Michael P Norton

Citing progress in addressing children's behavioral health as well as areas desperately in need of improvement, a new report suggests the potential for schools and pediatric primary care providers to play a more significant role in addressing a "long-standing crisis."

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Report eyes role for schools in behavioral health crisis

January 25, 2023 at 5:04 p.m.

Citing progress in addressing children's behavioral health as well as areas desperately in need of improvement, a new report suggests the potential for schools and pediatric primary care providers to...

Gov. Charlie Baker has agreed to a new law aimed at making roads safer for "vulnerable users" such as bicyclists, pedestrians, skateboarders and anyone else who is not in a vehicle.

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New law protects ‘vulnerable’ road users

January 4, 2023 at 11:23 a.m.

Gov. Charlie Baker has agreed to a new law aimed at making roads safer for "vulnerable users" such as bicyclists, pedestrians, skateboarders and anyone else who is not in a...

Massachusetts will be the first recreational-use cannabis state in the nation to adopt a curriculum to educate teens on cannabis-impaired driving.

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RMV rolling ‘Blunt Truth’ into driver’s education

December 15, 2022 at 3:01 p.m.

Massachusetts will be the first recreational-use cannabis state in the nation to adopt a curriculum to educate teens on cannabis-impaired driving.

To address the current slate of health care challenges, state officials in the new year should create a Cabinet-level equity secretary, limit allowable growth in out-of-pocket consumer insurance costs, and develop a 10-year health care workforce plan, according to a new report.

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Report lays out health care priorities for 2023

December 13, 2022 at 9:33 p.m.

To address the current slate of health care challenges, state officials in the new year should create a Cabinet-level equity secretary, limit allowable growth in out-of-pocket consumer insurance costs, and...

Finding prices for health care procedures on Massachusetts hospital websites can be a "circuitous or frustrating process," despite a 2019 federal law requiring hospitals to make all prices available online in a consumer-friendly format, according to a new report.

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Hospital price search ‘frustrating’ for consumers, report says

November 22, 2022 at 3:30 p.m.

Finding prices for health care procedures on Massachusetts hospital websites can be a "circuitous or frustrating process," despite a 2019 federal law requiring hospitals to make all prices available online...

Thanksgiving is more than just a holiday, it's also the top day of the year for home fires.

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Fire marshal offers tips to prevent Thanksgiving blazes

November 22, 2022 at 11:38 a.m.

Thanksgiving is more than just a holiday, it's also the top day of the year for home fires.

Massachusetts is slated to receive $9.3 million and Google faces a slew of new requirements under a settlement over the tech giant's location tracking practices that Attorney General Maura Healey said is the largest multistate data privacy settlement ever reached by attorneys general.

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Settlement forces transparency on Google user tracking

November 14, 2022 at 2:54 p.m.

Massachusetts is slated to receive $9.3 million and Google faces a slew of new requirements under a settlement over the tech giant's location tracking practices that Attorney General Maura Healey...

High inflation and steady recession talk do not appear to be dampening holiday shopping appetites.

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Mass. retailers forecast 10% spike in holiday sales

November 11, 2022 at 1:42 p.m.

High inflation and steady recession talk do not appear to be dampening holiday shopping appetites.

Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday signed a bill to restrict the practice in which some patients are made to try and fail on insurance-preferred treatments before their insurer will approve a more expensive option prescribed by a doctor.

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Charlie Baker signs prescribing practices bill

November 3, 2022 at 4:16 p.m.

Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday signed a bill to restrict the practice in which some patients are made to try and fail on insurance-preferred treatments before their insurer will approve...

The nursing home sector in Massachusetts says its worker shortage remains at "historic highs," as senior care facilities struggle to find and retain people qualified to care for the state's most vulnerable residents.

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Nursing home job vacancies hold at historic highs

November 3, 2022 at 3:03 p.m.

The nursing home sector in Massachusetts says its worker shortage remains at "historic highs," as senior care facilities struggle to find and retain people qualified to care for the state's...

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