MassEcon, the Family Health Center of Worcester, the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, Reliant Medical Group, the Mass. Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and Central One Federal Credit Union all saw personnel moves.
Faced with declining patient discharge numbers and seeing a chance to pare costs that didn’t directly affect patients, UMass Memorial Health Care leaders in Worcester made a tough financial choice to cut much of its executive ranks.
Outpatient surgery centers benefit patients by having lower costs and avoiding a trip to a hospital campus – enough of a lure for health providers who otherwise could be seen as close competitors to join together to create one such center in Shrewsbury.
Though the true numbers won’t be reported until this fall, the early word from Central Massachusetts accountable care organization partners is they are happy with the way the MassHealth restructured system of care delivery has been established, implemented and integrated.
Though the disease was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000, measles is making a comeback in the country, with this year bringing the highest number of cases since 1992.