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As we reach the end of September, CHIA has had a busy…

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) has released its inaugural dashboard of metrics to monitor the performance of behavioral health care in the Commonwealth.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) has released the Annual Massachusetts Acute Hospital and Health System Financial Performance Report for hospital fiscal year (HFY) 2023.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today published its latest report on primary care and behavioral health care spending in Massachusetts As key findings show, spending trends on…

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today published its report on select clinical quality performance measures drawn from the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) and the…

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Happy summer!

 

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today published summary results from the 2023 Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey (MHIS).

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) released its latest interactive data visualization exploring the drivers of commercial prescription drug spending as a special supplement to CHIA’s latest report…

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) released its latest analysis of commercial prescription drug use and spending to shine a light on the drivers of pharmacy expenditures, including…

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Today in DataMatters, we are happy to announce the release of CHIA’s…

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) has released the results from its inaugural Massachusetts Health Care Workforce (MHCW) survey in an interactive dashboard.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA), in collaboration with Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP), is releasing the latest primary care dashboard to monitor the health of primary care…

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Last week marked the official start of spring in Massachusetts—let’s hope for…

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today released its Annual Report on the Performance of the Massachusetts Health Care System.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today published its latest comprehensive analysis of Massachusetts hospital performance for hospital fiscal year 2022 (HFY 2022).

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Happy New Year from CHIA!

 

This email outlines some important information about the upcoming 2023 SNF-CR (nursing facility), the REA-CR (the realty company), and the MGT-CR (management company/ central office) cost report deployment.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today announced that calendar year 2022 health care claims data is now available to qualified applicants seeking to use the Massachusetts All-Payer…

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Happy holidays from CHIA! We hope that our readers had an enjoyable Thanksgiving with family and friends.

CHIA, in collaboration with the Health Policy Commission (HPC), today released an interactive dashboard with the results from the Quality Measure Catalog survey.

Today CHIA published its inaugural report on pediatric readmissions in Massachusetts acute care hospitals.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today published its latest report on primary care expenditures in Massachusetts.

In this issue of DataMatters, we are excited to announce the publication of the hospital fiscal year (HFY) 2022 Annual Hospital and Health System Financial Performance report.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today released its latest report in a series on health care equity in Massachusetts, Hospital Utilization in Massachusetts: An Assessment by Race…

The Center for Health Information and Analysis today published its annual update on provider price variation in the commercial health insurance market for calendar year 2021.

For the past few months CHIA staff has been working hard on several publications, which are expected to be released in coming months.

CHIA has been busy these past few months, as the weather slowly turns to summer!

Today the Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) published its first-ever interactive dashboard on emergency department (ED) visits.

 

CHIA published its latest comprehensive analysis of Massachusetts hospital performance for hospital fiscal year 2021 (HFY 2021).

CHIA today published a new research brief exploring the connection between citizenship/immigration status and health insurance coverage rates in Massachusetts.

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CHIA has accomplished a lot since the last newsletter sent…

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today published its Annual Report on the Performance of the Massachusetts Health Care System.

CHIA published today its most recent report on Hospital-Wide Adult All-Payer Readmissions in Massachusetts: SFY 2011-2021.

 

This email outlines some important information about the upcoming 2022 SNF-CR (nursing facility), the REA-CR (the realty company), and the MGT-CR (management company/ central office) cost report deployment .

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Happy 2023!

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA), in collaboration with Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP), is releasing Massachusetts’ first-ever dashboard of metrics to monitor the health of the primary…

 

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) has announced the availability of the most recent Massachusetts All-Payer Claims Database (MA APCD).

 

 

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today released its latest report offering insights into hospital inpatient utilization patterns.

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Ten years ago this November, the Center for Health Information and Analysis was created as part of a statewide effort to control the growth of health care costs,…

CHIA today released its most recent report on Behavioral Health and Readmissions in Massachusetts Acute Care Hospitals in SFY 2020.

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Highlighted in this issue of DataMatters is CHIA’s report on the quarterly financial performance of Massachusetts hospitals and health systems, with data through June 30, 2022.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today published its first report on primary care and behavioral health expenditures in Massachusetts.

CHIA has published its annual update on provider price variation in the commercial health insurance market.

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In this installment of DataMatters, CHIA is pleased to announce the release of an interactive dashboard on selected clinical quality measures for 2018 and 2020, featured under…

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today published summary results from the 2021 Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey (MHIS).

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today released summary results from a statewide health benefits survey of Massachusetts employers.

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This issue of DataMatters focuses on the relationship between where we live and our ability to access timely, affordable, and high-quality health care.

 

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today released a new report on hospital and health system financial performance for fiscal year (FY) 2021.

CHIA released its latest report in a series on health care equity in Massachusetts, Health Insurance Coverage and Care in Massachusetts, 2015-2019: A Baseline Assessment of Gaps by Geographic Region.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today published a comprehensive analysis of Massachusetts hospital performance for Fiscal Year 2020.

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Happy spring, and with it, hopes for sunnier weather and times ahead.

 

CHIA today published its most recent report on Hospital-Wide Adult All-Payer Readmissions in Massachusetts: SFY 2011-2020.

 

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today announced the release of its Annual Report on the Performance of the Massachusetts Health Care System.

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Happy 2022! With this publication, DataMatters marks one year of bringing CHIA data, its uses, and end-user products to your inboxes.

 

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) has published a new report on utilization and trends in hospital outpatient observation visits in the Commonwealth in the period leading up…

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today has announced the availability of the most recent Massachusetts All-Payer Claims Database (MA APCD).

CHIA has released a new report on health care equity in Massachusetts.

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In this month’s DataMatters, we’re sharing an inside look at how CHIA data supports two critical Commonwealth…

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Health care quality is the focus of September’s DataMatters.

The next MA APCD User Workgroup Webinar is Tuesday, September 28th at 3:00 p. m.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) announces the release of the Annual Massachusetts Acute Hospital and Health System Financial Performance Report for fiscal year (FY) 2020.

CHIA has published a new report that offers insights into emergency department (ED) utilization patterns in the period leading up to the outbreak of COVID-19.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) has released the latest edition of the monthly enrollment data summaries, with figures through June 2021.

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If you’re not lucky enough to be on vacation right now, may you find temporary repose catching…

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today published its latest quarterly update to the Massachusetts Acute Care Hospital Inpatient Discharge Data (FFY 2016-2019) report.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) released its latest report on Massachusetts Acute Hospital Financial Performance.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) has released its latest research brief, Over Half of Massachusetts Residents Report Unmet Health-Related Social Needs in Their Families.

CHIA has released its annual update on provider price variation in the commercial health insurance market.

Just a reminder: The Case Mix User Workgroup Webinar is Tuesday, June 22nd at 3:00 p. m.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) has published an expanded version of its latest monthly enrollment data summaries by key market sector to provide more insight into the…

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Tolstoy once described spring as “the time of plans and projects.

 

CHIA's Oversight Council will hold a remote public hearing on the agency's upcoming fiscal year 2022 budget.

CHIA today released its final installment in a new series of research notes, An Inside Look: Affordability Findings from the Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey (MHIS).

CHIA collects financial and patient-level data from Massachusetts health care payers and providers.

CHIA has published a preliminary update on hospital and health system financial performance for fiscal year 2020.

CHIA has published a quarterly update to the Massachusetts Acute Care Hospital Inpatient Discharge Data (FFY 2016-2019) report.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today announced the release of its Annual Report on the Performance of the Massachusetts Health Care System.

 

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) has published a comprehensive analysis of Massachusetts hospital performance for Fiscal Year 2019.

CHIA collects financial and patient-level data from Massachusetts health care payers and providers.

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CHIA today released the second installment in a series of research notes, An Inside Look: Affordability Findings from the Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey (MHIS). This installment includes two notes.

The MA APCD and Case Mix User Workgroup webinars are open monthly meetings for data users and CHIA staff to discuss CHIA data resources.

CHIA today released the first installment in a new series of research notes, An Inside Look: Affordability Findings from the Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey (MHIS).

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today released the latest edition of the monthly enrollment data summaries. This month's publication includes enrollment figures through November 2020.

The MA APCD and Case Mix User Workgroup webinars are open monthly meetings for data users and CHIA staff to discuss CHIA data resources.

The MA APCD and Case Mix User Workgroup webinars are open monthly meetings for CHIA staff and external users to discuss CHIA data.

A report released today from the Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) offers new insights into hospital inpatient utilization patterns in the period leading up to the outbreak of…

 

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) is pleased to announce the publication of a new hospital and health system financial performance report with data through June 30, 2020.…

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) is excited to announce the latest edition of the monthly enrollment data summaries. This release covers enrollment figures through September 2020.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) MA APCD and Case Mix User Workgroup meetings are an opportunity for MA APCD and Case Mix data users and CHIA's in-house…

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) is pleased to announce the publication of Offering and Enrollment in High Deductible Health Plans in Massachusetts Firms: Which Workers Can Offset…

CHIA is excited to announce the publication of its third report on behavioral health and readmissions in Massachusetts acute care hospitals.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) is excited to announce the publication of a new hospital and health system financial performance report, updated to include the period of…

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) announces the release of Massachusetts Acute Hospital and Health System Financial Performance for Fiscal Year 2019.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) is excited to release the next edition of the monthly enrollment data summaries.

The next APCD User Workgroup meeting will take place on Tuesday, September 22 at 3:00 p. m.  
Please register for this webinar at:

http://www. chiamass. gov/ma-apcd-and-case-mix-user-workgroup-information/.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) is now collecting cost reports for the fiscal year (FY) ending in 2019 from Temporary Nursing Services (TNS) agencies pursuant to regulation…

CHIA is pleased to publish the next edition of the monthly enrollment data summaries.

CHIA is pleased to announce the release of a new hospital and health system financial performance report, covering the months March through May 2020.

To provide more rapid insight into the impact of COVID-19 on insurance coverage in the Commonwealth, the Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) is now producing monthly enrollment data…

Massachusetts Acute Hospital Financial Performance provides a quarterly update on profitability, liquidity, and solvency for the fiscal year-to-date period ending March 31, 2020.

The 2019 HCF-1 (nursing facility), the new REA-CR (the realty company) and the MGT-CR (management company / central office) cost reports and associated instructions and user manuals are now available…

CHIA is excited to announce the publication of an interactive dashboard on selected clinical quality measures for 2018.

Today CHIA announced the release of the Findings from the 2019 Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey.

I hope this email finds you well.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today released an updated interactive dashboard of Enrollment Trends, offering new insights into changes in health insurance coverage in Massachusetts from September…

CHIA and the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association (MHA) are excited to announce the release of a report from the statewide Social Risk Factors and Readmissions Workgroup, which details the…

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today released its second study on prescription drug use and spending in an effort to shine a light on the drivers of…

Tomorrow, February 12th the Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) will hold a listening session to solicit public comments and feedback on proposed updates to CHIA's data specifications to…

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today published a comprehensive analysis of Massachusetts hospital performance for Fiscal Year 2018.

On February 12th the Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) will hold a listening session to solicit public comments and feedback on proposed updates to CHIA's data specifications to…

 

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CHIA has recently taken several steps to enhance the experience of MA APCD and Case Mix data applicants.

CHIA today released its most recent analysis of unplanned hospital readmissions in Massachusetts in Hospital-Wide Adult All-Payer Readmissions in Massachusetts: SFY 2011-2018.

Just a reminder that the next APCD User Workgroup meeting is tomorrow, Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at 3:00 p. m.

For the first time CHIA is releasing a report and interactive dashboard on the Nursing Facility Industry in Massachusetts.

 
 

Early this fall, the Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA), the Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MeHI), the Donaghue Foundation, the Harvard Medical School Department of Health Care Policy, and Freedman…

CHIA is excited to publish its second report on behavioral health and readmissions in Massachusetts acute care hospitals.

Just a reminder that the next Case Mix User Workgroup meeting is tomorrow on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 3:00 p. m.

Do you know any creative minds who can translate complex data into a user-friendly and easy to manage format?

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today announced the release of its 2019 Annual Report on the Performance of the Massachusetts Health Care System.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) is excited to announce the release of Massachusetts Acute Hospital and Health System Financial Performance for Fiscal Year 2018.

Just a reminder that the next APCD User Workgroup meeting is tomorrow, Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 3:00 p. m.

Just a reminder that the next Case Mix User Workgroup meeting is tomorrow on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 3:00 p. m.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today released an updated edition of Enrollment Trends, offering new insights into changes in health insurance coverage in Massachusetts from March 2017…

Do you know any creative minds who can translate complex data into a user-friendly and easy to manage format?

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today announced the release of summary results from a statewide health benefits survey of Massachusetts employers.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) would like to update you regarding the 2018 Nursing Facility Cost Reports.

CHIA has released a comprehensive examination of emergency department (ED) visits after inpatient discharge in Massachusetts acute care hospitals.

 

CHIA today released its annual update of provider price variation in the commercial health insurance market, facilitating comparison of average provider prices.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today published Affordability Issues Persist Despite Near Universal Health Insurance Coverage: Findings from the Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey, 2017.

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The Health Information and Analysis Oversight Council (Oversight Council) of the Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) will hold a public hearing on CHIA's upcoming fiscal…

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today announced the release of hospital-specific readmissions profiles, offering key insights into the performance of each of the 58 acute care hospitals…

 

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) would like to update you regarding the 2018 Nursing Facility Cost Reports.

 

 

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA), Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association, and Collaborative Healthcare Strategies have partnered to offer a webinar about CHIA's Hospital-Specific Readmissions Profiles.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today released an updated edition of Enrollment Trends, offering new insights into changes in health insurance coverage in Massachusetts from September 2016…

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) is now collecting cost reports for the fiscal year (FY) ending in 2017 from all Temporary Nursing Services Agencies (TNS).

 

CHIA would like to update you regarding the required submission of the Nursing Services Cost Report (NSR).

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) is excited to announce the availability of Release 7. 0 of the Massachusetts All-Payer Claims Database (MA APCD).

CHIA today released its most recent analysis of unplanned hospital readmissions in Massachusetts in Hospital-Wide Adult All-Payer Readmissions in Massachusetts: SFY 2011-2017.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today published a comprehensive analysis of Massachusetts hospital performance for Fiscal Year 2017.

The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) today announced the release of its 2018 Annual Report on the Performance of the Massachusetts Health Care System.