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HPC Issues Final Cost and Market Impact Review Report on Proposed CVS-MGB Primary Care Affiliation

HPC Finds Potential for Increased Primary Care Access; Projects Spending Impact of the Transaction to be $39.9 Million

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HPC Finds Over One in Four Commercially Insured Residents Filled a Behavioral Health Prescription in 2024

New research highlights growing behavioral health diagnoses and medication use, with notable trends for women and children

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New HPC Research Examines Payments for Behavioral Health Care and Proposes Policy Options

Policy event this week will explore issues and identify next steps to strengthen behavioral health care access, workforce

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HPC Maintains 2027 Health Care Cost Growth Benchmark at 3.6% and Calls for Renewed Commitment to Affordability Across Health Care System

HPC also finalized new regulatory updates and discussed new investment program supporting hospital to home discharges

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HPC Finds New Primary Care Model Has Potential To Increase Patient Access; Cost Impacts Raise Concerns

Preliminary review of MGB-CVS proposal estimates $40 million in increased spending annually

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Health Policy Commission Executive Director David Seltz: Statement on 20 Years of Health Care Reform

"Today, we celebrate the twentieth anniversary of landmark health care reform – reform that expanded access to care for residents across the Commonwealth and helped pave the way for national progress as a model for the Affordable Care Act."

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HPC Statement on CHIA's Annual Report

CHIA’s Annual Report on the Performance of the Massachusetts Health Care System documents that health care cost growth is continuing to grow at an alarming pace.