Publications

Poster presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in 2016, focusing on the price variation seen in common lab tests based on the provider and setting of care

Poster presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in 2016, outlining the structure of the HPC's Registration of Provider Organizations (RPO) program, a first-in-the-nation system for collecting public, standardized data about the organizational structure and affiliations of its largest providers

Poster presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in 2016, examining the link between proximity to retail clinics and a reduction in emergency department utilization

Poster presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in 2016, examining the process and best practices of developing a state Health Information Exchange (HIE)

Poster presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in 2016, examining the emerging evidence to treat neonatal abstinence syndrome in a hospital setting

This brochure outlines the two phases of the Community Hospital Acceleration, Revitalization, and Transformation (CHART) Program.

This report examines the state of community hospitals in the Commonwealth, their value to the health care system, the challenges facing them, and policy solutions to address this.

This policy brief provides more detailed information on out-of-network billing as addressed in the 2015 HPC Cost Trends Report, including related concerns and highlights policy approaches taken by several other states to address these issues.

In this annual report for 2015, 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.

An annual report released by the HPC documenting projects and activities undertaken during the HPC's Summer Fellowship Program. 2015 was the first year of the HPC's Summer Fellowship Program.