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Massachusetts Health Policy Commission Takes Steps to Hold High-Cost Health System Accountable

NASHP

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In 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 submit a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) because of the system’s substantial contributions to the state’s health care cost increases.

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Weighing Policy Trade-offs: Building State Capacity to Address Health Care Consolidation

NASHP

JULY 24, 2023

Evidence suggests that vertical integration and growing consolidation in health care leads to higher hospital and provider prices and higher total spending — all while having little to no impact on improving quality of care for patients, reducing utilization, or improving efficiency.

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Massachusetts Health Policy Commission Takes Steps to Hold High-Cost Health System Accountable

Weighing Policy Trade-offs: Building State Capacity to Address Health Care Consolidation

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