Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Health Care Financing

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Thursday, March 13, 2025

Start Time:

12:00 PM

Location:

Gardner Auditorium

Event Description

Joint Committee on Health Care Financing & Health Policy Commission Public Hearing on a Potential Modification of the CY 2026 Health Care Cost Growth Benchmark

Please be advised that, pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 6D § 9, the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing and the Health Policy Commission will meet jointly in a public oversight hearing to consider a potential adjustment of the health care cost growth benchmark for the average growth in total health care expenditures for calendar year 2026.

The hearing will be held at the State House in Gardner Auditorium. At the hearing, the HPC’s Board and members of the state Legislature’s Joint Committee on Health Care Financing will consider data, information, and testimony regarding whether modification of the health care cost growth benchmark is appropriate. The event will be in-person and will be livestreamed via both the HPC’s YouTube channel and the Hearings & Events section of the legislative website.

The Health Policy Commission is the coordinating entity for this hearing. Please contact the Health Policy Commission at (617) 979-1400 with any questions. Additional information may be found on the Health Policy Commission hearing notice: https://masshpc.gov/sites/default/files/2025-01/2025_Notice-Benchmark.pdf.

Parties wishing to provide testimony during the hearing may sign up to do so by emailing Ashley.Caunter@mass.gov. All submissions must include the sender’s full name and address. Parties who are unable to submit electronic comments should mail submissions to Ashley Caunter, Government Affairs Manager, 50 Milk Street, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02109. All testimony and comments must be received by 5:00 PM on Friday, March 14, 2025.

The HPC does not discriminate on the basis of disability and is committed to providing accessible programs, meetings, and events. To request reasonable modification to participate in this event, please contact Aisha Anderson at Aisha.Anderson@mass.gov. Requests made after February 27, 2025, will be considered but may not be possible to fill.

Please Note: All written comments submitted to the HPC may be posted on the HPC’s website and released in response to a request for public records.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Health Care Financing - 3-13-2025	3/13/2025 12:00 PM	02:57:18

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Health Care Financing

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Annual Hearing on a Potential Modification of the Health Care Cost Growth Benchmark 12:00pm - 3:00pm