Publications

The HPC conducted patient experience evaluations of the Cost-Effective, Coordinated Care for Caregivers and Substance Exposed Newborns and Birth Equity and Support through the Inclusion of Doula Expertise investment programs and found that, overall, participants in both programs expressed satisfaction.

Through market oversight, data-driven analysis, independent policy insights, and investment program, the HPC works to make health care more affordable, transparent, and equitable for residents of Massachusetts.

This video highlights the work of the Moving Massachusetts Upstream (MassUP) Investment Program and focuses on HEAL Winchendon - one of the four awardee partnerships granted HPC funds to support health care provider organizations and community organization partners (such as CBOs, municipalities, and schools) working to address the social determinants of health and root causes of health inequities in food security and economic stability.

This issue of the HPC’s DataPoints series provides key facts about the 17 ACOs that were recertified by the HPC in either December 2023 or December 2024 (“Certified ACOs”), with a focus on their risk contracts and the care delivery innovations made possible by them.

These ACO Program Strategy Summaries are part of a series of resources, including profiles of each HPC-certified ACO, that the HPC has created to provide policymakers, health care providers, payers, purchasers, researchers, and other members of the public with information and insights regarding HPC-certified ACOs.

Introduction to the Health Policy Commission’s Learning, Equity, and Patient-Centeredness Standards for Accountable Care Organization Certification

Primary care in Massachusetts is facing challenges, including provider burnout and patient access barriers. Administrative burden makes the work of primary care unsustainable, and low payment rates disincentivize clinician entry and make practices hard to sustain. The HPC offers policy options to address these challenges.

The Hypertensive Disorders Equitably Addressed with Remote Technology for Birthing People (HEART-BP) Investment Program provides funding for five health care providers across Massachusetts working to address racial, ethnic, and geographic inequities in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy through the use of patient-centered remote blood pressure monitoring technology.

Final HPC report on the outcome of the Mass General Brigham PIP.