Patient use increased tenfold from 2020 to 2024; Medicare’s participation set to expire September 30, 2025, absent immediate Congressional action

“The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) extends our sincere gratitude to Governor Maura Healey for the reappointment of HPC Board Chair Deborah Devaux and appointment of new and returning members to the HPC Board of Commissioners. The full slate of commissioners bring essential experience and policy expertise to the Board, and their leadership will help guide the HPC in addressing some of the Commonwealth’s most pressing challenges – including mounting affordability issues, workforce constraints, and threats to health care access."

Commissioners also voted to initiate the first retrospective cost and market impact review of Beth Israel Lahey Health’s 2019 formation

HPC issues final report on cost and market impact review of new Dana-Farber-Beth Israel cancer care collaboration

New effort co-chaired by HPC and EOHHS tasked with recommending a new primary care spending target, improving patient access, and strengthening workforce

New task force co-chaired by the Health Policy Commission and Department of Public Health begins critical work to assess and provide policy recommendations for maternal health care in Massachusetts

A major driver of spending growth is pharmaceutical spending, which, net of rebates, increased b

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Proposed affiliation and new cancer hospital would be a significant realignment for cancer care among major Massachusetts health care providers

47% of children ultimately admitted to a psychiatric bed in an acute care hospital stayed in the ED more than 24 hours in 2024