Publications

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.

This HPC Short evaluates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department visits and whether the decrease in visits was due to avoiding needed care, patients finding care elsewhere, or patients needing less care.

The Maternal and Infant-Focused Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Investment Program tested interventions to improve quality of care for opioid-exposed newborns and their mothers. This report evaluates the impact of both the NAS investment program and of specific interventions.

This legislatively-mandated report analyzes the impact of COVID-19 on the health care delivery system in Massachusetts, including short-term and long-term implications.

This impact brief includes an overview of the Targeted Cost Challenge Investments program including program awardees, implemented care models, and the impacts of these initiatives.

This impact brief focuses on successful quality improvement interventions from the Maternal and Infant-Focused Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Investment Program for families impacted by opioid use disorder, including increasing non-pharmacologic interventions, optimizing pharmacologic treatment and hospital utilization, and improving access to wraparound treatments.