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  <updated>2009-10-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Public Hearing  - Disclosure of Health Care Claims Data (129 CMR 3.00)</title>
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    <updated>2009-10-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Recommendations of the Special Commission on the Health Care Payment System</title>
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    <updated>2009-07-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2009-07-16T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <title>National Health Care Decisions Day Celebrated</title>
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    <updated>2009-04-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <summary type="html">The Massachusetts Health Care Quality and Cost Council joined more than 500 organizations nationwide in celebrating today, April 16, as National Health Care Decisions Day, an initiative to raise awareness about the importance of health care decision-making.</summary>
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    <title>National Healthcare Decisions Day, 2009</title>
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    <updated>2009-03-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2009-03-04T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <title>State Launches &amp;quot;My Health Care Options Week&amp;quot;</title>
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    <updated>2009-01-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2009-01-30T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="html">Members of the state's Health Care Quality and Cost Council (HCQCC) and representatives from Fallon Community Health Plan joined with advocates, consumers, providers, and area businesses today in Worcester to launch "My Health Care Options Week" and discuss the value of the state's new website featuring consumer-friendly, comparative cost and quality information about procedures performed at hospitals and outpatient facilities.</summary>
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    <title>My Health Care Options Website Launch</title>
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    <updated>2008-12-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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