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May 27, 2026

The Effect of the Massachusetts Health Care Cost Growth Benchmark on Hospital Revenues and Other Spending Outcomes: Associations with Hospital Revenue, Hospital Prices, and Insurance Premiums

In this report, the authors evaluate the effects of the Massachusetts health care cost growth benchmark—established in 2012 to constrain health care spending—on hospital revenues, hospital prices, and health insurance premiums.
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Jan 21, 2026

Evaluating the Integration of a COVID-19 Symptom Checker Into an Asthma-Focused Mhealth Application

This study evaluates the integration of a COVID-19 symptom checker into an asthma-focused mHealth application.
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Dec 4, 2025

Five States' Approaches to Aspects of Condominium Law

In this report, we provide detailed information on the laws and regulations of each relevant state and describe the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to condominium regulation, identified through expert interviews and a review of relevant research.
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Nov 24, 2025

Meeting the Needs of Massachusetts Veterans: An Assessment and Draft Strategy for the Commonwealth

The authors partnered with Massachusetts’s Executive Office of Veterans Services (EOVS) to better understand the well-being of veterans. The authors identified unmet veteran needs and evaluated how well EOVS programs are serving veterans.
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Oct 17, 2025

Insurance Denials for Fluoride Varnish and Well-Child Visits

We used all-payer claims data (APCD) to examine claim denials for fluoride varnish applications and well-child medical visits (WCVs) for Medicaid and private insurers in Massachusetts.
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Aug 15, 2025

Evaluating the Cultural Adaptation of Evidence-Based HIV Prevention Interventions for African Immigrant Women: Exploratory Pilot Mixed-Methods Study

Culturally-adapted HIV prevention programs for African-born Black women in the US showed high feasibility and acceptability, addressing key gaps and supporting future trials to boost condom and PrEP use.
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Oct 2, 2024

Beyond Teachers: Estimating Individual School Counselors' Effects on Educational Attainment

This paper uses the quasi-random assignment of counselors and finds that counselors vary substantially in their effectiveness at increasing high school graduation and college attendance, selectivity, and persistence.
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Dec 6, 2023

Barriers and Facilitators to Optimal Fluoride Varnish Application

Guidelines recommend that children under age six receive fluoride varnish (FV) in medical settings. However, application rates remain low. This study aimed to update understanding of barriers and facilitators to guideline concordant FV application.
Commentary

Jun 9, 2023

Your Health Insurance May Not Be As Good As Your State Requires—and It's Perfectly Legal

Massachusetts has a law to ensure ease of access to birth control pills, saying there should be no copays and women can fill a 12-month prescription at once. Infertility care has similar protections. But many health plans don't have to comply with state laws because they are “self-insured.”
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Sep 15, 2022

Strengthening Students' Social and Emotional Skills: Lessons from Six Case Studies of Schools and Out-of-School-Time Program Partners (Volume 2, Part 1)

How do elementary schools and out-of-school-time programs partner to deliver social and emotional learning to children? This cross-cutting report summarizes six case studies and highlights shared themes.
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Sep 15, 2022

Expanding Social and Emotional Learning Beyond the School Walls in Boston: One of Six Case Studies of Schools and Out-of-School-Time Program Partners (Volume 2, Part 2)

This case study explores how the Russell Elementary School and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester partnered in Boston to provide social and emotional learning enrichment off campus as part of the school day.
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Jan 28, 2021

Survival Rates in Trauma Patients Following Health Care Reform in Massachusetts

This article examines the effect of Massachusetts health care reform on survival rates of injured patients.

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The Effect of the Massachusetts Health Care Cost Growth Benchmark on Hospital Revenues and Other Spending Outcomes: Associations with Hospital Revenue, Hospital Prices, and Insurance Premiums

Evaluating the Integration of a COVID-19 Symptom Checker Into an Asthma-Focused Mhealth Application

Five States' Approaches to Aspects of Condominium Law

Meeting the Needs of Massachusetts Veterans: An Assessment and Draft Strategy for the Commonwealth

Insurance Denials for Fluoride Varnish and Well-Child Visits

Evaluating the Cultural Adaptation of Evidence-Based HIV Prevention Interventions for African Immigrant Women: Exploratory Pilot Mixed-Methods Study

Beyond Teachers: Estimating Individual School Counselors' Effects on Educational Attainment

Barriers and Facilitators to Optimal Fluoride Varnish Application

Your Health Insurance May Not Be As Good As Your State Requires—and It's Perfectly Legal

Strengthening Students' Social and Emotional Skills: Lessons from Six Case Studies of Schools and Out-of-School-Time Program Partners (Volume 2, Part 1)

Expanding Social and Emotional Learning Beyond the School Walls in Boston: One of Six Case Studies of Schools and Out-of-School-Time Program Partners (Volume 2, Part 2)

Survival Rates in Trauma Patients Following Health Care Reform in Massachusetts

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The Effect of the Massachusetts Health Care Cost Growth Benchmark on Hospital Revenues and Other Spending Outcomes: Associations with Hospital Revenue, Hospital Prices, and Insurance Premiums

Evaluating the Integration of a COVID-19 Symptom Checker Into an Asthma-Focused Mhealth Application

Five States' Approaches to Aspects of Condominium Law

Meeting the Needs of Massachusetts Veterans: An Assessment and Draft Strategy for the Commonwealth

Insurance Denials for Fluoride Varnish and Well-Child Visits

Evaluating the Cultural Adaptation of Evidence-Based HIV Prevention Interventions for African Immigrant Women: Exploratory Pilot Mixed-Methods Study

Beyond Teachers: Estimating Individual School Counselors' Effects on Educational Attainment

Barriers and Facilitators to Optimal Fluoride Varnish Application

Your Health Insurance May Not Be As Good As Your State Requires—and It's Perfectly Legal

Strengthening Students' Social and Emotional Skills: Lessons from Six Case Studies of Schools and Out-of-School-Time Program Partners (Volume 2, Part 1)

Expanding Social and Emotional Learning Beyond the School Walls in Boston: One of Six Case Studies of Schools and Out-of-School-Time Program Partners (Volume 2, Part 2)

Survival Rates in Trauma Patients Following Health Care Reform in Massachusetts

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