As part of CHIA’s ongoing work to monitor health care quality in the Commonwealth, Select Clinical Quality and Patient Experience Measures, 2020–2022 examines performance across a subset of metrics from the NCQA Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)* and the Patient Experience Survey (PES). Read more...
Health care prices for similar health care services vary considerably both in Massachusetts and across the United States. CHIA reports on this variation using a methodology that accounts for price differences that might be justified by:
o The patient's illness or complexity of care needed
o The type of commercial health insurance plan
o The array of medical services supported at the institution
This publication includes customizable interactive graphics along with an executive summary and databook. Read more....
The Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey (MHIS) provides information on health care coverage, access and affordability trends in Massachusetts. The MHIS is a tool used by legislators, policymakers, employers, insurers and other stakeholders to monitor the experiences of Massachusetts residents in receiving timely and affordable health care. Read more....
Enrollment Trends monitors health insurance coverage in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, where coverage is defined by unique Massachusetts residents with primary, medical membership in the 14 largest commercial payers, MassHealth (Medicaid), or Medicare. Read more...
CHIA has released its latest analysis on commercial prescription drug use and spending in an effort to shine a light on the drivers of pharmacy expenditures, including high volume and high-cost drugs. The latest dashboard and detailed dataset, allows users to see drivers of prescription drug spending as well as the associated conditions these drugs treat. Read more....
Massachusetts health and human service providers are experiencing unprecedented workforce shortages. Additionally, the lack of diversity in the health care workforce adversely affects the health outcomes of people of color. These distinct, but related issues of workforce capacity and diversity have clear consequences for access to care, quality of care, cost, and health outcomes. CHIA's Massachusetts Health Care Workforce Survey (MHCW) collected vital information on staffing capacity and diversity across 10 key sectors. The data collected in this survey aim to provide a critical fact base to inform policies and programs and support ongoing monitoring of workforce trends in the health and human service sectors. Read more....
CHIA has developed dashboards providing analyses and trends sourced from the Massachusetts Acute Care Hospital Inpatient Discharge (Case Mix) Database. These dashboards give insights into hospital inpatient emergency department and outpatient observation utilization patterns. Read more....
CHIA, in collaboration with Massachusetts Health Quality Partners has published the latest primary care dashboard to monitor the health of the primary care system in the Commonwealth.
A high-functioning primary care system can lead to better patient outcomes, lower costs, and more equitable care. Access to these services improves overall population health and can reduce avoidable emergency department visits. Massachusetts residents and health care leaders have expressed concerns about the health and sustainability of primary care in Massachusetts, especially in the wake of the pandemic which caused unprecedented disruptions across all health care settings. Read more...
In an effort to provide a more comprehensive look at the acute hospital industry, CHIA merged hospital and hospital health system data into one interactive dashboard. The new Hospital and Hospital Health System Dashboard includes both financial and utilization data. Read more....
CHIA reports both annually and quarterly on the performance of the Commonwealth’s acute care hospitals, associated hospital health systems (HHS), and affiliated physician organizations. This information includes the Massachusetts Hospital and Hospital Health System Financial Dashboard to help users better visualize financial data and perform customizable analyses. Read more...
CHIA considers how medical spending varieds across Massachusetts communities, and whether there was a relationship between certain spending categories and community characteristics. Findings are reported in an interactive dashboard and trends report, presenting data on demographics by community as well as the relationship between these community characteristics and total medical expenses by insurance population and across TME service categories. Data is presented at the community level by municipality and ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA). Read more....
The Quality Measure Catalog is a voluntary survey—administered jointly by CHIA and Health Policy Commission (HPC)—that collects information on which quality measures payers have included in their global budget-based risk contracts with health care providers for the upcoming year. Read more.....
Interactive graphics enable users to take a deeper look into each Massachusetts hospital’s data, as well as allowing for comparisons between hospitals or at the statewide level. The individual profiles contain analyses for each hospital presented in the context of the statewide figures and of the patient population that each hospital serves. Read more.....
CHIA's special online supplement to our Annual Report explores utilization trends and the continued strain on the Massachusetts health care system, the emergence of new COVID-19 treatments, and the adoption of telehealth as an essential part of the delivery system. View supplement...