141st APHA Annual Meeting

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A View from Massachusetts Health Care for All

Tuesday, November 5, 2013 : 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

Wendy E. Parmet, JD , School of Law, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
As a member of the board of Health Care for All, I will discuss proposals to improve health care quality while lowering costs. I will discuss quality improvement and cost containment proposals that were considered but not included in Chapter 224. I will also discuss how Massachusetts can improve medical care quality and costs in the wake of Chapter 224.

Learning Areas:
Provision of health care to the public

Learning Objectives:
Describe policies that may improve health care quality and reduce its cost inflation that were considered but not included in the legislation producing Chapter 224.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: tba
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.