New Data Will Help Commonwealth Understand Emergency Department Boarding Problem, Identify Possible Solutions

Health care delivery transformation achievements of Massachusetts community hospitals to be featured

Annual opportunity to engage health care leaders on issues central to the Commonwealth’s mission of health care cost containment and quality improvement

Data Shows Epidemic Has Affected Every Racial, Socioeconomic, Gender, and Age Group in the Commonwealth; Opioid-Related Hospital Discharges Increased in Every Region from 2011 to 2015

New Data Analysis Finds Young Adults Especially Experienced the Sharpest Increase, 192% from 2011 to 2015

Statement from Matt Kitsos, Press Secretary, Massachusetts Health Policy Commission:

Yet After Years of Historically Low Spending Growth, Massachusetts is No Longer the Most Expensive Health Care State in the Country