MA Health Policy Commission

📢Live now: Tune in to the Maternal Health Access and Birthing Patient Safety Task Force Meeting. 🔗youtube.com/live/wTDI7T2Ry… #MaternalHealth

CHIA's Annual Report highlights that health care cost growth is continuing at an alarming pace. HPC Executive Director David Seltz said, “These trends are not just numbers – they have real consequences for our residents." Read his full statement: masshpc.gov/news/press-rel…

Live now: Watch the Primary Care Task Force meeting! Members will discuss payment models to increase public and private reimbursement for primary care services, and health plan design impact on primary care access and equity. 🔗youtube.com/live/XQ2PDG_Xq… #PrimaryCare

I thought it was love My heart felt spring-loaded Turns out our relationship Was significantly upcoded - Andrew Carleen at @Mass_HPC Read the rest of our favorite health policy valentines submitted by readers 💕⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/h…

💝 Take my handkerchief Take my cough drop wrappers, too For I can’t help coming down with the flu… Vaccinate or find yourself in my predicament, too #HealthPolicyValentines

💟 Roses are red, Daisies are yellow, In a complex health care market, You make things clearer, RPO #HealthPolicyValentines Learn more about the HPC’s Registration of Provider Organizations (RPO): masshpc.gov/moat/rpo

💌 Roses are red The medicine I practice is preventive I’ll care for you No matter the financial incentive #HealthPolicyValentines

💜 I should call you my deductible, The way I spend all year yearning to reach you. #HealthPolicyValentines

💞 I’d invite you to my place, even make you some keys. But, baby, there’s just no chance you could afford my facility fees. #HealthPolicyValentines

Live now: Watch the Primary Care Task Force Workforce Workgroup meeting! youtube.com/live/xLu0GbYhg… #PrimaryCare

📊Explore the latest issue of the HPC DataPoints series, “Evidence of Administrative Complexity: Health Insurance Claim Denials in Massachusetts.” 🔗: masshpc.gov/publications/d… #HealthPolicy

📢Live now: Watch the HPC Board meeting! youtube.com/live/O5BeNqujC…

Yesterday, Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) Executive Director David Seltz joined state health policy leaders at the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association Annual Conference. Thank you to @MAHealthHosp for convening these important conversations!

📢Live now: Tune in to the first Primary Care Task Force meeting of 2026! 🔗Watch: youtube.com/live/_z0B3F_dv… #PrimaryCare

On Friday, HPC Executive Director David Seltz toured the new @KennedyCHC facility and met with the team protecting health care access in Worcester. Thank you to the center for your leadership in advancing equitable, accessible care for all MA residents.

We mourn the loss of Stuart H. Altman, Ph.D., a leader in health policy and economics and the inaugural chair of the HPC. “Dr. Altman dedicated his life to a health care system that is affordable and accessible for all,” said HPC Executive Director David Seltz. Read more: masshpc.gov/news/press-rel…

Apply today for the Health Policy Commission’s (HPC) 2026 Summer Fellowship program! 📆 Deadline: January 20th 🔗Apply: …healthpolicycommission.applytojob.com/apply/dLMSLRxw… 📖 Read the 2025 Fellowship Report to learn more: masshpc.gov/publications/f…

📊Explore the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission’s (HPC) latest interactive DataPoints issue, Examining the True Costs of Care: Patient Cost Sharing in Massachusetts. ➡️Read more: masshpc.gov/publications/d… #HealthPolicy

The Massachusetts Primary Care Task Force calls for a primary care spending target. This bold action will address systemic underinvestment in primary care and prioritize resident health and health system stability. 🔗Read more: masshpc.gov/sites/default/… #PrimaryCare