Publications

This legislatively-mandated report examines the prevalence and impact of health insurance payer policies that seek to reduce overall pharmaceutical spending by requiring alternative methods of distribution and payment for certain costly specialty drugs. The clinician-administered drugs subject to these policies, administered not by a retail pharmacy but by a clinician to a patient through injection or infusion in the outpatient setting, are typically high priced and represent a growing share of all pharmaceutical spending.

This 2019 chartpack is one in a series of regularly reported updates on the impact of opioid use on acute care hospital utilization in the Commonwealth.

This report and interactive map analyzes the statewide availability of health care providers serving patients with co-occurring substance use disorder and mental illness in the Commonwealth.

This brief is designed to increase understanding of the scope and scale of identified health care savings opportunities and provides a roadmap to reduce Massachusetts health care spending by $4.8 billion in five years.

This report analyzes out-of-network billing in Massachusetts and provides context for state policy approaches to protect consumers, improve market functioning, enhance the viability of limited network products, and reduce costs.

This report analyzes the increasing issue of behavioral health-related emergency department boarding in Massachusetts, the inadequate outpatient and inpatient supply of BH services causes of this increase, and identifies ways to alleviate pressure on EDs and improve outcomes for patients with BH diagnoses.

This 2017 chartpack is one in a series of regularly reported updates on the impact of opioid use on the health care system, availability of pharmacologic treatment, and recommendations for payment and care delivery reform in the Commonwealth.

This research brief analyzes the serious illness and end of life health care landscape in Massachusetts.

This 2016 report is one in a series of regularly reported updates on the impact of opioid use on the health care system, availability of pharmacologic treatment, and recommendations for payment and care delivery reform in the Commonwealth.

A high-level policy brief on oral health care access and emergency department utilization for avoidable oral health conditions in Massachusetts