Is medical giant Partners HealthCare good for Massachusetts?
The Boston Globe Spotlight team investigates.
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(Globe Staff / Pam Berry)Dr. Samuel O. Thier, shown making rounds with Massachusetts General Hospital residents in 1997, led Partners' efforts to demand higher payments from insurance companies.Part 3
A force behind rising healthcare costs
In 2000, Partners HealthCare cut a deal with Blue Cross to ratchet up insurance costs. Nothing in Massachusetts healthcare has been the same since. (Boston Globe, 12/28/08)
- Spotlight follow-up: Partners deal with Blue Cross under scrutiny by AG's office
- Spotlight follow-up: Patrick considering ways to contain rising healthcare costs
- Spotlight follow-up: State panel to examine payments to Partners
- Are elite academic hospitals the best choice?
- Photos The rise of MGH | Graphic Partners' growth
Previous coverage
Part 1
A healthcare system out of balance
Call it the "Partners Effect:" Elite hospitals are paid much more for care that is often no better than average. It is the best kept secret in Massachusetts medicine.
(Boston Globe, 11/16/08)
(Boston Globe, 11/16/08)
- Graphic Comparable quality, different prices
- Spotlight follow-up: State urged to review fees to elite hospitals
Part 2
Healthcare giant takes aim at suburbs
Fueled by profits, Partners HealthCare's push for more of the suburban market has community hospitals running scared, and crying foul.
(Boston Globe, 12/21/08)