Issue 31: When the Closest Pharmacy is Too Far: Mapping Pharmacy Deserts in Massachusetts
October 2025
HPC Shorts Episode 8: Hospital at Home in Massachusetts
September 2025
November 12, 2025
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Working Together to Safeguard the Commonwealth’s Commitment to Health Care Affordability, Access, and Equity
HPC Elects to Conduct Cost and Market Impact Review of Proposed New CVS and Mass General Brigham Primary Care Partnership
HPC will review potential implications on primary care access, quality, and cost
Massachusetts Hospitals Rapidly Scale Up Hospital at Home Model
Patient use increased tenfold from 2020 to 2024; Medicare’s participation set to expire September 30, 2025, absent immediate Congressional action
Statement from HPC Executive Director David Seltz on New HPC Board
“The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) extends our sincere gratitude to Governor Maura Healey for the reappointment of HPC Board Chair Deborah Devaux and appointment of new and returning members to the HPC Board of Commissioners. The full slate of commissioners bring essential experience and policy expertise to the Board, and their leadership will help guide the HPC in addressing some of the Commonwealth’s most pressing challenges – including mounting affordability issues, workforce constraints, and threats to health care access."
HPC Shares New Research on Improving Affordability and Predictability in Cost Sharing, Announces the Launch of New Pharmaceutical and Health Planning Offices
Commissioners also voted to initiate the first retrospective cost and market impact review of Beth Israel Lahey Health’s 2019 formation