October 20, 2020
2020 Annual Health Care Cost Trends Hearing
COVID-19 and the Massachusetts Health Care System – Assessing Impact, Advancing Equity
The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) hosts the Health Care Cost Trends Hearing each year to examine the drivers of health care costs and discuss the challenges and opportunities for improving care and reducing costs across the health care system.
The annual public hearing features live testimony from top health care executives and industry leaders, with questions posed by the HPC’s Board of Commissioners about the state’s performance under the Health Care Cost Growth Benchmark and the status of health care reform efforts.
Since 2012, pre-filed written testimony has afforded the HPC an opportunity to engage more deeply with Massachusetts health care market participants. State law requires the HPC to seek testimony from a cross-section of the market, including providers (e.g., acute care hospitals, community health centers, physician organizations), health plans, and municipalities. All written testimony is a public record and is posted online.
When:
Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 9:00 AM
The 2020 Cost Trends Hearing featured two panels comprised of health care stakeholders and policymakers engaged in discussion with the HPC's 11-member Board of Commissioners.
The hearing featured Dr. David R. Williams as the keynote speaker. Dr. Williams is an internationally recognized social scientist focused on social influences of health and professor at Harvard University. He is the Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health, Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and a Professor of African and African American Studies and Sociology at Harvard University.
2020 Cost Trends Hearing Agenda
2020 Cost Trends Hearing Program Booklet
Watch the recording
Governor Charlie Baker's Remarks
Healing Together: Voices of the Commonwealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Keynote Presentation Slides - David Williams
Keynote Presentation Recording - David Williams
Attorney General Maura Healey's Remarks