News & Press
Boston's Community Medical Group Receives Finalist Award for Providing Comprehensive Care to More Than 400 Patients with Severe Physical Disabilities
January 27, 2010
Boston, MA
Commonwealth Care Alliance’s clinical affiliate Boston’s Community Medical Group has been has been recognized by the Premier healthcare alliance and its member hospitals for providing comprehensive care to more than 400 patients with severe physical disabilities.
BCMG was one of six organizations nationally recognized as a finalist for the 18th annual Monroe E. Trout Premier Cares Award. The Cares Award, sponsored by the Premier healthcare alliance and its member hospitals, honors exemplary efforts by not-for-profit organizations to improve access to healthcare for the underserved.
Download press release (pdf). Watch the award video.Boston Business Journal - Network Health, nonprofits launch alliance
“Network Health, nonprofits launch alliance” – Boston Business Journal, Jan. 27, 2010. Read the article.
Network Health Partners with Commonwealth Care Alliance to Help Members with Complex Needs
January 26, 2010
Boston, MA
Commonwealth Care Alliance and its affiliate, Prevention and Access to Care and Treatment (PACT) has partnered with Network Health, a Massachusetts health plan that provides high-quality health care coverage to more than 150,000 Massachusetts residents with low and moderate income to launch a unique, innovative program called Network Health Alliance. Through Network Health Alliance, Network Health members who have complex health needs will get enhanced care management services, care coordination, and extra clinical support. Download press release (pdf).
President & CEO, Robert J. Master, MD Honored With National Health Quality Award
March 18, 2009
Washington, DC
NCQA, the nation’s leading driver of healthcare improvement and quality, has acknowledged the work of Robert J. Master, MD, alongside President Obama’s Director of Management and Budget Peter Orszag, and two other honorees at a national awards ceremony in Washington, DC. Dr. Master joins a prestigious list of former award recipients, including US Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and US Surgeon General David Satcher.
Dr. Master was recognized for his leadership in improving the quality of care for vulnerable populations, most recently creating the Commonwealth Care Alliance, a nonprofit care delivery system committed to serving the elderly and individuals with disabilities through the provision of enhanced primary care in an integrated approach with related social support services. Commonwealth Care Alliance cares for over 2,000 members—Medicare and Medicaid’s most medically complex and frail beneficiaries—by investing heavily and creatively in developing team models of care and providing primary medical care and community-based long-term care services. Commonwealth Care Alliance is able to deliver this highly personalized approach to care by bringing together Medicare and Medicaid financing to serve as the "insurer" as well as the organizer and provider of healthcare and social services.
Boston Globe Editorial - Managing Care the Right Way
"Managing Care the Right Way" - The Boston Globe, Mar. 26. 2008. Read the article.
Neighborhood Network News – New Ways to Make Care More Effective and More Affordable
March 25, 2009
In response to his national health quality award, Bob Master was invited to appear on a local community access cable television channel to speak about Commonwealth Care Alliance and its work.
Dr. Master discussed how Commonwealth Care Alliance has been able to provide better care at a lower cost by placing a much greater emphasis on primary care and care coordination.
Read the transcript of the interview.
Presentations & National Conferences
Health Aging in the Commonwealth: Pathways to Lifelong Wellness
December 14, 2007
Boston, MA
Rosa Palacios, Department of Health Education and Caregiver Training, recently presented at the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum as part of a panel discussion on how to help seniors stay healthy, active, and socially engaged as the baby boom generation retires and life expectancy increases.
Read the conference findings. View the presentation. © 2009 Commonwealth Care Alliance, Inc.3rd Annual SNP Leadership Forum: Charting the Future for Special Needs Plans
November 6-7. 2007
Washington, DC
President & CEO, Robert J. Master and Chief Operating Officer, Lois Simon, were invited to participate in the National Health Policy Group- and SNP Alliance-sponsored conference held in Washington, DC.
Dr. Master spoke on Dual SNPs as part of a panel in the session, ‘How Would Proposed SNP Legislation Enhance or Impede Opportunities for Specialized Managed Care? Insights from Leading SNP Executives.’
Ms. Simon facilitated the session, ‘How Do Major Stakeholders View Integration and Critical Next Steps?’
Managed Long-Term Supports and Services: Purchasing Institute
October 24-25, 2007
Milwaukee, WI
Chief Operating Officer, Lois Simon spoke at the Center for Health Care Strategies conference held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
She addressed audiences during the session, ‘State/Plan Collaborations’, which described models for developing relationships between state purchasers and managed long-term care organizations and the elements essential to their success.
View the presentation. © 2007 Commonwealth Care Alliance, Inc.
SNP Year Three Conference: Managing and Growing Special Needs Plans
October 22-23, 2007
Arlington, VA
Lois Simon presented at a Special Needs Plan conference in Virginia , where she spoke about the elements of a successful care model for special needs patients.
View the presentation. © 2007 Commonwealth Care Alliance, Inc.
Robert J. Master, M.D., President and CEO of Commonwealth Care Alliance, was invited to present recently in Texas to the congressionally mandated Medicaid Commission that is meeting to determine the policy direction for the future of the Medicaid program. Dr. Master’s presentation was featured as an example of a provider innovation that serves as a best practice for dual eligible beneficiaries. The presentation spoke to the policy opportunity that prepaid clinical care delivery systems like Commonwealth Care Alliance provide for improving the care and cost experience of Medicaid supported elders and persons with disabilities. View the presentation. © 2007 Commonwealth Care Alliance, Inc.
Commonwealth Care Alliance has received donated original works of art through a local organization, The Art Connection. To learn more, please visit their website at www.theartconnection.org
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