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The 2026 MA Employer Survey (MES) has launched! MES provides insights into employer-sponsored health insurance, shaping the state's health insurance landscape. Your participation is crucial. www.chiamass.gov/mes
#MES2026 #MassCHIA #MassachusettsEmployers #MABusinesses

CHIA’s latest hospital profiles dashboards

CHIA’s latest hospital profiles provide insights into the utilization and financial performance of #Massachusetts hospitals and health systems.

#MassCHIA #HealthData #HealthPolicy #Massachusetts #Hospital

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CHIA's Massachusetts Nursing Facility Dashboard

𝑵𝒆𝒘! Check out CHIA's latest 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱. Find out about industry-level and facility-level financial performance and quality.

See: tinyurl.com/ms38bec9

Massachusetts skilled nursing facilities contribute close to 𝟭𝟮 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 of care per year. To monitor the financial health, CHIA publishes individual facility cost reports including information on associated realty and/or management companies.

See: tinyurl.com/2fct9ybz

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𝗜𝗖𝗬𝗠𝗜 - 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗔’𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.

Get caught up with our 2025 publications including our Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey, Primary Care Dashboard, and our Special Report on How Rising Health Care Costs Impact Massachusetts Residents.

www.chiamass.gov/publications

#MassCHIA

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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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𝗜𝗖𝗬𝗠𝗜—The results from the 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘀 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 are now available.

See: tinyurl.com/bdeh3z7d

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....

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."

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

Watch the #Massachusetts Primary Care Task Force meeting happening at 10:00, today!
masshpc.gov/meetings/tas...

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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:
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#MassCHIA #HealthData #HealthPolicy #medicaldebt #healthcareresearch

Health Care Cost Trends Hearing

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...

ICYMI: CHIA published its HFY 2024 Massachusetts Hospital and Health System Annual Financial Performance Report, including profitability, liquidity, and solvency: tinyurl.com/ahxrdjck

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...

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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...

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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...

CHIA Relative Price web page: https://www.chiamass.gov/

ICYMI—read the latest report from CHIA on provider price variation among Massachusetts hospitals and physician groups. tinyurl.com/mpaxesbz

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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

Research Brief: Black and Hispanic Residents in Massachusetts Report Higher Rates of Unmet Health-Related Social Needs in Their Families

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:
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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....

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...

DataMatters Newsletter Masthead (from the Center for Health Information and Analysis)

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-...

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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

CHIA's Behavioral Health Dashboard logo: Symbols representing five key areas of analysis: access, finance, utilization, quality, and equity.

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

"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

"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

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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

Center for Health Information and Analysis Primary Care Dashboard logo. The image outlines the domains of Finance, Capacity, Performance and Equity.

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

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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-...

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

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-...

DataMatters - Providing the Factual Foundation of Health Policy. CHIA's Bi-Monthly Newsletter

Check out CHIA's latest issue of DataMatters!

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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...