Publications

This document explains the core concepts of the MassUP Program and provides examples of how they were put into practice by each of the four MassUP partnerships.

In this annual report for 2023, 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.

In this annual report for 2022, 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.

Descriptions of programs implemented by Awardees participating in the Moving Massachusetts Upstream (MassUP) Investment Program

In this annual report for 2021, 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.

Access to high quality and affordable oral health care continues to be a challenge for many Massachusetts residents, in part due to inadequate insurance coverage, affordability of out-of-pocket costs, and a shortage of dental professionals caring for Medicaid patients.

In this ninth DataPoints issue, the HPC presents OPP data from 2014 through 2017 to show trends over time with an emphasis on internal appeals and external reviews related to behavioral health treatment.

The following analyses compare these 14 provider organizations by averaging patient characteristics and spending for commercially insured adult patients (ages 18 and older) whose PCPs are affiliated with each organization.