The most difficult realities are oftentimes the most important to accept. Now is one such time, as the state’s healthcare system buckles under the weight of unsustainable cost pressures and is showing once unimaginable signs of peril.
Steve Walsh
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Reform of ‘prior authorization’ rules crucial to patient care
Prior authorization began as a tool to monitor and control spending on costly or novel treatments, but it has proliferated to apply broadly to many medications, services, and treatments, including common life saving devices like inhalers.
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Treat gun violence like the public health crisis it is
GUN VIOLENCE is a public health crisis. That’s what we continue to hear from healthcare leaders across Massachusetts and the nation. It may seem odd at first blush to use that designation for the mass shootings that have gripped our nation, especially as we are still living in the reality of a years-long pandemic. But […]