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Massachusetts Council of Community Hospitals

$30,000.00

Employed Terminated Details about your lobbyist or lobbyist entity's efforts 01/01/2016 Mr. Walsh serves as the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Council of Community Hospitals (MCCH). As part of his duties as Executive Director, he will act as an advocate for the interests of acute-care community hospitals before the legislative and executive branches. These include: equitable payer reimbursement rates and furtherance of reimbursement models that reward quality of care; innovation in health care delivery; maintaining and fostering community-based care; access to capital through grant or bond programs; and ensuring the health of community hospitals' long-term. Specifically, he will advocate for MCCH's priority legislation: H827, An Act relative to transparent health care data; HB972, An Act to reduce liability of acute hospitals to the Health Safety Net; HB977, An Act relative to the base premium rate discount of selective and tiered network products; HB1007, An Act expanding the determination of need threshold; HB1008, An Act relative to parity in assessments by the Health Safety Net; HB1015, An Act ensuring community hospital acceleration, revitalization, and transformation; HB1295, An Act promoting the adoption of alternative payment methodologies; HB1786, An Act to ensure behavioral health integration; HB1887/S645, An Act ensuring access to necessary hospital services; HB1907, An Act relative to specialty licensure; HB1915, An Act to ensure patient medication adherence; and HB1920, An Act relative to mobile integrated health.

Total salaries received:      $30,000.00

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