Summary
In a recent interview with WBZ Radio, Auerbach noted that said cuts to community health centers, which help fill a need in providing primary care services, would only worsen any of the problems out there, whether it's long waits for appointments and delays in preventive care and care for patients with chronic disease.
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Critical Condition
Providence Behavioral Health Hospital operates under two inarguable burdens. It's the state's largest provider of mental-health services outside the metro Boston area. And it takes in far less revenue from Medicaid and other public and private payers than it costs to treat about 1,000 patients each day.
Massachusetts lawmakers, understanding the unique services the Holyoke-based facility provides - including the state's only inpatient elderly-psychiatric and inpatient child-psychology programs - have poured $19.5 mil...See the full content of this document
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