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Mass. kept health care cost growth to 3.1% in 2018
October 08, 2019
Hospital spending grew faster than the state’s benchmark, with inpatient services up 3.7 percent to $11.7 billion, and outpatient services up 3.8 percent to 11 billion. Jessica Bartlett, Boston Business...
Mass. Meets Goal To Curb Health Care Spending, But Insurance Premiums Continue To Rise
October 08, 2019
Angus Chen, WBUR, October 08, 2019. Every year, Massachusetts sets a target ceiling for how much health care spending should grow. The target is supposed to keep costs down, and while...
Marketwide Price Transparency Suggests Significant Opportunities For Value-Based Purchasing
September 06, 2019
Research Article, Health Affairs Vol. 38, No. 9 Abstract: The extent of price variation across a local market has important implications for value-based purchasing. Using a new data set containing health care...
MassHealth enrollment falls 9%
August 29, 2019
by Worcester Business Journal, Wednesday, August 28, 2019 Enrollment in the Massachusetts Medicaid health coverage program has fallen by 9.4% in the past two years at least in part due to...
Eye-opening Trends on Health Insurance
August 20, 2019
By Katie Holahan, BusinessWest, August 20, 2019 More Massachusetts companies of all sizes are offering health insurance to their workers, but fewer employees are enrolling as costs accelerate, according to...
Report - More businesses offering health plans
June 30, 2019
BOSTON — More than two-thirds of Massachusetts businesses offered health plans to their employees, according to new data amid a national debate over the best way to expand health insurance...
CHIA good source of data about Mass. health care
June 10, 2019
THE CENTER FOR HEALTH INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS produces reams of data for both Massachusetts policymakers and the public, providing a window into state health care expenditures and offering tools...
Report: High-priced doctors are making even more money
May 31, 2019
The Center for Health Information and Analysis says the percentage of commercial payments made to the most expensive doctor’s groups is growing. The most expensive doctors in Massachusetts are receiving more...
State watchdog points to insulin spending as health care cost driver
March 13, 2019
Insulin spending in Massachusetts skyrocketed 50 percent in just three years, according to a new state study. The increase is the latest example of the state’s continued issues around drug...
Report: Costs vary widely among Boston-area hospitals
February 26, 2019
Costs for the exact same procedure — an MRI of a knee — vary dramatically among area hospitals, according to a new report that calls for more transparency and action...