Updated: Health Reform in Massachusetts: Assessing the Results
May 17, 2012 Comprehensive slide deck of findings of surveys and other efforts to monitor the impact of the 2006 Massachusetts health reform law. Data from surveys and analyses by state government agencies including the Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, and the Massachusetts Health Insurance Connector Authority as well as highlights from health reform tracking surveys conducted annually by the Urban Institute. Designed to support use of the charts in slide presentations and updated regularly.

Benefits of Slower Health Care Cost Growth for Massachusetts Employees and Employers
April 26, 2012 This report models the potential impact of slower than projected health care cost growth on the Massachusetts economy. The study finds that reductions to the growth rate of health insurance premiums would create significant benefits for the labor market, leaving billions of dollars in the hands of both workers and employers that would otherwise be lost to rising health care costs.

Health Care Costs and Spending in Massachusetts Chart Pack
March 23, 2012 This comprehensive chart pack pulls together, in one easy-to-use resource, many of the major findings and analyses from recent state and national research efforts. It was assembled by the Foundation in collaboration with Amitabh Chandra at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Josephine Fisher at Amherst College.

Health Care Costs and Spending in Massachusetts
March 23, 2012 This comprehensive chart pack pulls together, in one easy-to-use resource, many of the major findings and analyses from recent state and national research efforts. It was assembled by the Foundation in collaboration with Amitabh Chandra at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Josephine Fisher at Amherst College.

Effective Education, Outreach, and Enrollment Approaches for Populations Newly Eligible for Health Coverage
March 13, 2012 This toolkit offers resources to help states design and implement effective education, outreach, and enrollment approaches for populations newly eligible for health coverage. (March 2012)

The Interactive Guide to Chapter 288
March 07, 2012 An online, interactive guide to Chapter 288 of the Acts of 2010, Massachusetts' most recent health care cost containment law. This online tool includes full, up-to-date text, section-by-section summaries and links to relevant reports, commissions, state agencies and final regulations.

Stabilizing MassHealth Funding: Options to Break the Recurring Cycle of Expansion and Contraction
February 14, 2012 This report, written by Beth Waldman of Bailit Health Purchasing, Robert Seifert of the Center for Health Law and Economics at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and Kate Nordahl of MMPI, discusses the challenges and implications of the counter-cyclical nature of the Medicaid program and options to reduce the reactive swings in MassHealth funding and scope of services that can come with downturns in the economy. MMPI will be holding a forum on Wednesday, March 14th from 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. to discuss this paper. The forum will include a presentation of the paper by author Beth Waldman followed by a panel discussion moderated by Robert Seifert and including Noah Berger from Mass Budget and Policy Center, Bruce Bullen from BCBSMA, and Brian Rosman from Health Care For All. If you would like to attend the event, please email: mmpi@mjhcomm.com.

Health Reform in Massachusetts: An Update as of Fall 2010 Chartpack
January 25, 2012 This chartpack is the latest in a series by the Urban Institute analyzing the impact of the Massachusetts health reform law. Findings show that despite the state's economic recession Massachusetts has maintained record low levels of uninsured and access to needed health care has improved. This report is based on the 2010 Massachusetts Health Reform Survey (MHRS), which has tracked the impact of the law annually since 2006.

Health Reform in Massachusetts: An Update as of Fall 2010
January 25, 2012 This report is the latest in a series by the Urban Institute analyzing the impact of the Massachusetts health reform law. Findings show that despite the state's economic recession Massachusetts has maintained record low levels of uninsured and access to needed health care has improved. This report is based on the 2010 Massachusetts Health Reform Survey (MHRS), which has tracked the impact of the law annually since 2006.

Risk Adjustment for Dual Eligibles: Breaking New Ground in Massachusetts
January 12, 2012 This report, written by Tony Dreyfus and Ellen Breslin Davidson of BD Group, provides an overview of the federal and state experience with risk adjustment in programs serving persons dually eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid.

Summary of Key New Provisions in the 1115 MassHealth Waiver Renewal
January 09, 2012 Summary of the MassHealth 1115 waiver renewal including a brief overview of four new provisions approved under the waiver renewal.

Mitigating Risk in a State Health Insurance Exchange
December 20, 2011

Innovation in Medicaid: Considerations for MassHealth
December 08, 2011 Report summarizing the results of a series of interviews conducted by the Center for Health Care Strategies with key Medicaid stakeholders from across the country on cutting-edge Medicaid strategies including: purchasing strategies to optimize delivery systems; payment strategies to leverage existing funds; integrated models of care to improve services for complex populations; and opportunities for improved organizational capacity.

Determining Health Benefit Designs to be Offered on a State Health Insurance Exchange
November 29, 2011 This toolkit offers resources to help states determine health benefit designs to be offered on state health insurance exchanges. (November 2011)

Massachusetts Health Reform: A Five-Year Progress Report
November 17, 2011 BCBS of Massachusetts Foundation report by Alan G. Raymond on the first five years of Massachusetts health reform implementation, including comprehensive assessments of how the law is working, impacts on coverage and access to care, and cost and funding. (November 2011)