Publications

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.

This video focuses on the Maternal and Infant-Focused Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Investment Program’s interventions that have improved care and reduced hospital length of stay, NICU admissions, and need for pharmacologic treatment for opioid-exposed newborns and their mothers.

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 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.