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Report: Relief Funds Minimized Hospital Losses in 2020
March 14, 2022
As Pandemic Took Hold, Prescription Costs Rose While Overall Health Care Spending Fell.....A new state report provides a snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic's early impacts on the health care system...
Massachusetts spent $1.5 billion less on health care in first year of pandemic
March 14, 2022
Massachusetts spent $1.5 billion less on health care in 2020 than 2019, the first time health care spending decreased since state officials began tracking the information in 2013.The decrease came...
Black and Hispanic Mass. residents face disparities with health care access, report finds
December 16, 2021
Black and Hispanic residents in Massachusetts struggle to pay medical bills, find it harder to access doctor appointments and have patchier health coverage than their white counterparts, according to a...
Health insurance rates lag among Mass. residents of color, study finds
December 16, 2021
Only 89% of Black and 82% of Hispanic residents reported having 12 or more months of continuous health insurance coverage in Massachusetts pre-pandemic, compared to 95.6% of white respondents. Even though...
Report finds Hispanic residents have harder time getting health care
December 16, 2021
- CHIA identifies racial disparities in access, insurance - - - HISPANIC RESIDENTS IN Massachusetts have experienced some of the most significant struggles in obtaining timely, affordable health care in an...
Frequent flyers account for 9.4% of ER visits - Report says average length of stay was 4.2 hours
September 17, 2021
AS STATE POLICYMAKERS seek ways to slow the growth in health care costs and improve access to care, a new report by the Center for Health Information and Analysis on...
State report: Over half of Mass. residents have unmet health-related social needs
June 30, 2021
A new state report has found more than half of Massachusetts residents have unmet health-related social needs. The new study from the Center for Health Information and Analysis used the 2019...
New state dashboard puts health cost variances under scrutiny
June 30, 2021
The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) has released its annual update of provider price variation in the Massachusetts commercial health insurance market. The dashboard, which is available online, has...
Solutions to Health Care Price Variations Show Divide
June 29, 2021
Lawrence General Hospital receives around $100 from insurers for performing a chest X-ray, while Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital gets $180, Sen. Barry Finegold told his fellow lawmakers on Tuesday. "I ask...
CHIA Report: For Many, Having Health Insurance is Not Enough
April 29, 2021
While Massachusetts ranks high among the states in terms of residents with health insurance, one in four insured residents here reported forgoing health care that they felt was needed due...