Emergency Ground Ambulance Utilization and Payment Rates in Massachusetts
March 2023
Health Care Spending Benchmark Considered As Massachusetts Residents and Small Businesses Continue To Face Affordability Challenges
New HPC data analysis highlights performance under the benchmark and opportunities to reduce health care spending, reinforcing urgency to implement HPC’s bold policy recommendations
HPC Presents New Health Care Workforce Data, Convenes Leaders to Discuss Policy Solutions
Panels highlight the importance of diversifying the Massachusetts health care workforce and supporting workers in career advancement
HPC Sets Health Care Cost Growth Target at 3.6% for 2024
Commissioners discuss March health care workforce event and outline urgent action needed
May 23, 2023 – An Onramp to the Road to Recovery: The Role of EDs in Initiating Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
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The HPC hosted a webinar highlighting three SHIFT-Care Challenge Investment Program awardee hospitals’ approaches to identifying, enrolling, and supporting patients with opioid use disorder.
Accountable Care Organizations in Massachusetts: HPC-Certified ACO Program Strategy Summaries
January 2025
HPC Announces Advisory Council Membership for 2019–2020
Council includes representatives from health insurers, health care providers, small and large business, state policy makers, the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, and behavioral health and consumer advocacy groups
HPC Urges Action on Policy Recommendations Needed To Meet the Commonwealth’s Cost Containment, Care Delivery Goals
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) today released its 2018 Health Care Cost Trends Report (accompanying chartpack here) examining health care spending in Massachusetts in 2017 and the state’s performance against the health care cost growth benchmark. The report makes policy recommendations to address the continued high cost of health care in the Commonwealth.
New Research Shows Insurance Appeal and Review Process Protects Massachusetts Patients
Since 2014, a significant number of consumers received coverage for medically necessary care as a result of Massachusetts patient protection rights administered/regulated by the HPC’s Office of Patient Protection