Publications

Special policy report on the consolidation and closures across the Massachusetts pediatric health care market, and the implications that this has on the market and broadly on cost, quality, access, and equity.

Brief profiles of each HPC-certified ACO, using non-confidential information submitted to the HPC through ACO Certification and other public data (includes ACOs certified by the HPC in 2022 - 2023).

This DataPoints issue provides key facts about the 14 ACOs that were recertified by the HPC in December 2019 (“certified ACOs”), with a focus on their risk contracts, approaches to provider compensation, and delivery system improvement efforts.

The ACO Profiles provide a snapshot of each HPC-certified ACO, using non-confidential information submitted to the HPC through ACO Certification and other public data. This edition of the Profiles include the ACOs certified by the HPC in 2019.

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

This brief is the third in a series of resources that the HPC issued regarding the landscape of certified Massachusetts ACOs based on the information submitted by applicants for ACO Certification, combined with other publicly available information. The purpose of this policy brief is to provide an overview of the risk contracts and performance management approaches of Massachusetts ACOs.

The ACO Profiles provide a snapshot of each HPC-certified ACO, using non-confidential information submitted to the HPC through ACO Certification and other public data. This edition of the Profiles include the ACOs certified by the HPC in 2017 and 2018.

In this annual report for 2018, 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 brief is the second in a series of resources that the HPC issued regarding the landscape of certified Massachusetts ACOs based on the information submitted by applicants for ACO Certification, combined with other publicly available information. The purpose of this policy brief is to provide an overview of how ACOs manage population health.

This brief is the first in a series of resources that the HPC issued regarding the landscape of certified Massachusetts ACOs based on the information submitted by applicants for ACO Certification, combined with other publicly available information. The purpose of this series is to provide policymakers, health care providers, payers and purchasers, researchers, and other members of the interested public with new information and insights regarding the characteristics of certified ACOs.