Overview
The Office of Health Resource Planning (OHRP) was established with the goal of identifying and addressing service gaps and challenges in the Massachusetts health care system while fostering patient-centered care.
As the entity leading the first Massachusetts state health planning effort in over a decade, the OHRP applies rigorous data collection and analytic techniques to evaluate health care resource access and needs. OHRP investigates and reports on the factors that drive the misalignment of supply and need and makes policy recommendations to promote the appropriate supply and equitable distribution of services.
The OHRP is responsible for developing a state health resource plan to identify existing resources and the anticipated needs of the Commonwealth related to health care services, providers, programs, facilities, and workforce. Among the stated goals of the plan are maintaining and improving the quality of and access to health care services; ensuring a stable and adequate health care workforce; meeting the health care cost growth benchmark; supporting innovative health care delivery and alternative payment models; avoiding unnecessary duplication of health care resources; and advancing health equity and addressing health disparities.
Resources and Related Work
- Establishing Statute: Chapter 343 of the Acts of 2024