BOSTON Dressed in white lab coats, nearly 200 physician assistant students and providers on Thursday pitched their potential to help solve a health care workforce shortage that could worsen given the challenges facing Massachusetts hospitals owned by Steward Health Care.
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With a host of Massachusetts hospitals and communities' accessible health care put at risk by Steward Health System's financial mismanagement, state policymakers are starting to assess the threat of profit-driven models in healthcare and how the issue may be legislatively addressed.
Legislative leaders tasked the Health Policy Commission with investigating potential gaps in the state's regulatory framework and ways to prevent a repeat of the problems at Steward facilities.