Publications

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.

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.

The HPC's Health Equity Practice and Style Guide is a practical resource developed by and for HPC staff. Its purpose is to promote intentional and consistent use of language and terminology across all agency work products, to encourage reflection among staff as they communicate about equity within their workstreams, and to provide resources, tools (including preferred terms), and HPC-specific use cases. The Guide is a living document, updated by a staff committee and released annually.

In this annual report for 2024, the HPC presents new research to enhance the collective understanding of health care spending trends and cost drivers and evaluates progress in meeting the Commonwealth’s cost containment, care delivery, and payment system goals.

Despite the Commonwealth’s strong overall performance in measures of maternal health, recent data indicate significant, persistent inequities in maternal health outcomes. This episode of HPC Shorts highlights inequities in rates of severe maternal morbidity (SMM) by race and ethnicity, as well as the spending and affordability implications of these adverse outcomes for birthing people in Massachusetts.

This issue of the HPC’s DataPoints series explores trends in GLP-1 prescriptions in Massachusetts through September 2023 and examines the use and spending impacts of these drugs in the Commonwealth.

This short video highlights the work of Birth Equity and Support through the Inclusion of Doula Expertise (BESIDE) Investment Program. This video features Massachusetts State Senator Liz Miranda, BESIDE awardee, Baystate Medical Center staff and their doula service partners, Springfield Family Doulas, along with a BESIDE program participant.

Presented at the 2024 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting

This report explores inequities in the rate of severe maternal morbidity among birthing people in Massachusetts and examines spending and affordability implications of adverse maternal outcomes by race and ethnicity.