1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (666+ words) Governor Maura Healey’s effort to crack down on medical debt reporting has drawn resistance from debt collectors and some health care providers who say the regulatory scheme could compromise the accuracy of credit reports and create financial struggles for smaller…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1192+ words) Cerberus Capital Management, the private equity firm that pulled $800 million out of the doomed Steward Health Care system, reached a financial settlement Thursday with the contractors, suppliers, and other creditors who went unpaid as the hospital chain collapsed. However, while…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (434+ words) State officials announced the rollout of new tap-enabled chip cards for recipients of public benefits, including the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as part of a means of tackling ongoing benefits fraud. The rollout makes Massachusetts the fourth state in…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1085+ words) Dr. Michael Jellinek has worked at Massachusetts General Hospital for 50 years. A prominent child psychiatrist who went into hospital administration, he rose to become president of Newton Wellesley Hospital and then chief clinical officer of MGH’s corporate parent, Partners HealthCare,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (610+ words) Nearly 700,000 Bay Staters will still see double-digit premium increases next year, even after state insurance regulators managed to trim down rates across seven carriers and rejected the sharpest proposed spike of almost 26 percent. The Division of Insurance posted finalized rates…...