Ten Massachusetts health systems have formed the Massachusetts Value Alliance (MVA) to deliver high quality, patient-centered and cost-effective care to their communities. Learn more here.

South Shore Health is among five healthcare organizations which has been granted funding to expand access to postpartum and newborn care across Massachusetts. The state’s Health Policy Commission recently approved $1.4m in awards to five applicants for the Cost-Effective, Coordinated Care for...

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As Massachusetts health care becomes increasingly dominated by large health systems, more than a dozen community hospitals are banding together in a new partnership. The Boston Globe's Priyanka McCluskey reports that by teaming up, members of the Massachusetts Value Alliance have greater leverage in...

The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission on released an analysis that found Question 1 would cost between $676 million and $949 million annually. Read the Patriot Ledger story.

Dr. Jason Tracy, Chief of Emergency Medicine at South Shore Hospital recently spoke with WCVB-TV about the opioid crisis in Massachusetts. Watch the video.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and South Shore Health System have launched a first-of-its-kind pilot program to improve patient care, slow the rise of health care costs, and change the way hospitals are paid. Read all about it in the Boston Globe.