{"id":5035,"date":"2023-07-17T15:48:32","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T19:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/?p=5035"},"modified":"2023-09-16T15:05:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T19:05:12","slug":"chapter-305-bill-to-promote-cost-containment-transparency-and-efficiency-in-the-delivery-of-quality-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/2023\/07\/17\/chapter-305-bill-to-promote-cost-containment-transparency-and-efficiency-in-the-delivery-of-quality-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 305, Bill to Promote Cost Containment, Transparency and Efficiency in the Delivery of Quality Health Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. \u00a0Procedural History and Bill Versions<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/Bill-1.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">S2863 + History<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Other versions:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/H4974.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">H4974<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/S2526.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">S2526<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/S2650.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">S2650<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/S2660.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">S2660<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. Committee Documents<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/House-Session-_-Journals.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">House Journals<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/Senate-Session-_-Journals.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Senate Journals<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents<a href=\"https:\/\/archives.lib.state.ma.us\/bitstream\/handle\/2452\/127672\/ocn806091064-benefit_review.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/Testimony-_-Letters.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Testimony<\/a><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/Senator-Moore_Part4.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4. Executive Action Documents<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5. Press Reports (links only) \u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #000000;\">State House News Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy.bu.edu\/news\/2008310\" style=\"color: #000000;\">WITH MUCH ON THE LINE, HEALTH COST CONTROL BILL WARMLY RECEIVED<\/a> &#8211; MARCH 12, 2008<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State House News Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy.bu.edu\/news\/2008455\" style=\"color: #000000;\">REHAULED HEALTH CARE BILL CALLS FOR REVIEW OF STATE-FUNDED HOSPITALS, MCOs<\/a> By: Michael Norton &#8211; APRIL 16, 2008<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State House News Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy.bu.edu\/news\/2008477\" style=\"color: #000000;\">STATE SECRETARIATS SEEING DOUBLE-DIGIT SPENDING INCREASES<\/a> By: Jim O&#8217;Sullivan &#8211; APRIL 22, 2008<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State House News Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy.bu.edu\/news\/2008795\" style=\"color: #000000;\">STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS &#8211; WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2008<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State House News Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy.bu.edu\/news\/2008858\" style=\"color: #000000;\">ADVANCES: WEEK OF AUG. 3, 2008<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State House News Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy.bu.edu\/pr\/20082807\" style=\"color: #000000;\">HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY PASSES HEALTH CARE COST CONTROL BILL<\/a> (7-16-08)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State House News Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy.bu.edu\/pr\/20082807\" style=\"color: #000000;\">THE MASSACHUSETTS PRESCRIPTION REFORM COALITION COMMENDS LAWMAKERS FOR TAKING ACTION TO LOWER PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS AND IMPROVE PATIENT SAFETY<\/a> (7-31-08)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6. Misc.<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/Misc-Research.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Misc. Research<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/Talking-Points.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Talking Points<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Event: &#8220;<a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/Statehouse-Event.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Celebrating Changing the Name<\/a>&#8220;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. \u00a0Procedural History and Bill Versions S2863 + History Other versions: H4974 S2526 S2650 S2660 2. Committee Documents House Journals Senate Journals 3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents Testimony 4. Executive Action Documents 5. Press Reports (links only) \u00a0 State House News Service: WITH MUCH ON THE LINE, HEALTH COST CONTROL BILL WARMLY RECEIVED [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22595,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5035"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22595"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5035"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5289,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5035\/revisions\/5289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}