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The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) is an independent state agency whose mission is to serve as a steward of Massachusetts health information to promote a more transparent health care system.
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𝙉𝙚𝙬! Data through CY 2024 now available for the MA APCD!

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗹𝗹-𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 is the most comprehensive source of health claims data from public and private payers providing insurance to #Massachusetts residents and employees.

www.chiamass.gov/ma-apcd

#MassCHIA #HealthData
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December 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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𝗜𝗖𝗬𝗠𝗜—The results from the 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘀 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 are now available.

See: tinyurl.com/bdeh3z7d
MHIS results image.....
December 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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From @masshpc.bsky.social new report:
"The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission’s (HPC) 2025
annual Cost Trends Report is issued in a time of heightened
challenges to both health care affordability and coverage for Massachusetts residents."

Check out their report and policy recommendations....
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📢The 2025 Health Care Cost Trends Report calls for recommitment to the health care cost growth benchmark and urgent action to tame growth.

📖Read the report: masshpc.gov/publications...

📊Explore an interactive out-of-pocket spending data overview: masshpc.gov/publications...
Graphic reading 2025 Annual Health Care Cost Trends Report and Policy Recommendations
December 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Massachusetts maintains a high rate of health insurance coverage at 97.9%—but health care affordability issues for residents remain. See results of the Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey (MHIS).

See: tinyurl.com/bdeh3z7d

#MassCHIA #HealthData #HealthPolicy #Massachusetts
Text superimposed over an outline of Massachusetts: "97.9% of Massachusetts residents with health insurance; 28.4% of Massachusetts residents whose family skipped needed medical care due to cost."
December 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Watch the #Massachusetts Primary Care Task Force meeting happening at 10:00, today!
masshpc.gov/meetings/tas...
December 3, 2025 – Primary Care Task Force | Massachusetts Health Policy Commission
Additional information and resources will be posted as soon as they are available.Agenda
masshpc.gov
December 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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CHIA’s latest research brief explores family medical debt in Massachusetts and finds that cost-sharing is the most common source of debt.

Read more:
tinyurl.com/43wjnc2j

#MassCHIA #HealthData #HealthPolicy #medicaldebt #healthcareresearch
Outline of Massachusetts with the word "Unpaid" superimposed.
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Over over 40% of MA residents face health care affordability issues including medical debt and foregoing needed care because of cost.

Today’s @masshpc.bsky.social Cost Trends Hearing analyzes the current healthcare landscape in Massachusetts.

Watch/more info:
masshpc.gov/meetings/ann...
Health Care Cost Trends Hearing
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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ICYMI: CHIA published its HFY 2024 Massachusetts Hospital and Health System Annual Financial Performance Report, including profitability, liquidity, and solvency: tinyurl.com/ahxrdjck
September 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝟭.𝟲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗙𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰.

See more on the financial status of Massachusetts hospitals in CHIA’s latest Hospital and Health System Annual Financial Performance Report:
www.chiamass.gov/hospital-and...
September 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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CHIA monitors Massachusetts member enrollment in health insurance for all payers with a large presence in Massachusetts, including commercial and public payers.

See CHIA's latest 𝗘𝗻𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱:
www.chiamass.gov/enrollment-i...
Enrollment Trends Dashboard image:
September 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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CHIA’s new report breaks down health care quality measures by race and ethnicity, showing that overall statewide performance masks racial and ethnic disparities. Read more:
www.chiamass.gov/equity-in-qu...
Icon for CHIA's Quality Equity Report
September 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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ICYMI—read the latest report from CHIA on provider price variation among Massachusetts hospitals and physician groups. tinyurl.com/mpaxesbz
CHIA Relative Price web page: https://www.chiamass.gov/
August 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Massachusetts hospitals and physician groups in the highest-priced quartile received half of all health insurance payments in 2023.

Read more in CHIA’s updated report on provider price variation.
tinyurl.com/mpaxesbz
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August 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Food insecurity was the most common type of health-related social need in Massachusetts, with Black and Hispanic residents 3 times as likely to experience it vs. White residents.

Read:
tinyurl.com/ye5zej2d
Research Brief: Black and Hispanic Residents in Massachusetts Report Higher Rates of Unmet Health-Related Social Needs in Their Families
July 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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CHIA’s latest research examines differences in rates of unmet health-related social needs in Massachusetts by race and ethnicity. Read more:
www.chiamass.gov/massachusett...
Using Data from the MHIS, CHIA's latest research shows that Black and Hispanic families in Massachusetts experiences unmet health-related social needs more than twice as often as White Residents. Read More....
July 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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In CHIA's latest 𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨:

➤ Catch up on our recent health equity reporting

➤ See how our data supports our mandated benefit reporting that looks at the cost and health impacts of certain health insurance coverage requirements in Massachusetts.

www.chiamass.gov/datamatters-...
DataMatters Newsletter Masthead (from the Center for Health Information and Analysis)
July 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Check out CHIA's latest Massachusetts hospitals and hospital health systems dashboard, now including High Medicaid and High Medicare hospital designations alongside metrics such as capital reinvestment, profitability, liquidity, and solvency.

See: www.chiamass.gov/hospital-and...

#MassCHIA
Image from CHIA's Hospital and Hospital Health System Year-To-Date Dashboard.
June 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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CHIA has released its latest dashboard measuring the state of behavioral health care in #Massachusetts. Explore metrics in key areas including access, quality, and equity:
www.chiamass.gov/behavioral-h...

#MassCHIA #HealthPolicy #HealthData #BehavioralHealth
CHIA's Behavioral Health Dashboard logo: Symbols representing five key areas of analysis: access, finance, utilization, quality, and equity.
June 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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"Improving health equity in Massachusetts is bigger than any one agency, initiative, or organization."
--CHIA Executive Director Lauren Peters at the 2025 Health Equity Trends Summit

See CHIA's #HealthEquity research at:
www.chiamass.gov/health-care-...

#MassCHIA #HealthPolicy #HealthData
"Improving health equity in Massachusetts is bigger than any one agency, initiative, or organization." --CHIA Executive Director Lauren Peters at the 2025 Health Equity Trends Summit
June 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Explore CHIA’s latest interactive workbook exploring the state of primary care in Massachusetts: www.chiamass.gov/massachusett...

#MassCHIA #HealthPolicy #HealthData #PrimaryCare
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June 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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CHIA has published its latest dashboard to monitor the health of primary care in Massachusetts across four domains:

‣ 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲
‣ 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆
‣ 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲
‣ 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆

See our key findings: www.chiamass.gov/massachusett...

#MassCHIA #HealthPolicy #HealthData #PrimaryCare
Center for Health Information and Analysis Primary Care Dashboard logo. The image outlines the domains of Finance, Capacity, Performance and Equity.
June 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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See CHIA’s first-ever health care equity dashboard with metrics on coverage, access, utilization, affordability, finance, and quality: www.chiamass.gov/health-care-...
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May 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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CHIA has released its first dashboard on health care equity in Massachusetts. This publication focuses on findings related to race, ethnicity, and geography.

See: www.chiamass.gov/health-care-...
CHIA's Health Care Equity Dashboard image: Images referencing: Coverage—metrics focused on health insurance enrollment and coverage Access—metrics focused on availability of and access to health care services Utilization—metrics focused on use of health care services Affordability—metrics focused on cost of health care services for residents Finance—metrics focused on spending on health care services by payers and providers Quality—metrics focused on standards and/or value of health care services
May 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Check out CHIA's latest issue of DataMatters!

See: conta.cc/3HbxGJk
DataMatters - Providing the Factual Foundation of Health Policy. CHIA's Bi-Monthly Newsletter
May 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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CHIA has updated its MA hospital and health system performance dashboard with the latest HFY 24 financial data.

See: www.chiamass.gov/hospital-and...
May 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM