HPC Sets 2026 Health Care Benchmark at 3.6% and Calls for Renewed Commitment to Affordability Across Health Care System
HPC issues final report on cost and market impact review of new Dana-Farber-Beth Israel cancer care collaboration
Primary Care Task Force Launched To Stabilize and Strengthen Massachusetts Primary Care
New effort co-chaired by HPC and EOHHS tasked with recommending a new primary care spending target, improving patient access, and strengthening workforce
Health Policy Commission Executive Director David Seltz: Statement on CHIA’s Annual Report
BOSTON — “CHIA’s Annual Report on the Performance of the Massachusetts Health Care System documents that health care cost growth is continuing to grow at an alarming pace. Total health care expenditures totaled $78.1 billion dollars in 2023, representing 8.6% growth from the prior year -- far surpassing the state’s health care cost growth benchmark of 3.6%, with real ramifications for our residents and businesses.
Health Policy Commission Issues Preliminary Report for 10th Cost and Market Impact Review: New Dana Farber-Beth Israel Partnership
Proposed affiliation and new cancer hospital would be a significant realignment for cancer care among major Massachusetts health care providers
New HPC Research Finds Nearly Half of Patients with Behavioral Health-Related Emergency Department Visits Experienced Boarding
47% of children ultimately admitted to a psychiatric bed in an acute care hospital stayed in the ED more than 24 hours in 2024
Issue 28: An ACO-verview: Key Insights from HPC-Certified Accountable Care Organizations
February 2025
