Publications

This legislatively-mandated report presents analyses and recommendations regarding the Commonwealth’s entry into the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC), including an overview of nurse job vacancies in Massachusetts, whether entry into the NLC would increase the Commonwealth’s emergency and pandemic preparedness, and evaluation of other states’ entry into the NLC.

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.

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

The Office of Patient Protection (OPP), operated by the HPC, is responsible for regulating and administering certain health care consumer protections for the Commonwealth. OPP is a resource for individuals who want to become more informed and empowered health care consumers. This annual report provides a comprehensive overview of the activities of the Office in the year 2019.

The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) estimated that nearly 40 cents of every additional dollar earned by Massachusetts families between 2016 and 2018 was spent on health care and that 23% of middle class families in Massachusetts with employer coverage devoted more than a quarter of all earnings to health care.

Profile on Hebrew Senior Life’s response to COVID-19, including utilizing components of an existing HPC-funded program—the Right Care, Right Place, Right Time (R3) program—to inform the system they put in place to meet the needs of all residents during the pandemic.

This brief shares lessons learned from the HPC’s Health Care Innovation Investment (HCII) program on successfully sustaining grant-funded initiatives.

An annual report released by the HPC documenting projects and activities undertaken during the HPC's 2020 remote Summer Fellowship Program.

The Telemedicine Pilot Investment Program was designed to demonstrate the potential of telemedicine to address behavioral health access challenges in high-need populations across the Commonwealth. This report includes case studies of the four awardee organizations, analyzes program impact, and provides insights from the pilot program and ongoing considerations for telehealth.