2012 News Articles

May 17, 2012
Finding healthy savings, Boston Globe

May 16, 2012
More than 130 leading organizations pledge support for June's fourth annual National Employee Wellness Month, MSNBC.com

May 14, 2012
Lahey Clinic joins Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Alternative Quality Contract, Boston.com

May 8, 2012
Interview with Blue Cross Blue Shield CEO Andrew Dreyfus, Health Business Blog

May 8, 2012
Blue Cross unveils plan confronting painkiller abuse, WBUR

May 7, 2012
Blue Cross plan targets abuse of painkillers, Boston Globe

May 1, 2012
Massachusetts communities receive Municipal Blue Innovation Award for Affordability and Wellness Initiatives, Boston Globe

May 1, 2012
Payment reform is working in Massachusetts, Boston Globe

May 1, 2012
Move profile, healthy prognosis, Corporate Counsel

April 30, 2012
Massachusetts payment-reform bill would overhaul how health-care providers are paid, Washington Post

April 28, 2012
How one hospital bent the cost curve, New York Times

April 26, 2012
Report: Lower health care cost growth means big savings, WBUR's CommonHealth Blog

April 24, 2012
More employees stand, exercise while working, WCVB

April 21, 2012
Desk Jobs Receive Makeover, NBC Nightly News

April 11, 2012
Controlling Health Care Spending, NEJM

April 10, 2012
Gov. awaiting health care cost plan, WCVB

April 5, 2012
Myths about mammograms, Bay State Banner

April 5, 2012
Town earns Municipal Blue Innovation Award, Middleboro Gazette

April 5, 2012
Scantic Valley Regional Health Trust receives Municipal Blue Innovation Award from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, MassLive.com

March 30, 2012
Insurers, flexibility, and savings, Boston Globe

March 29, 2012
Mass. Keeps Close Eye On Supreme Court Health Care Hearings, WBUR

March 29, 2012
Health centers, insurer forge a deal, Boston Globe

March 28, 2012
Gardner is awarded $5,000 for cost-control work, Worcester Telegram & Gazette

March 26, 2012
As Health Law Is Contested, Developing a Plan B, New York Times

March 26, 2012
Employees take a stand; Citing health benefits, many abandon sitting while working, Boston Globe

March 26, 2012
Scantic Valley Regional Health Trust honored, The Reminder

March 19, 2012
Urgent care centers increase; trend viewed as way to ease strain on ERs, The Boston Globe

March 14, 2012
Boston Healthcare Market Moves Rapidly toward Global Payments, BusinessWire

March 13, 2012
Outreach, Education, and Enrollment — Key Components for a Healthy Reform, A Healthy Blog

March 9, 2012
New urgent care center underscores ER entrepreneurship, Boston Business Journal

March 9, 2012
Town to get award for employee health, Enterprise

March 7, 2012
DeLeo says House bill will try to cut health cost rises in half, Boston Globe

March 4, 2012
Editorial: Finally, progress on health care costs, MetroWest Daily News

March 2, 2012
Mass overhaul, Workforce Management

March 1, 2012
Be Healthy: When kidneys fail, Bay State Banner

March 1, 2012
Blue Cross boss touts payment method, MetroWest Daily News

February 28, 2012
Deval Patrick on Mass. health reform, cancer and cost-cutting, WBUR

February 17, 2012
New health options for small businesses, Boston Business Journal

February 14, 2012
Local CEOs, top execs gathering for day of service, Boston Business Journal

February 14, 2012
Health Care In Massachusetts Turns To Cost Control, NPR

February 13, 2012
Health Care In Massachusetts: 'Abject Failure' Or Work In Progress?, NPR

February 10, 2012
Health care's new wave: Shift from treating sickness to ensuring health, Daily Hampshire Gazette

February 10, 2012
Pair of donations boost area Food Bank, Daily Hampshire Gazette

February Issue, 2012
Congestive heart failure in women, Bay State Banner

February 8, 2012
Global payment gains traction in Massachusetts, American Medical News

February 7, 2012
$55,000 Donated to The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, Springfield Republican

February 3, 2012
Cities shouldn't set own rates, Boston Globe

February 1, 2012
On health care, Legislature shouldn't hurt its own reform, Boston Globe

January 30, 2012
Cost-controlled health coverage gaining ground, Boston Globe

January 30, 2012
New Healthcare Payment Plans Could Keep Prices Down, WMAC

January 25, 2012
Insurers Shrink Hospital Pricing Gap, WBUR

January 24, 2012
CommonHealth Blog: Children's Hospital Signs On To Global Payment, WBUR

January 24, 2012
Children's, Blue Cross set pact; Insurer will have no cost, Boston Globe

January 23, 2012
In the new system of 'global payments,' patients will have more contact with their primary providers—like it or not, Boston Globe

January 21, 2012
Health insurers hold back on rate increases in Mass.; Premium changes are lowest in years, Boston Globe

January 17, 2012
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts to Provide Coverage for Overseas Members, Insurance News Net

January 17, 2012
Mass. Briefs to Supreme Court: 'Hey, Health Reform Works For Us', Commonhealth Blog

January 17, 2012
Learning from the Alternative Quality Contract, GP

January 11, 2012
In The News: Stephanie Lovell, Bay State Banner

January 5, 2012
The day-to-day challenge of living with low vision, Bay State Banner