HPC To Host Its 5th Health Care Cost Trends Hearing, Oct. 2 and 3
Annual opportunity to engage health care leaders on issues central to the Commonwealth’s mission of health care cost containment and quality improvement
Statement from Dr. Altman, HPC Chair
BOSTON — “The CHIA report shows positive news for the Commonwealth, chiefly, health care spending increased 2.8% between 2015 and 2016, well below the 3.6% benchmark set by the HPC. Since the establishment of the HPC five years ago, the state, on average, has been below the cost growth benchmark as set forth in law, and lower than national growth trends.
HPC Issues Update to Opioid Use Disorder Report
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
HPC Finds Drastic Increase in Opioid-Related Hospital Discharges
New Data Analysis Finds Young Adults Especially Experienced the Sharpest Increase, 192% from 2011 to 2015
HPC Statement on Cost and Market Impact Review (CMIR) of Pending Partners-Mass Eye and Ear Transaction
Statement from Matt Kitsos, Press Secretary, Massachusetts Health Policy Commission:
New Data Shows Annual Health Care Costs in Massachusetts Exceeded $10,500 per Person in 2014, 31% Higher than U.S. Average
Yet After Years of Historically Low Spending Growth, Massachusetts is No Longer the Most Expensive Health Care State in the Country
HPC Finds Sharp Decline in Out-of-Pocket Spending for Contraception
New Research Highlights Impact of ACA, Importance of Preventive Care
Co-Pays, Physician Referrals, and Quality Ratings Found To Drive Consumer Hospital Choices
From new research funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, HPC releases select findings on consumer preferences in health care
SHIFT-Care Challenge Factsheet
August 2018