2018 Health Care Cost Growth Benchmark

Background

Chapter 224 of the Acts of 2012 established the health care cost growth benchmark, a statewide target for the rate of growth of total health care expenditures. The HPC Board sets the benchmark for the following calendar year annually between January 15 (when the potential gross state product is established) and April 15. CHIA reports annually on the Commonwealth’s performance against the benchmark.

Special Commission on Provider Price Variation Report

BOSTON — The Special Commission on Provider Price Variation was established in May of 2016 with the charge of identifying the acceptable and unacceptable factors contributing to price variation in physician, hospital, diagnostic testing, and ancillary services. The Health Policy Commission was identified in the establishing statute (2016 Mass. Acts c.

Fenway Health Becomes First Practice to Achieve PCMH PRIME Certification for Integrating Behavioral Health in Primary Care

HPC’s Patient-Centered Medical Home PRIME certification program recognizes practices that deliver comprehensive care by addressing both physical and behavioral health in the primary care setting.

Lynn Community Health Center Becomes Second Practice to Achieve PCMH PRIME Certification for Integrating Behavioral Health in Primary Care

HPC’s Patient-Centered Medical Home PRIME certification program recognizes practices that deliver comprehensive care by addressing both physical and behavioral health in the primary care setting.

Health Policy Commission Releases Landmark Study Examining Challenges Facing Community Hospitals and Opportunities for Their Future

HPC identifies challenges facing community hospitals, details the critical role they play in the Commonwealth, and outlines the imperative of promoting a thriving community-based health care delivery system.
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