CHIA in the News

CHIA: Racial diversity is lacking in Mass. healthcare leadership

Newly released data shows the majority of leadership positions in the Massachusetts healthcare industry are held by white people, a fact that not only shapes workplace dynamics, but can often lead to negative healthcare delivery and outcomes for patients. 

The Worcester Business Journal June 28, 2024

Mass. Insured Struggling With Health Care Access, Costs

Health insurance is mandatory in Massachusetts and the latest state-sponsored snapshot, based on findings collected from April through August 2023, indicate that 98.3 percent of residents reported having insurance.

State House News Service June 27, 2024

Massachusetts health care by the numbers

This week on The Codcast, John McDonough of the TH Chan School and Paul Hattis of the Lown Institute are joined by Lauren Peters, executive director of the MA Center for Health Information and Analysis. They discuss the center's role in informing public policy discussions, its involvement in the Steward saga, and a variety of significant trends in MA health care, including overall spending and the shortage of primary care physicians.

Common Wealth Beacon June 17, 2024

Mass. health care labor shortage hard for nursing, home care | Boston Globe

The survey quantifies what is widely known: Massachusetts has a serious shortage of health care workers.

Boston Globe June 7, 2024

Status of primary care system keeps slipping

The Center for Health Information and Analysis and Massachusetts Health Quality Partners unveiled a primary care dashboard on Thursday to track the primary care situation, and officials from both organizations sounded alarm bells at the initial findings.

Common Wealth Beacon May 16, 2024

About a third of Mass. voters are unhappy with health care access, new poll shows - The Boston Globe

Experts say those numbers, revealed in a new Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll, are just the latest to highlight a growing crisis in Massachusetts.

Boston Globe April 26, 2024

Massachusetts Health Care Costs Rose Sharply Again In 2022

As policymakers this week examine a law meant to keep health care cost growth within sustainable bounds, a new report makes clear that the health care sector has a double-sided

State House News Service March 13, 2024

State Takes First Look At Pediatric Hospital Readmissions

Unplanned hospital readmissions are viewed by health care analysts as an measure of system performance and quality, and new state data marks the inaugural look at readmission rates among people

State House News Service October 19, 2023

The costs of drug pricing middlemen

In the fight against ever-rising drug prices, attention is increasingly zeroing in on a little-noticed middleman of the pharmaceutical chain ?" pharmacy benefit managers.

Common Wealth Beacon October 2, 2023