Key Reports on Cost Containment Options

Special Commission on Provider Price Reform Final Report

Report from the special commission charged with investigating variation in provider prices and recommending potential policy options for addressing variation. (November 2011)

Small Group Health Premiums in Massachusetts

Report from the Massachusetts Division of Insurance assessing a wide variety of policy options to address rising health insurance costs for the small group market. (July 2010)

Small Group Health Purchasing Cooperatives

Report from the Massachusetts Division of Insurance on three months of stakeholder discussions about open-access, health insurance purchasing cooperatives, also known as Association Health Plans. (July 2010)

The Health Care Cost Challenge and Policy Recommendations for Massachusetts

Overview of ten recommendations by the Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy for immediate and longer-term strategies to mitigate health care cost growth. (June 2010)

Controlling Health Care Spending in Massachusetts: An Analysis of Options

Report prepared by The RAND Corporation for the Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy assessing cost containment strategies and their potential effect on the health care system in Massachusetts. (August 2009)

Recommendations of the Special Commission on the Health Care Payment System

Final report of the Special Commission on the Health Care Payment System, which was charged with investigating and making recommendations on reforms that would encourage the provision of efficient and effective patient-centered care. (July 2009)

Roadmap to Cost Containment

Final report of the state's Health Care Quality and Cost Council (HCQCC) recommending strategies for sustainably containing cost growth in Massachusetts' health care. (November 2009)

Massachusetts Health Reform: Solving The Long-Run Cost Problem

John Holahan and Linda Blumberg from the Urban Institute authored this issue brief published by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation which outlines four different options Massachusetts could undertake to address the higher than anticipated costs associated with health reform. The brief also makes recommendation for altering parts of the individual mandate and the structure of the insurance subsidy. (January 2009)