What's New in Massachusetts Health Care

  • CHIA published its Annual Report on the Performance of the Massachusetts Health Care System. The report examines trends in costs, coverage, and quality indicators to inform policymaking.

    This year’s Annual Report also includes a new chapter on health care affordability.

  • CHIA’s Hospital Profiles provide information on acute and non-acute hospitals over a five-year period through HFY 22. These profiles allow comparison against statewide performance and peer cohorts.

    A new interactive dashboard is also available, allowing users to filter results by individual hospital, hospital type, and health system.

  • CHIA has published the results from the Quality Measure Catalog survey.

    This survey assesses payer adherence to a set of high-priority quality measures recommended for global budget-based risk contracts by the EOHHS Quality Measure Alignment Taskforce.

  • This issue of DataMatters focuses on CHIA’s recent reporting on hospital inpatient and emergency department utilization.

    You can also learn how CHIA’s Hospital Inpatient Discharge Data (HIDD) was used in research into the Risk of Severe Maternal Morbidity and Opioid Use.

  • CHIA is currently contacting some participants from the MHIS 2023 for follow-up questions.

    If you received an email asking for your participation, please go to the link provided in the email.

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