Provider Operations Archives - Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association

A 54% Spike in Patient Care Expenses

Elections
Federal Issues
Healthcare Finance
Healthcare Policy
Insurance Issues
Patient Care
Prescription Drugs
Provider Operations
State Issues
Workforce
Healthcare Leadership
Health Policy Commission
Healthcare Data
Health Safety Net
Affordability

November 9, 2026
CRITICAL CONDITION: How Mounting Hospital Pressures Put Patient Care at Risk

Federal Issues
Prescription Drugs
Provider Operations
State Issues
Workforce
Healthcare Costs
Healthcare Data
Health Safety Net
Affordability

November 9, 2026
MEMBER MOMENTS: Baystate Health & Its Health Plan on Prior Auths

Care Innovation
Healthcare Innovation
Insurance Issues
Patient Care
Provider Operations

November 6, 2026
MEMBER MOMENTS: South Shore Health: Access Depends on Parking

Care Innovation
Continuum of Care
Emergency Response
Patient Care
Provider Operations
Public Health
Healthcare Leadership

October 30, 2026
MEMBER MOMENTS: South Shore Health: Access Depends on Parking

Continuum of Care
Patient Care
Provider Operations
Healthcare Leadership

October 23, 2026
Building the Workforce

Care Innovation
Healthcare Innovation
Patient Care
Patient Safety
Provider Operations
Public Health
Workforce
Healthcare Leadership
Healthcare Data

October 19, 2026
MEMBER MOMENTS: Hospitals Must Expand and Spend to Keep Up with Demand

Continuum of Care
Patient Care
Provider Operations
Healthcare Leadership

October 16, 2026
Out-of-Network Care; Safety Net Study

Federal Issues
Healthcare Finance
Healthcare Policy
Insurance Issues
Patient Care
Provider Operations
Public Health
State Issues
Workforce
Healthcare Leadership
Healthcare Costs
Home Health Care
Health Safety Net

October 12, 2026
CHIA, the Waiver, and New MHA Leadership

Care Innovation
Federal Issues
Healthcare Finance
Healthcare Policy
Insurance Issues
Patient Care
Provider Operations
Public Health
State Issues
Telehealth
Workforce
Healthcare Leadership
Healthcare Costs
Home Health Care
Health Safety Net

October 5, 2026
MEMBER MOMENTS: Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Needham Receives $15 Million Gift

Care Innovation
Healthcare Innovation
Patient Care
Provider Operations

October 2, 2026
MHA Comment on CHIA’s Quarterly Financial Report

Healthcare Finance
Insurance Issues
Provider Operations
State Issues
Healthcare Costs
Health Safety Net
Affordability

September 30, 2026
A Financial Bump? New Health Fund?

Federal Issues
Healthcare Finance
Healthcare Policy
Insurance Issues
Patient Care
Provider Operations
Public Health
State Issues
Workforce
Healthcare Costs
Health Safety Net

September 28, 2026
MEMBER MOMENTS: Rep. Auchincloss Visits UMass Memorial Health

Care Innovation
Emergency Response
Healthcare Innovation
Patient Care
Provider Operations
Public Health
Healthcare Leadership
Home Health Care

September 25, 2026
MHA Comment on CHIA’s FY25 Financial Report

Healthcare Finance
Insurance Issues
Provider Operations
State Issues
Healthcare Costs
Health Safety Net
Affordability

September 24, 2026
RFA & Waiver Shape Future of Healthcare

Federal Issues
Healthcare Finance
Healthcare Policy
Insurance Issues
Patient Care
Provider Operations
Public Health
State Issues
Telehealth
Workforce
Healthcare Costs
Maternal Health
Health Safety Net

September 21, 2026
MEMBER MOMENTS: Tufts Medicine Co-Leads $44 Million NIH Grant

Care Innovation
Healthcare Innovation
Patient Care
Provider Operations
Public Health
Workforce
Healthcare Leadership

September 18, 2026