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Welcome to the Manatt State Cost Containment Update, a digital publication produced with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and developed in coordination with the Peterson-Milbank Program for...more
Cost growth benchmarking programs allow states to see a complete picture of total health care spending in their markets, and pinpoint cost drivers. They empower states with the information to exercise appropriate regulatory...more
As state leaders continue to grapple with unsustainable rates of health care cost growth, benchmarking programs have continued to proliferate across states as a strategy for better understanding health care cost drivers,...more
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As states grow increasingly concerned over soaring health care costs,...more
The focus on healthcare cost containment has grown dramatically since Massachusetts enacted the first cost benchmarking program in 2012. Since the program’s inception, commercial spending growth in Massachusetts has dropped...more
Editor’s Note: Seeking methods to better understand and control healthcare costs, many states are taking a careful look at a state-defined spending target, or “benchmarking” model, that originated in Massachusetts and has...more
State interest in healthcare cost containment has grown dramatically since Massachusetts enacted the nation’s first cost benchmarking program in 2012. At that time, most states were focused on coverage expansion through the...more