2024 HPC Summer Fellowship Report
December 2024
2024 Health Care Cost Trends Hearing Recap
On Thursday, November 14, 2024, the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) hosted its 12th Annual Health Care Cost Trends Hearing, titled From Crisis to Stability: The Path to a More Affordable, Accessible, and Equitable Health Care System. Materials from the hearing, including a recording of the full event, are available on the HPC's website.
2024 Health Care Cost Trends Hearing: Agenda Announced Today
From Crisis to Stability: The Path to a More Affordable, Accessible, and Equitable Health Care System
HPC Statement on Concluding Review of Steward Physician Network Sale
BOSTON — Friday, October 11, 2024 — The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) has concluded review of the sale of Steward Health Care’s physician network, Stewardship Health, which employs and contracts with insurers on behalf of primary care physicians and other clinicians across nine states, to Brady Health Buyer, an affiliate of Rural Healthcare Group (RHG) and subsidiary
HPC Awards $1.5 Million to Obstetric Service Providers to Address Maternal Health Inequities Through Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring
HEART-BP awards will support community health center and birthing hospitals to improve patient experience and outcomes, lower costs, and address health inequities
Latest issue in HPC Shorts series focuses on severe maternal morbidity inequities in Massachusetts
HPC Focuses New Slate of Recommendations on Market Oversight and Stability Post-Steward
Annual report details increasingly unaffordable health care, spotlights policy opportunities to stabilize health care market and reprioritize health care access, affordability, and equity
BOSTON — Thursday, October 10, 2024 — Today, the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) released its 2024 Health Care Cost Trends Report and comprehensive policy recommendations.
HPC Statement on Concluding Review of Steward Hospital Transactions
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) has concluded review of Steward Health Care’s Massachusetts hospital sales approved by Judge Christopher Lopez at the September 4, 2024 sale hearing in U.S. bankruptcy court.
Health Policy Commission Announces New Behavioral Health Workforce Center
New HPC research hub will identify challenges and policy opportunities to strengthen and diversify behavioral health workforce
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) has launched a new Behavioral Health Workforce Center, established in partnership with the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS), to strengthen the Commonwealth’s capacity to identify and respond to ongoing behavioral health workforce needs.
