March 15, 2023
When
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Hearing to Determine the 2024 Health Care Cost Growth Benchmark: Wednesday, March 15, 2023, 12:00 PM
Under the framework set forth in Chapter 224, from 2023 through 2032, the health c
CHART Brochure
March 2016
Statement on Cost and Market Impact Review (CMIR) of Proposed CareGroup, Lahey Health System, Seacoast Regional Health Systems, Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization, and Mount Auburn Cambridge Independent Practice Association Transaction
Statement from Dr. Stuart H. Altman, Chair, Massachusetts Health Policy Commission:
Five Years After Passage of Landmark Health Care Cost Containment Bill, Health Policy Commission Finds Progress
Growth in overall health spending is below both the state’s 3.6% benchmark and the U.S. average; however, affordability challenges remain and growth in spending for pharmaceuticals and hospital outpatient care present challenges for the Commonwealth.
HPC Issues New Research on Behavioral Health-Related Emergency Department Boarding
New Data Will Help Commonwealth Understand Emergency Department Boarding Problem, Identify Possible Solutions
HPC To Host Chart Phase 2 Statewide Convening, Oct. 16
Health care delivery transformation achievements of Massachusetts community hospitals to be featured
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