Oscar Mairena: We Need a Paradigm Shift to Address the Opioid Epidemic in Boston – Overdose Prevention Centers are a Start

Mass & Cass, the community that surrounds the intersection of Massachusetts Ave. and Melnea Cass Blvd. on the border of the South End and Roxbury, has been at the forefront … Continue reading “Oscar Mairena: We Need a Paradigm Shift to Address the Opioid Epidemic in Boston – Overdose Prevention Centers are a Start”

Rosanna M. Batista: The time is now to improve behavioral health with innovative value-based payments

“All politics is local. You can make them aware but you cannot make them care,” says a veteran youth court judge on a hot summer August day in Mississippi.  He … Continue reading “Rosanna M. Batista: The time is now to improve behavioral health with innovative value-based payments”