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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

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A View from the Health Policy Commission


Tuesday, November 5, 2013 : 10:50 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.

Iyah K. Romm, BS, Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, MA
        
I am the commission's Director of Quality Integration and will discuss how it is working to implement Chapter 224. I will discuss how Chapter 224 sets cost goals for Massachusetts medical care groups and insurers and will also discuss how Massachusetts is moving away from fee-for-service.

Learning Areas:

Provision of health care to the public

Learning Objectives:
Describe key elements of Chapter 224 intended to improve health care quality and reduce its cost inflation. Describe steps that the Health Policy Commission taking to improve health care quality and reduce its cost inflation.

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.

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