This past August, the Massachusetts Senate and the Millbank Memorial Fund Healthcare Working Group held three roundtable discussions geared towards finding solutions to rising healthcare costs and providing patients with more coordinated care. The roundtables come almost two months after both the Senate and House rejected Governor Charlie Baker’s proposed healthcare reforms aimed at curbing rising MassHealth spending.

Each of the roundtable discussions was focused on a specific topic in the healthcare sector. The first discussion focused on care delivery systems and behavioral health integration, the second looked at long term care, and the final roundtable was dedicated to chronic and acute care management.