MassHealth Board of Hearings Quarterly Case Statistics

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Statistics for 2023

First Quarter:  January to March 2023 

• Number of Appeals Filed:  2597 
• Number of Cases Closed by Decision: 333 
• Percentage of Decisions Issued within 90 Days: 90.39%*

(*Accurate as of the close of business on June 22, 2023: 9.61% of decisions were issued after 90 days due to allowable exceptions; 0% of decisions were issued after 90 days with no allowable exceptions.)

Second Quarter:  April to June 2023

•  Number of Appeals Filed:  2719
•  Number of Cases Closed by Decision: 358
• Percentage of Decisions Issued within 90 Days: 90.22%*

(*Accurate as to the close of business on September 13, 2023: 9.50% of decisions were issued after 90 days due to allowable exceptions; .28% of decisions were issued after 90 days with no allowable exceptions)

Statistics for 2022

First Quarter: January to March 2022

• Number of Appeals Filed:  2245
• Number of Cases Closed by Decision:  206
• Percentage of Decisions Issued within 90 Days:  74.76%*

(*Accurate as of the close of business on July 29, 2022; 22.33% of cases were closed after 90 days due to allowable exceptions; 2.91% of hearing decisions issued outside of 90 days with no exceptions.)

Second Quarter: April to June 2022

• Number of Appeals Filed:  2245
• Number of Cases Closed by Decision:  231
• Percentage of Decisions Issued within 90 Days:  85.28%*

(*Accurate as of the close of business on September 30, 2022; 13.85% of cases were closed after 90 days due to allowable exceptions; .87% of hearing decisions issued outside of 90 days with no exceptions.)

Third Quarter: July to September 2022

• Number of Appeals Filed:  2245
• Number of Cases Closed by Decision:  235
• Percentage of Decisions Issued within 90 Days:  88.51%*

(*Accurate as to the close of business on December 28, 2022; 10.64% of decisions were issued after 90 days due to allowable exceptions; .85% of decisions were issued after 90 days with no allowable exceptions.)

Fourth Quarter:  October to December 2022

• Number of Appeals Filed:  2245
• Number of Cases Closed by Decision: 243
• Percentage of Decisions Issued within 90 Days:  87.24%* (*Accurate as to the close of business on May 18, 2023)

*11.93% of decisions were issued after 90 days due to allowable exceptions; .82% of decisions were issued after 90 days with no allowable exceptions

Statistics for 2021

First Quarter: January to March 2021

• Number of Appeals Filed:  2415
• Number of Cases Closed by Decision:  325
• Percentage of Decisions Issued within 90 Days:  90.8%*  (*Remaining percentage of cases were closed after 90 days due to allowable exceptions or no exceptions.)

Second Quarter: April to June 2021

• Number of Appeals Filed:  2547
• Number of Cases Closed by Decision:  241
• Percentage of Decisions Issued within 90 Days:  88.1%*  (*Remaining percentage of cases were closed after 90 days due to allowable exceptions or no exceptions.)

Third Quarter: July to September 2021

• Number of Appeals Filed:  2378
• Number of Cases Closed by Decision:  169
• Percentage of Decisions Issued within 90 Days:  85.80%* (*Remaining percentage of cases were closed after 90 days due to allowable exceptions or no exceptions.)

Fourth Quarter: October to December 2021

• Number of Appeals Filed:  2245

• Number of Cases Closed by Decision:  227

• Percentage of Decisions Issued within 90 Days:  85.46%* (*8.37% of cases were closed after 90 days due to allowable exceptions; 6.17% were closed after 90 days without allowable exceptions.)

Last updated:	October 16, 2023