Publications

The Tele-Behavioral Health Implementation Guide includes insights and practical tips from providers, including the HCII Telemedicine Pilot awardees, on how to successfully implement tele-behavioral health services. The guide focuses the implementation considerations of workflow, data and measurement, workforce, and technology.

This issue of DataPoints analyzes spending trends from 2013 to 2016 for commercially insured patients who have diabetes and use insulin to manage their condition.

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 2012, the Massachusetts legislature enacted a landmark health care cost containment law which set the ambitious goal of bringing health care spending growth in line with the growth in the state’s overall economy. It sought to do this by instituting a health care cost growth benchmark, a statewide target for the rate of growth of total health care expenditures (THCE).

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.

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 2017.

In this ninth DataPoints issue, the HPC presents OPP data from 2014 through 2017 to show trends over time with an emphasis on internal appeals and external reviews related to behavioral health treatment.

An annual report released by the HPC documenting projects and activities undertaken during the HPC's 2018 Summer Fellowship Program.

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.