorsed a policy requiring vaccines among healthcare workers, and testimony drew attention to the hospital boarding crisis.

07.12.2021 | State Budget, AG's Purdue Lawsuit

Details of the Purdue Pharma settlement and FY2022 State Budget agreement.

06.28.2021 | Mandatory Vaxs, PRF Funding

Hospitals to impose mandatory vaccines and concern over federal funding head this week's stories.

06.21.2021 | Federal Funding, ACA Saved (Again), and more ...

Plans for federal funding revealed and SCOTUS issues an important decision on ACA.

06.14.2021 | Concerns About Insurer and Telehealth Rule

A big insurer took some questionable steps that MHA objected to, plus a look at the end of the COVID-19 state of emergency.

06.07.2021 | 90 Additional Days: Ensuring Telehealth's Benefits

MHA is advocating for more time to ensure telehealth meets its full potential post-pandemic.

05.31.2021 | ACA, Breakthrough Cases, Public Option, and more ...

SCOTUS is expected to decide soon on key ACA case and DPH wants to track breakthrough COVID-19 cases.

05.24.2021 | The ED Boarding Crisis

The boarding crisis in Massachusetts could get some relief in legislative budgets, nurse licensure compact gets state endorsement, plus an effort to ensure smooth telemedicine progress.

05.17.2021 | Masks, OUD, HRSA Grants

The CDC changed its mask guidance, and the state released a troubling data on opioid use disorder.

05.10.2021 | What Inspires our Healthcare Workers?

New testing guidance, plus a look at the healthcare workforce and a plea for hospital supplies for India.

05.03.2021 | Increasing Coverage Options

The Mass. House passed its budget proposal and the president released a sweeping "human infrastructure" plan.

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