Press Release

BOSTON — “It is imperative for Massachusetts to take the lead in safeguarding health care affordability and access – and the Governor’s Health Care Affordability Working Group has provided an actionable roadmap for the Commonwealth to do this. The recommendations on primary care investment, innovative care delivery models, and curbing high out-of-network prices, directly align with the policy recommendations and mission of the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission.

The PATHways awardees will receive $1.38M in total funding to support timely discharges to home, a contributing factor of increased lengths of stay and ED boarding.

HPC Finds Potential for Increased Primary Care Access; Projects Spending Impact of the Transaction to be $39.9 Million

"Today, we celebrate the twentieth anniversary of landmark health care reform – reform that expanded access to care for residents across the Commonwealth and helped pave the way for national progress as a model for the Affordable Care Act."

Preliminary review of MGB-CVS proposal estimates $40 million in increased spending annually

HPC also finalized new regulatory updates and discussed new investment program supporting hospital to home discharges

Updated HPC research recommends action to decrease ED boarding

CHIA’s Annual Report on the Performance of the Massachusetts Health Care System documents that health care cost growth is continuing to grow at an alarming pace.