Publications
Annual Cost Trends Report
In this annual report for 2021, 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.
Video
This HPC Short evaluates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department visits and whether the decrease in visits was due to avoiding needed care, patients finding care elsewhere, or patients needing less care.
Care Delivery Material
DataPoints Series
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.
Care Delivery Material
Conference Submission
Conference Submission
Conference Submission
Care Delivery Material
Video
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.
Care Delivery Material
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.