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Alleged union bashing by CEO of DDS provider confirms the plan is keep direct-care wages low

March 20, 2018 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) We hope a federal investigation of Triangle, Inc., a corporate provider to the Department of Developmental Services for alleged anti-union activity brings public attention to the potential for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: developmental-disabilities, executive-compensation, privatization, unions

Living wage in Massachusetts suffers a setback

July 31, 2017 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) In an apparently little-noticed setback to the effort to raise the minimum wage in Massachusetts, the legislative conference committee on the state budget rejected a living wage for direct-care … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: developmental-disabilities, executive-compensation, privatization

State law that boosted human services funding has helped provider CEOs more than direct-care workers

May 30, 2017 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) A 2008 state law, which substantially raised funding to corporate agencies running group homes for people with disabilities, has resulted in only minimal increases in wages for direct-care workers … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: developmental-disabilities, executive-compensation, privatization

Compensation of provider executives in MA reaches $100 million

January 28, 2015 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) More than 600 executives employed by corporate human service providers in Massachusetts received some $100 million per year in salaries and other compensation, according to our updated survey of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: community-based-care, developmental-disabilities, executive-compensation, privatization

State audit confirms salary overpayments to DDS provider

May 21, 2013 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from the COFAR Blog) The state improperly reimbursed the May Institute, a corporate provider to the Department of Developmental Services, for hundreds of thousands of dollars paid to company executives in excess of a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: community-based-care, developmental-disabilities, executive-compensation

We need to take a larger view on monitoring human services vendors

April 10, 2012 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Alleged state credit card misuse and other financial irregularities at the Life Focus Center of Charlestown are the latest in a series of mini-scandals involving human service contractors to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: executive-compensation, human services providers, intellectual-disabilities

DDS vendor executives not sharing the pain of their workers

February 13, 2012 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) Direct-care workers in the state's contracted human services system have seen their wages stagnate in recent years, but the executives who run the largely nonprofit contractor agencies that employ those … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: direct-care workers, executive-compensation, human-services, intellectual-disabilities

BREAKING NEWS: Obama Administration to order big pay cuts at bailed out firms

October 21, 2009 By AmberPaw

US to Order Big Pay Cuts at Bailed Out Firms to include requirment of federal permission for perks valued above $25,000, compensation of not more than $200,000.00 per executive, more. Do you think they read BlueMassGroup?  This is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bailed-out-firms, bonuses, executive-compensation, federal-intervention

Now Fannie Mae is giving bonuses

March 18, 2009 By woburndem

Unbelievable!! As Usual Just my Opinion … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: aig, bonus, executive-compensation, obama

Blue Cross lights your $$ on fire

November 17, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

How ironic that this news item pops up the week of the supposed deadline to buy insurance:  BOSTON, Mass. - November 16, 2007 - The former CEO of the state's largest health insurer walked away with $19.4 million last year. When he … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bcbs, blue-cross, executive-compensation, health-care, massachusetts, van-faasen

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Does reputation matter? Paul’s a known #mapoli sock puppet for people who don’t believe in climate change, He doesn’t support government regulating the environment. Ever. He wrote “green” in in the lede here. He attacked climate goals in the last sentence! https://commonwealthmagazine.org/opinion/is-mining-lithium-in-maine-a-cost-of-going-electric/

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I suspect @bostonpolice will be on "high alert" tomorrow. A cop dies of indigestion in Alaska, and BPD goes on “high Alert. Yet, they don’t go on “high alert” when they kill Black people in Boston or payout millions in hush money to make a beatdown go away.🙄🤦🏾‍♂️ #BOSpoli #MApoli

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