2018 Cost Trends Hearing Testimony

Written Testimony

• Building and Construction Trades Council of Metropolitan District
• Harrington HealthCare System
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local Union 103
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local Union 223
• Massachusetts Association of Behavioral Health Systems
• The Massachusetts Building Trades Council
• Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee (MHLAC) and Massachusetts Mental Health Counselors Association (MaMHCA)
• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
• Representative Joan Meschino
• Representative Timothy Whelan
• Senator Marc R. Pacheco
• Steven Tolman, President, Massachusetts AFL-CIO
• Stop TB Massachusetts

Pre-Filed Testimony (PFT) Overview

By statute, the HPC is required to identify a number of health care providers and payers as witnesses for the annual cost trends hearing. As such, along with the Attorney General’s Office and the Center for Health Information and Analysis, the HPC requests written pre-filed testimony from organizations and calls on individuals to testify in-person at the two-day hearing. The pre-filed and in-person testimony helps to inform various research and policy streams, including the HPC’s annual cost trends report.

Each summer, pre-filed testimony is sent to approximately 50 health care payers, providers, and hospitals. These questions cover a variety of relevant topics, such as alternative payment methodologies, behavioral health integration, and price transparency.

The tables below will be updated periodically as pre-filed testimony submissions are received. If you have any questions regarding pre-filed or in-person testimony, please contact [email protected].

PFT: Payers

2018 Pre-Filed Testimony Questions - Payers  
2018 PFT - Payers - HPC Exhibit 1  
2018 PFT - Payers - HPC Appendix A

PFT: Providers

2018 Pre-Filed Testimony - Hospitals and Provider Organizations  
2018 PFT - Providers - AGO Exhibit 1  
2018 PFT - Providers - AGO Exhibit 2