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24 HEALTH • Fall 2017 Central Mass. HEALTH CARE e-news weekly SIGN UP TODAY! In this targeted weekly email newsletter, we'll report on the news, changes and trends in our region's health care industry. You'll find interviews of industry leaders, news on health care providers and insurers and close coverage of the industry that has the largest base of employment in the region. There will also be links to top statewide and national health care stories of interest to our audience. If you're an executive in a health care organization, a senior manager in a business who's in charge of keeping up with the latest changes affecting your company or an active and interested consumer, our new Health Care e-news weekly will be a must read for you! Stay informed with our weekly e-newsletter Sign up today to receive it FREE www.wbjournal.com/enews Produced by the publishers of Worcester Business Journal The Region's Quarterly Health Care Magazine HEALTH C E N T R A L M A S S A C H U S E T T S HEALTH CARE Enews Worcester Business Journal WBJ Stats and information from the health care sector Median salaries for Massachusetts doctors have historically been slightly lower than U.S. median salaries. Doctor pay PULSE The The average life expectancy changed little throughout human history until the 20th century. By 2010, it had increased by more than 27 years in one century. Longevity in the U.S. Source: Massachusetts Medical Society 2015 Physician Practice Environment Index Corporate affiliation - 33 Clinical affiliation - 17 Contracting affiliation - 9 Joint venture - 8 Formation of contracting entity - 5 0 $50 $100 $150 $200 $250 $300 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Mass. U.S. $298,700 $261,700 Median salaries (Thousands of dollars) Source: Massachusetts Health Policy Commission Mergers and affiliations among Massachusetts providers are increasing, and they take on many forms, such as clinical affiliations and joint ventures. The following is a list of provider alignments between 2013 and 2016, by type. Merger growth, 2013-2016 Sources: University of California, Berkeley; U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 78.7 2010 Average life expectancy 51.8