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Kudos to AG Coakley for Updated Community Benefits Guidelines
Yesterday Attorney General Martha Coakley released updated Community Benefit Guidelines for Non Profit Acute Care Hospitals and Health Maintenance Organizations (Links: the guidelines and the press...
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Third Birthday for Quality and Disparities Initiatives in Chapter 58
As we celebrate three years of healthcare reform this week and applaud the great work that has brought insurance coverage to hundreds of thousands of individuals across the Commonwealth, we should also...
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Watch, and then Call: “There’s Nothing More Hurtful And Regressive Than A...
First, please watch the video below, highlights from today’s inspirational, packed “Stop The Cuts” rally at the State House. The speakers include Harris Gruman of SEIU and the Stop the Cuts Coalition;...
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Bookmark This: BCBS MA Foundation Launches Impressive New Website
The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation is launching their new website today: BlueCrossFoundation.org. We think it’s great, we want you to take a look at it, too. The website is...
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May Health Disparities Council Meeting
Early last week, the Commonwealth’s Health Disparities Council held its monthly meeting to continue their work on creating policies to reduce health disparities among Massachusetts residents. Since the...
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DPH Releases Community Health Worker Study
Public health leaders and community health workers gathered yesterday at the State House, in celebration of the new Department of Public Health report on community health workers (CHWs) in...
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Disparities Council Meeting Monday
The state Health Disparities Council holds its next meeting on Monday, June 28th from 2-4PM on the 21st floor of Ashburton Place. The meeting will be the last to take place before the Council’s summer...
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Health Disparities Council Holds June Meeting
The Health Disparities Council met yesterday. Facilitated by EOHHS Secretary JudyAnn Bigby and Co-Chair Representative Byron Rushing, the meeting opened with an update on Senate 810, which is still...
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Engaging Minority Communities in Safer Healthcare
MITSS (Medically Inducted Trauma Support Services) has organized a half-day conference to take place on Saturday, August 28, at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury focusing on issues of patient safety...
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Congratulations, Sheriff Koutoujian
On Friday, Governor Patrick named State Representative Peter Koutoujian to serve as Middlesex County Sheriff. Koutoujian has been a consistent voice for health care, particularly public health. He is a...
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People With Disabilities And Others: Please Fill Out This Survey From Mass DPH
[From Mass DPH:] Help influence health care in Massachusetts. The Health and Disability Program, part of Office of Health Equity at the MA Department of Public Health (DPH) is conducting a health needs...
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Senate Budget Debate Starts Wednesday – Here’s Our Amendment Recommendations
Tomorrow the state Senate will begin debating its version of the state budget for fiscal year 2014, which begins on July 1. Like the House budget did, the Senate Ways and Means version starts out with...
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