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Massachusetts Health Policy Commission Mass.gov

(4 days ago) WebThe Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) is an independent state agency charged with monitoring health care spending growth in Massachusetts and providing data-driven policy recommendations regarding health care delivery and payment …

https://www.mass.gov/orgs/massachusetts-health-policy-commission

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HPC Policy and Research Reports Mass.gov

(5 days ago) WebACO Brief #3 - Transforming Care: Risk Contracts and Performance Management Approaches of Massachusetts ACOs (Published June 2019) Research Brief: Serious …

https://www.mass.gov/info-details/hpc-policy-and-research-reports

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About the Health Policy Commission (HPC) Mass.gov

(9 days ago) WebThe Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) is an independent state agency that develops policy to reduce health care cost growth and improve the quality of patient …

https://www.mass.gov/about-the-health-policy-commission-hpc

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10 years after a landmark health care law, the push to …

(Just Now) WebTen years ago, as medical costs soared, Massachusetts passed landmark legislation to tackle the problem. The law created the …

https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/09/06/health-care-policy-commission-results-mixed

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How the Massachusetts HPC Contains Health Care …

(Just Now) WebIn 2012, Massachusetts established the Health Policy Commission to lead collective efforts to make health care more affordable for its residents. This case study highlights the state’s approach in …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/case-study/2020/mar/massachusetts-health-policy-commission-spending-growth

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Annual Report on the Performance of the …

(9 days ago) WebKey Findings from the Annual Report (Released March 2024) Total Health Care Expenditures (THCE) in Massachusetts totaled $71.7 billion in 2022. From 2021 to 2022, THCE per capita increased 5.8% to $10,264 per …

https://www.chiamass.gov/annual-report/

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Massachusetts Health Care Reform: Six Years Later KFF

(4 days ago) WebKFF Headquarters: 185 Berry St., Suite 2000, San Francisco, CA 94107 Phone 650-854-9400 Washington Offices and Barbara Jordan Conference Center: 1330 G Street, NW, …

https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/massachusetts-health-care-reform-six-years-later/

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2023 – 2024 Policy Priorities - Massachusetts Public …

(5 days ago) Web2023 – 2024 Policy Priorities. MPHA seeks to eliminate all forms of structural inequity that affect health through advocacy, coalition building, and partnership with communities most impacted by oppression. We will …

https://mapublichealth.org/policy-priorities/

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Massachusetts Health Reform At Ten Years: Great

(9 days ago) WebMassachusetts’s 2006 health reform legislation was intended to move the state to near-universal health insurance coverage and to improve access to affordable health care. Ten years on, a large

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0354

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How Massachusetts became a national leader on health …

(1 days ago) WebMassachusetts has been a clear leader when it comes to health care coverage, and as a result, outpaces other states in health care outcomes. But it has taken a village of health care policymakers

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/01/28/opinion/how-massachusetts-became-national-leader-healthcare-how-it-can-lead-again/

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How the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission Is …

(3 days ago) Webtaken in Massachusetts, where health care spending has historically been higher than in other states and — until recent years — had been growing faster than the national …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/sites/default/files/2020-03/Waugh_Massachusetts_hlt_policy_comm_cs.pdf

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Massachusetts Health Policy Commission Takes Steps to Hold …

(3 days ago) WebIn January, for the first time in its history, the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC)’s Board voted to require the Mass General Brigham (MGB) health system to …

https://nashp.org/massachusetts-health-policy-commission-takes-steps-to-hold-high-cost-health-system-accountable/

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Health Care Reform for Individuals Mass.gov

(8 days ago) WebIntroduction. The Massachusetts Health Care Reform Law requires that most residents over 18 who can afford health insurance have coverage for the entire …

https://www.mass.gov/info-details/health-care-reform-for-individuals

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Massachusetts Health Reform and Disparities in Coverage, Access …

(3 days ago) WebOverview. To gauge the effects of Massachusetts health reform, we examined trends from 2006 to 2008 in rates of coverage, financial barriers to care, …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2988151/

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Overview - Massachusetts Health Council

(2 days ago) WebThe MA Health Council is a non-profit, non-partisan statewide organization on public policy, taken leadership role promoting public health policy, prevention and …

https://mahealthcouncil.org/?page=overview

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Massachusetts Health Care Reform--On Second

(9 days ago) WebMassachusetts' passage of health care reform legislation in April 2006 heralded an exciting new era in state health policy. The reform plan is the most comprehensive …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/newsletter-article/massachusetts-health-care-reform-second-anniversary-passage-what

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Healthcare policy in Massachusetts - Ballotpedia

(8 days ago) WebHealthcare policy in Massachusetts involves the creation and implementation of laws, rules, and regulations for managing the state's healthcare system. The healthcare …

https://ballotpedia.org/Healthcare_policy_in_Massachusetts

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Roadmap to Health Care Safety Introduced at MA Health Policy …

(1 days ago) WebOn April 26, 2023 The Roadmap to Health Care Safety for Massachusetts was released at the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum . Leaders from health care organizations, …

https://www.maseniorcare.org/member-resources/e-news-updates/roadmap-health-care-safety-introduced-ma-health-policy-forum

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Telemedicine Can Change Care for the Better — With the Right …

(Just Now) WebHealth care policy experts say pandemic-era rules that promoted telemedicine should be made permanent to protect gains in quality of care and greater …

https://hcp.hms.harvard.edu/news/telemedicine-can-change-care-better-right-rules

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Massachusetts health care reform - Wikipedia

(2 days ago) WebThe Massachusetts health care reform, commonly referred to as Romneycare, In 2006, the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy issued regulations defining "fair and …

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_health_care_reform

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News HPC SETS 2025 HEALTH CARE BENCHMARK AT 3.6% TO …

(Just Now) WebBOSTON — Today, the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) Board set the Massachusetts Health Care Cost Growth Benchmark for calendar year …

https://www.mass.gov/news/hpc-sets-2025-health-care-benchmark-at-36-to-curb-growth-and-encourage-affordability

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Division of Health Care Finance and Policy

(7 days ago) WebThe Division of Health Care Finance and Policy improves health care quality and contains health care costs by critically examining the Massachusetts health care delivery …

https://budget.digital.mass.gov/bb/h1/fy13h1/prnt_13/brec_13/dpt_13/pnhcf.htm

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Massachusetts Making Huge Effort To Overhaul Nursing Care For …

(7 days ago) WebThe Boston Globe: Massachusetts Will Pay For Thousands To Leave Nursing Homes Nursing home residents should find it dramatically easier to return to their …

https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/massachusetts-making-huge-effort-to-overhaul-nursing-care-for-the-elderly/

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Food security, health care: Proposed amendments to MA state …

(1 days ago) WebLocal legislators proposed more than $32 million in state funding for physical and behavioral health services, as well as more than $22 million for programs …

https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/04/26/massachusetts-budget-amendments-money-food-security-health-services-addiction-recovery/73440760007/

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Mass. needs to ensure funds aimed at primary care are spent wisely

(1 days ago) WebYour April 11 editorial, “Massachusetts isn’t using a tool that could help tackle its shortage of primary care doctors,” suggests that Medicaid funding for graduate …

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/04/22/opinion/letters-to-the-editor-boosting-primary-care/

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Roots go deep on rising public anger over health care (Editorial)

(3 days ago) WebIn the meantime, let’s all be kind to front line health care workers. That’s the message of a January 2023 report by the Massachusetts Health YouTube’s privacy …

https://www.masslive.com/westernmass/2024/04/roots-go-deep-on-rising-public-anger-over-health-care-editorial.html

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HPC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TESTIFIES BEFORE SPECIAL HEARING …

(1 days ago) WebThe Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) is an independent state agency charged with monitoring health care spending growth in Massachusetts and …

https://www.mass.gov/news/hpc-executive-director-testifies-before-special-hearing-on-southeastern-massachusetts-hospitals

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CMS finalizes rules to improve Medicaid, CHIP access and payment

(5 days ago) WebThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services April 22 finalized rules intended to improve access in both the Medicaid fee-for-service and managed care programs.The …

https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2024-04-22-cms-finalizes-rules-improve-medicaid-chip-access-and-payment

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