Publications

This report evaluates the Community Hospital Acceleration, Revitalization, and Transformation (CHART) Program Phase 2 results, and the impacts of CHART hospitals’ new care models for target populations with complex medical, social, and/or behavioral health needs.

This policy brief examines the differences in care received at the end of life by race and ethnicity care in Massachusetts, highlighting existing disparities and opportunities to address these health inequities.

This impact brief includes an overview of the Telemedicine Pilot Program awardees, the impacts of their initiatives, and ongoing considerations for telehealth to address behavioral health access challenges.

This legislatively-mandated report examines the use and impact of prescription drug coupons in Massachusetts, focusing on coupons issued by pharmaceutical manufacturers that reduce a commercial patient’s cost-sharing.

Podium presentation shared at the virtual AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in 2020, sharing findings on the utilization and spending impact of prescription drug coupons in Massachusetts.

Poster presented at the virtual AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in 2020, analyzing the nurse practitioner workforce in Massachusetts between 2015 - 2017

Poster presented at the virtual AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in 2020, examining increases in coding intensity for inpatient stays in Massachusetts

In this issue of DataPoints, the HPC uses data from the MA-RPO program, a first-in-the-nation statutory reporting requirement designed to collect public, standardized information on the structures and relationships of large Massachusetts providers, to examine physician affiliations and changes in the physician market.

These profiles provide a high-level snapshot of SHIFT-Care Challenge Investment Program awardees, the care models they implemented, and the goals of their initiatives.

This policy brief examines the Nurse Practitioner workforce and its role in the Massachusetts health care delivery system.