This analysis documents price variations across the state and suggests a process and methodology that the Vermont Green Mountain Care Board could use to set standard rates.  The report determined that inpatient prices among Vermont's 14 hospitals and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire vary from 71 to 130 percent of the state average. 

This article discusses the economic impacts of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act and was based upon a presentation given by the authors in January 2014 at the Boston University School of Law symposium,  "Improved Health at a Reduced Cost?  Economic Perspectives on the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act."

This article highlights a buprenorphine dose-based prior authorization policy developed by MassHealth, the Massachusetts Medicaid program, in consultation with UMass Medical School. The policy may be a model for other states that are concerned about diversion of buprenorphine among individuals with opioid dependence.

This presentation describes Medicaid & CHIP requirements to report performance indicators, describes the marketplace federal reporting requirements, describes and analyze initial results from the reporting requirements, and reviews the future of federal reporting for Medicaid & CHIP.

Presentation of study that found women with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) comprise fewer than 1% of deliveries in the United States, but they and their infants are at significantly elevated risk of adverse outcomes.

This article examines the impact of a 2-year stepwise initiative to reduce utilization and therapy costs of long-acting opioid analgesics by addressing issues of high dose, daily dose, and preferred therapeutic alternatives. The study demonstrated that a state Medicaid program initiative can result in a significant decrease in opioid class utilization specifically for the targeted, more costly agents.

A presentation exploring how health reform will impact access to interpreters for individuals with Limited English Proficiency and individuals who are deaf.

This report summarizes findings from the 2012 Massachusetts Health Reform Survey (MHRS) commissioned by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

This presentation provides an overview of the innovative approaches and lessons learned from the Massachusetts Personal and Home Care Aide State Training (PHCAST) grant, a project managed by UMass Medical School for the Executive Office of Health and Human Services. PHCAST defined core competencies for direct care workers, and developed a standardized training in those competencies.