MMS Forum Spotlights the Past, Present and Future of Health Reform
On the same day that President Obama spoke at Faneuil Hall to defend and promote the Affordable Care Act, the Massachusetts Medical Society’s 14th annual forum on the State of the State’s Health Care...
View ArticleCleveland Clinic’s Lessons for Health Care Transformation
The CEO of the Cleveland Clinic provided a persuasive and moving case study today of how a health care organization can tackle the transformation of health care. Delos M. Cosgrove, MD, said the...
View ArticleAfter the ACA: Some Successes, and Lots More Work to Do
David Blumenthal, MD, president of The Commonwealth Fund, told attendees of the MMS State of the State conference yesterday that while federal health reform has fostered many important improvements...
View ArticleThe ACA Really Does Matter This Election Season: Blendon
The Affordable Care Act is still a major election issue this year, particularly in states whose voters will ultimately decide who controls the next U.S. Senate, according to a leading health policy...
View ArticleAnnual Oration: Doctors Need to Reshape the Value Agenda
Physicians need to take a leadership role in reshaping the approach to value in health care reform for the system to see more cost-savings and quality improvements, said Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH, in his...
View ArticleMMS 2017 State of the State’s Health Care Leadership Forum: The Election’s...
The outcome of the national election on November 8 and its potential to shape – either positively or negatively — the healthcare agenda in Washington and locally in years to come was on the minds of...
View ArticleMMS weighs in on Better Care Reconciliation Act
Henry L. Dorkin, MD, FAAP, President of the Massachusetts Medical Society, released the following statement regarding the Better Care Reconciliation Act. “We do have serious initial concerns about the...
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