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CHIA has produced its inaugural dashboard of metrics to monitor the performance of behavioral health care in the Commonwealthn Behavioral health encompasses services and treatment for both mental health and substance use disorders (SUD), an array of vital services that can meaningfully shape patient outcomes. Measuring and tracking indicators of behavioral health care provides an essential fact base that enables data-driven policymaking and delivery system reforms. As demonstrated by metrics from this year’s dashboard, while rates of follow-up care have increased, difficulties and disparities in accessing care highlight gaps in the Massachusetts behavioral health system. Read more....
Enrollment Trends monitors health insurance coverage in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, where coverage is defined by unique Massachusetts residents with primary, medical membership in the 14 largest commercial payers, MassHealth (Medicaid), or Medicare. Read more...
Hospitals and the health systems to which they belong play an important role in the Massachusetts health care system and are critical to achieving the Commonwealth’s goals of controlling costs while improving the quality of care delivered. In an effort to provide a more comprehensive look at the acute hospital industry, CHIA has merged hospital and hospital health system data into one interactive dashboard below. This dashboard includes both financial and utilization data. Read more....
Primary care and behavioral health care (PCBH) comprise an array of vital services that can meaningfully shape patient outcomes and are often associated with lower health care costs and higher quality. However, comprehensive data on expenditures for these services in Massachusetts has been limited. To build a foundational dataset that can support future policy initiatives and provide insight into the Commonwealth’s investment in these areas, CHIA collected data on payments made by commercial health plans to health care providers delivering primary care and behavioral health services. Read more...
As part of CHIA’s ongoing work to monitor health care quality in the Commonwealth, Select Clinical Quality and Patient Experience Measures, 2020–2022 examines performance across a subset of metrics from the NCQA Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)* and the Patient Experience Survey (PES). Read more...
CHIA has developed dashboards providing analyses and trends sourced from the Massachusetts Acute Care Hospital Inpatient Discharge (Case Mix) Database. These dashboards give insights into hospital inpatient emergency department and outpatient observation utilization patterns. Read more....
Health care prices for similar health care services vary considerably both in Massachusetts and across the United States. CHIA reports on this variation using a methodology that accounts for price differences that might be justified by:
o The patient's illness or complexity of care needed
o The type of commercial health insurance plan
o The array of medical services supported at the institution
This publication includes customizable interactive graphics along with an executive summary and databook. Read more....
The Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey (MHIS) provides information on health care coverage, access and affordability trends in Massachusetts. The MHIS is a tool used by legislators, policymakers, employers, insurers and other stakeholders to monitor the experiences of Massachusetts residents in receiving timely and affordable health care. Read more....
CHIA has released its latest analysis on commercial prescription drug use and spending in an effort to shine a light on the drivers of pharmacy expenditures, including high volume and high-cost drugs. The latest dashboard and detailed dataset, allows users to see drivers of prescription drug spending as well as the associated conditions these drugs treat. Read more....
Massachusetts health and human service providers are experiencing unprecedented workforce shortages. Additionally, the lack of diversity in the health care workforce adversely affects the health outcomes of people of color. These distinct, but related issues of workforce capacity and diversity have clear consequences for access to care, quality of care, cost, and health outcomes. CHIA's Massachusetts Health Care Workforce Survey (MHCW) collected vital information on staffing capacity and diversity across 10 key sectors. The data collected in this survey aim to provide a critical fact base to inform policies and programs and support ongoing monitoring of workforce trends in the health and human service sectors. Read more....
CHIA, in collaboration with Massachusetts Health Quality Partners has published the latest primary care dashboard to monitor the health of the primary care system in the Commonwealth. A high-functioning primary care system can lead to better patient outcomes, lower costs, and more equitable care. Access to these services improves overall population health and can reduce avoidable emergency department visits. Read more...
CHIA considers how medical spending varieds across Massachusetts communities, and whether there was a relationship between certain spending categories and community characteristics. Findings are reported in an interactive dashboard and trends report, presenting data on demographics by community as well as the relationship between these community characteristics and total medical expenses by insurance population and across TME service categories. Data is presented at the community level by municipality and ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA). Read more....