Articles, Leading Stories

Bill seeks six-month recoupment limit

By Janine Weisman

When a managed care insurance company recoups payments previously made to health providers for services rendered, it’s called a clawback.
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CHART: partnerships and integration enhance patient care

By Phyllis Hanlon

In October 2013, the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC), launched Phase 1 of the Community Hospital Acceleration, Revitalization & Transformation (CHART)...

Yale program treats young cancer patients

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Recognizing that young adults diagnosed with cancer show poorer outcomes post-treatment, Yale-New Haven Hospital has initiated a program dedicated to psychosocial treatment for...

Behavioral health ED visits on the rise

By Pamela Berard

Even though overall emergency department use in Massachusetts declined in 2014 – visits associated with behavioral health conditions rose sharply, according to preliminary...

Detox unit opens at Butler Hospital

By Pamela Berard

In response to a growing heroin and opioid addiction crisis, Butler Hospital in Providence, R.I., opened an outpatient detoxification unit.

The ambulatory program at...

Study will look at models of integration

By Rivkela Brodsky

A  University of Vermont-led team of researchers has received an $18.5 million grant to examine models for integrating behavioral care into the primary care...

APA report provides workforce data

By Rivkela Brodsky

The field of psychology remains a steady one, with Baby Boomer and Echo Boomer generations making up most of the industry, while the gender gap continues to widen and more...

Study: Altruism is good for mental health

By Susan Gonsalves

Helping someone else can be good for your mental health.

A study, recently published in Clinical Psychological Science, concluded that doing small acts for others such...

Psychologist weighs in on the state of relationships

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Tis the season of love…and marriage…and, for more than 40 percent of Americans, ultimately divorce. But that does not have to be the result for couples struggling to keep...