Physician Engagement

With new healthcare payment-and-delivery models erasing the traditional lines that divided providers, the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association is committed serving as a convener to strengthen the link between physician group practices and hospitals in this rapidly evolving environment.

Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA)


MACRA repeals the previous Sustainable Growth Rate formula and replaces it with a new Quality Payment Program (QPP) that has two main tracks: a Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Advanced Alternative Payment Models (AAPMs). MHA has compiled information and resources to help our physician members with the transition to the new QPP and will update the information as it changes and becomes available. Learn more about MACRA.
06.18.2018  | AMA Denounces “Carnage of Gun Violence”
The American Medical Association’s (AMA’s) House of Delegates met last week and adopted a series of positions, including those addressing gun violence and pharmaceutical shortages.
05.07.2018  | Gratitude for Those Who Care for Us
Over the past year, MHA has worked with its membership across the commonwealth to address issues of workplace safety and wellbeing.
01.29.2018  | AHA’s M.D. Outreach Resonates With MHA
The American Hospital Association announced last week that it was launching the AHA Physician Alliance to strengthen its outreach to physicians.
01.29.2018  | Patient Experience with Primary Providers: Good and Getting Better
The Massachusetts Health Quality Partners has released its 13th statewide patient experience survey.
01.22.2018  | MHA and MMS Meet to Stem Tide of M.D. Burnout
Last Wednesday, the new MHA-MMS Joint Task Force on Physician Burnout held its first meeting.
11.20.2017  | Detroit Physician Awarded Schwartz Center Prize
Congratulations to Rana Awdish, M.D., the recipient of the 2017 National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year presented by the Schwartz Center at its annual dinner November 16.
10.30.2017  | Addressing Physician Burnout
Bring together sector leaders for a state-of-the-state discussion of Massachusetts healthcare and one recurring theme that arises, in addition to cost and quality issues, is physician burnout.
10.16.2017  | Advancing Quality Improvement Efforts through Coordination
Quality improvement leaders from Massachusetts hospitals and patient safety organizations met at MHA headquarters in Burlington on Wednesday to have a focused conversation on whether to, and how to, align the numerous healthcare quality initiatives n
09.11.2017  | MACRA Webinars
MACRA webinars recordings.
05.22.2017  | BIDMC-LAHEY ENTITY CONTINUES TO BULK UP
The Massachusetts healthcare environment has been moving steadily over recent years from a collection of individual hospitals to a collection of large hospital systems with members bound together.

Resources

Click on the link below to see The Massachusetts Behavioral Health System Report: Implications of Mandated Nurse Staffing Ratios (August 2018).