Publications

Presented at the 2023 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting

Slides presented at the 2023 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting

Since 2012, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) contraceptive mandate has sought to make contraception more affordable and accessible for patients. The mandate requires commercial insurers to cover at least one form of contraception in each Federal Drug Administration (FDA)-approved category of contraception without patient cost-sharing, as well as related services.

The HPC’s SHIFT-Care SHIFT-Care Investment Program provided funding for Baystate Medical Center and PHIWM to implement an evidence-based home visit and remediation service that aimed to reduce acute care utilization and out-of-pocket health care costs, and improve the quality of life for people living with asthma.

Even before 2020, health care workers in Massachusetts reported challenges such as the strain of high turnover and lack of support – and the impacts of the pandemic exacerbated these issues and impacted patient care. This HPC Short analyzes the state of the health care workforce in Massachusetts and policy solutions to address workforce challenges.

Special report examining Massachusetts workforce impacts from COVID-19 and targeted policy considerations to address these challenges, with a special focus on registered nurses, direct care workers, and behavioral health providers.

This special report explores emergency ground ambulance utilization and payment rates for ambulance use among commercially-insured patients in Massachusetts by examining rates for transports by the type of ambulance service that responded, regardless of out-of-network status.

In recognition of ten years of cost containment in Massachusetts, this new video features reflections on the past, present, and future of the Commonwealth’s ambitious journey of health care reform.

An annual report released by the HPC providing an overview to the structure and budget of the agency, through fiscal year 2021.

This legislatively-mandated report examines telehealth use in Massachusetts and provides policy recommendations on topics such as reimbursement levels and ways to expand access to telehealth in the Commonwealth.