Enrollment in MassHealth

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MassHealth Enrollment Table

As of April, 2009, more than 1.1 million residents were enrolled in MassHealth. Click here to view recent enrollment trends. Click here to view a breakdown of MassHealth enrollment both by coverage type (the specific part of MassHealth through which people are covered) and by program (the type of delivery system through which MassHealth provides coverage).

The Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute is an independent and nonpartisan source of data and analysis about the Commonwealth’s Medicaid program.

Analysis From MMPI

Massachusetts Medicaid Fertile Ground for Health Care Payment Changes
MassHealth could play a crucial role in containing health care costs. This report outlines how global payments could be used in Massachusetts Medicaid. Global payments have been recommended by the Special Commission on Health System Payment and the Massachusetts Health Care Quality and Cost Council as a means of reigning in health care cost increases and improving care coordination.

Medicaid Prescription Drug Quality and Cost Management: Options, Opportunities and Progress
On Nov. 13, 2009, MMPI partnered with the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum and Community Catalyst to sponsor a forum exploring efforts in Massachusetts to improve quality and control Medicaid prescription drug costs. Click here for the issue brief released at the forum, and here for materials from the November 13 forum.

The MassHealth Waiver: 2009-2011 . . . And Beyond
This report analyzes components of the federal waiver granted to the state on December 22, 2008 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The waiver authorizes critical federal funding for several health coverage programs for low-income individuals and for the Commonwealth’s safety net health system for uninsured residents. It is the programmatic and financial underpinning of the Commonwealth’s landmark 2006 health care reform law.

Long-Term Care in Massachusetts: Facts at a Glance
Massachusetts has a lengthy history of supporting the long-term care needs of elders and people with disabilities across the lifespan. This fact sheet provides a snapshot of the current state of long-term care supports in the Commonwealth, including information about the populations who use long-term care supports, projected changes in the demand for and cost of these services, and trends in utilization and payer mix.

Massachusetts Medicaid in Perspective: An Analysis of Spending Growth and Economic Growth, 1996-2007
This issue brief shows that, contrary to common perception, Medicaid cost growth in Massachusetts has exceeded growth in the economy only modestly since the mid-1990s.

From The Executive Director

Health Reform Suffers As Non-Profits Shut Down

One of the great strengths of the Massachusetts health reform effort has been recognition by the state and the health policy community that maximizing insurance coverage requires more than just expanding eligibility for public programs. Effective reform requires ongoing financial support for outreach and enrollment, ongoing assessment of health care disparities, and an eye toward the consumer experience on the ground to assure that high quality coverage and care are available to all.

Enroll In MassHealth

If you are seeking information on how to enroll in MassHealth, please visit the state’s MassHealth website or contact Health Care For All, a healthcare consumer advocacy nonprofit.

Health Care Quality and Cost

The Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute has a seat on the Massachusetts Health Care Quality and Cost Council, which works to improve health care quality, contain health care costs, and reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health care.


The Health Care Quality and Cost Council on Oct. 22 approved a “Roadmap to Cost Containment,” a plan for controlling health care costs in the Commonwealth through 11 interdependent strategies. The Council believes these strategies, if implemented together in a deliberate and sustained manner, will contain cost growth in health care in Massachusetts and also improve the quality of care. Click here to see the full Roadmap.

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