Publications

An annual report released by the HPC documenting projects and activities undertaken during the HPC's 2023 Summer Fellowship Program.

This report provides an overview of the SHIFT-Care Challenge Investment Program, which supported innovations to address health-related social needs and increase access to timely behavioral health services, with the goal of decreasing the use of costly and avoidable hospital care in Massachusetts.

This issue explores where commercially-insured residents in Massachusetts received flu vaccines between 2017 and 2021, and aims to increase understanding of differences in access and spending related to cost of flu vaccines among commercially-insured residents across the Commonwealth.

Heath care spending per person in the US is almost double what it is in other high-income countries. It’s not that we use more health care in the United States – it’s that we pay more for it. This episode of HPC Shorts looks into how US health care pricing works, and how this system results in excessive spending in Massachusetts.

In this annual report for 2023, 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.

Special policy report on the consolidation and closures across the Massachusetts pediatric health care market, and the implications that this has on the market and broadly on cost, quality, access, and equity.

Profiles of the Birth Equity and Support Through the Inclusion of Doula Expertise (BESIDE) Investment Program awardees, Baystate Medical Center and Boston Medical Center

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 2021.

The SENSE Collaborative is a cross-sector collaboration addressing unmet needs for pregnant and parenting individuals with substance use disorders and their infants. SENSE focuses on organizing and increasing access to health care, supportive services, and resources for this population.

Presented at the 2023 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting