Learn the actions health plan decision makers should consider while developing a comprehensive managed long-term services and supports program.

This brief, compiled by experts from our Center for Health Law and Economics, goes over the basics of MassHealth's introduction of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). It includes a brief introduction of what an ACO is, the three distinct types of ACOs, who they serve, the services they provide and how they can improve care and contain costs.

Our researchers and pharmacists set out to find out how well Ledipasvir/sofosbuvir worked in treating Hepatitis C virus in a Medicaid population. They found the treatment was largely successful in creating a sustained viral response, which was achieved in 95% of members.

In an Op-Ed piece for CommonWealth magazine, Warren J. Ferguson of the Health and Criminal Justice Program provides

real world examples of how methadone has proven it's efficacy in other states and why this treatment needs to be offered to all incarcerated persons, including those in Massachusetts, with substance us disorder.

A team from our Center for Health Policy and Research dig into data on Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplementary Security Income across the United States. Their findings strongly suggest geographic variation in program participation is most likely a result of socioeconomic differences and disability prevalence.

A case study on MassOptions, a free online and telephonic help service that simplifies access to long term services and supports for the elderly, individuals with disabilities and their caregivers in Massachusetts. MassOptions is a program supported by the multidisciplinary team of the UMass Medical School, UHealthSolutions, the Executive Office of Elder Affairs and Community Partners. 

This poster gives an overview of pulmonary exacerbation rates pre- and post-initiation of Lumacaftor/Ivacaftor (LUM/IVA) in Massachusetts' Medicaid program. Before this study, there had been no published data evaluating real-world outcomes for Medicaid patients receiving this therapy. 

In an Op-Ed piece for Governing magazine, Robert Seifert and Katharine London from the Center for Health Law and Economics discuss the challenges policy makers face in navigating the path to single payer health-insurance in the United States, and offer some lessons learned from Vermont and California.

This presentation shares the results of a prescriber outreach program seeking to evaluate awareness of the dangers of co-prescribing opioids with other powerful stimulants.  

This report from the Hispanic Health Council offers a number of policy recommendations for community health workers for communities that might benefit from community-based services.