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MAY 2025

CHIA is ramping up for a busy end of spring and start to the summer with several publications on the way!

We want to call out CHIA’s recent reporting on hospital and hospital health system reporting. In April, we released the latest Hospital and Hospital Health System Year-to-Date Financial Dashboard, which includes quarterly financial data for the period through December 2024. Then in May, we updated our Hospital and Hospital Health System Annual Performance Dashboard with hospital fiscal year (HFY) 2024 financial data. This iteration of the dashboard includes annual financial data for all Massachusetts hospitals (excluding three with a fiscal year end of December 31) as well as annual hospital utilization data through HFY 2023 for easy access alongside the financial data.

In our “News You Can Use” segment, we highlight CHIA’s recent work on primary care and behavioral health in Massachusetts, focusing on our reporting of spending in these critical areas.

Earlier this spring, CHIA held its quarterly Oversight Council meeting, which can be livestreamed on YouTube. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, June 18.

As always, you’ll find below a list of upcoming health care-related events that may be of interest to our readers. And if you have any questions or opinions you want to share, please send your feedback to newsletter@chiamass.gov. We always want to hear from our readers.

Last month, CHIA published its latest report on primary care and behavioral health spending. This report is part of a series of analyses CHIA performs on the state of primary care and behavioral health in Massachusetts.

Primary care and behavioral health comprise an array of vital services that can meaningfully shape patient outcomes and is foundational to a well-performing Massachusetts health care system. CHIA collects data and reports on payments made by health plans to primary care and behavioral health service providers—including insurer-paid and member-cost sharing amounts—as part of its efforts to inform policy initiatives, investments, and delivery system reforms. The PCBH Spending report focuses on spending for primary care and behavioral health services for members enrolled in private commercial, MassHealth, and Medicare Advantage plans for calendar years 2022 and 2023.

CHIA also maintains two dashboards as part of its effort to shine further light on primary care and behavioral health in Massachusetts. These dashboards seek to provide a comprehensive fact-base to inform targeted policy solutions and investments as well as monitor the impact of such reforms.

In the coming weeks, we will be publishing updates to the primary care dashboard and behavioral health dashboard. Both publications include an interactive Tableau report enabling additional data stratifications.

Hospital and Hospital Health System Year-To-Date Report

April 2025



CHIA released its latest year-to-date hospital and health system financial performance data, which includes the quarterly period through December 2024. The release includes data from acute hospitals, associated health systems, and physician organizations and provides an update on profitability, liquidity, and solvency for these entities. This publication is presented as an interactive Tableau dashboard and, for the first time, an enhanced databook.

Primary Care and Behavioral Health Spending Report

April 2025

In April, CHIA published its latest report on primary care and behavioral health spending in Massachusetts. This report focuses on spending for these services for members enrolled in private commercial, MassHealth, and Medicare Advantage plans for calendar years 2022 and 2023. Additional analyses in this report include primary care and behavioral health spending metrics by age group, payer, and managing physician group.

HFY 2024 Hospital and Hospital Health System Annual Performance Dashboard

May 2025

The latest iteration of the dashboard includes hospital and hospital health system financial data for hospital fiscal year (HFY) 2024 for all Massachusetts hospitals, excluding three with a fiscal year end of December 31. The remaining hospitals will be included in the next release, planned for fall 2025.

This dashboard provides annual hospital financial and utilization data in one place for easy access and is accompanied by a detailed databook used to calculate the included metrics. It will be updated on a rolling basis throughout the calendar year with new information on hospital utilization as the data becomes available.

Forthcoming! Health Care Equity Dashboard

May 2025

In the next few days, CHIA will publish its first dashboard on Health Care Equity in Massachusetts. Keep a look out for the announcement. 

This section includes events and announcements of interest to our community, organized by CHIA, other Commonwealth agencies, and others.

Massachusetts Health Policy Commission Board Meeting

Thursday, June 5, 2025, 12 PM

Virtual

The HPC’s 11-member Board meets approximately every 6 weeks throughout the year to review the agency’s major workstreams and other topics related to health care cost containment and reform. Major reports, statutory regulations, and publications are authorized by a majority vote at these meetings. Meetings will stream live on HPC’s YouTube channel.

Health Equity Trends Summit

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

JFK Library and Museum, Boston

The Health Equity Trends Summit, hosted by the Health Equity Compact, is a public discussion on actions to achieve health equity reform across Massachusetts. For more details, go to the Summit event page.

Primary Care Access, Delivery, and Payment Task Force

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 10 AM – 12 PM

Virtual

The second meeting of the task force will take place on June 17 and can be livestreamed on the Health Policy Commission’s YouTube channel. This taskforce was charged with studying and making recommendations to improve primary care access, delivery, and payment in the Commonwealth. See the taskforce website for more information.

CHIA Oversight Council Meeting

Thursday, June 18, 2025, 2 PM

Virtual

CHIA’s appointed Oversight Council meets quarterly to discuss agency priorities and agenda-setting. The next meeting is scheduled for June 18 and will stream live on CHIA’s YouTube channel.

CHIA Data User Workgroup

Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 3 PM

Virtual

These ongoing meetings are designed for data users and other interested parties to connect with CHIA to discuss analytical techniques and best practices in research using CHIA’s MA APCD and Case Mix databases. For more information, including past presentations and user support materials, visit the data user workgroup information page or the CHIA Data page.

National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) Annual Conference

September 8-10, 2025

San Diego, CA



NASHP’s 38th Annual Conference aims to bring attention to the issues facing state health policymakers and highlight possible solutions shared by the nation’s leading experts. Topics will include lowering prescription drug costs, hospital costs, Medicaid, telehealth, social determinants of health, behavioral health, and more. Go to the event page to learn more and to register for the event.

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