This issue brief summarizes the key terms and conditions of the extension of a federal Section 1115 demonstration waiver for MassHealth, the Massachusetts Medicaid program. The waiver allows the Commonwealth to experiment with innovative strategies for delivering and financing health care for many of its Medicaid-eligible residents.

In this commentary, the authors discuss, based on their experiences, concerns related to academic health centers partnering with correctional facilities, how existing partnerships have overcome those concerns, and the benefits of such relationships to both academic health centers and correctional facilities.

Results of a Massachusetts conducted focus groups with families about insurance quality measures.

This presentation outlines a successful hepatitis C medication monitoring program instituted by Clinical Pharmacy Services for MassHealth, the Massachusetts Medicaid program. The program used outreach and education strategies to communicate with prescribers about regimens that were the most effective in treating the virus and containing costs.

Katharine London joined a roster of health care leaders at a Brookings Institution MEDTalk on Medicaid innovation to discuss how alternative payment models can support innovative ways of providing care for children with asthma.

Many primary care practices wish to become patient-centered medical homes, but the transformation process can be daunting. Here, three experts offer some professional advice.

An email subject line can be a powerful first impression of an online survey.

This post offers ideas for creating subject lines that maximize email open rates and survey completion rates.

This presentation details the impact of state Medicaid programs placing lifetime limits on buprenorphine therapy for individuals with opioid dependence. The research reveals that setting limits does not save money or help the patient.

It is widely recognized that companies that embrace diversity and inclusion have a competitive advantage when recruiting employees and winning the loyalty of customers. This article explores how increasing the presence of disabled workers in the work force could have the same effect.  

In 2012, the evaluation team at UMass Medical School, in collaboration with Vermont, revised the Choices for Care (CFC) evaluation plan to focus on specific outcomes for which data are available and that are actionable, have policy relevance, and encompass the continuum of settings.