Affordable, Innovative Care

PioneerHealth explores market-based reforms to rein in the cost and improve the quality of care in Massachusetts. Our healthcare research is focused on state and federal health care reform, Medicaid, and cost containment.

LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY TRACKER

With so many deaths occurring at long-term care facilities, in Massachusetts and other states, Pioneer has added a new COVID-19 tracker, with data from the state’s weekly Public Health Report. This data includes any nursing home, rehabilitation center or other long-term care facility with 2+ known COVID-19 cases and facility-reported deaths. This tracker includes the number of licensed beds, ranges of case numbers, deaths, and deaths per bed for 320 facilities.  Pioneer will update the tracker weekly.

PIONEER HEALTH POLICY AREAS

PRICE TRANSPARENCY
Barbara AnthonySenior Fellow in Healthcare
HEALTHCARE REFORM
Joshua ArchambaultSenior Fellow on Health Care Policy
LIFE SCIENCES
Dr. William S. SmithVisiting Fellow in the Life Sciences

Study Finds Pandemic Likely to Negatively Impact Biopharmaceutical Sector

Contrary to conventional wisdom that says the coronavirus pandemic will generally benefit biopharmaceutical companies, a new Pioneer Institute study finds many companies will emerge from the pandemic commercially weaker, dealing with delays in new product launches and with fewer resources to invest in research and development.
COVID-19 IMPACT AND RESPONSE

HHS COVID Funding Tracker

As of July, the Feds have distributed $86.7 billion to medical providers, of which $2.3 billion came to Massachusetts. Pioneer’s new HHS COVID-19 Funding app shows who and how much, from the $1 sent to American Current Care of Massachusetts, to the $418,034,675 sent to the MA Department of Public Health. We also break down the distribution by city or town.
EXPANDING HEALTHCARE ACCESS

A Tipping Point for Telehealth – Bringing Healthcare into Your Home

This week on "Hubwonk," Joe Selvaggi and Josh Archambault talk with Dr. Roy Schoenberg, Chief Executive of Amwell, a global telehealth technology company headquartered in Boston, about the promise of telemedicine and how the COVID-19 pandemic has catalyzed broader adoption.

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Read More of Our Commentary:

Combatting COVID-19: Life in the MGH Emergency Room

June 16, 2020/by Editorial Staff

In The Era Of COVID-19, Mass. Needs To Get Long-Term Care Right

May 20, 2020/by Barbara Anthony

Baker needs to expand telehealth further

March 25, 2020/by Joshua Archambault

Report: Rare Disease Patients Hurt by “One-Size-Fits-All” ICER Framework

June 26, 2019/by Editorial Staff

Putting a Price on Life: The Coming Fight Over Government Rationing of Medical Care

June 12, 2019/by Editorial Staff

Here’s why Sarah Palin’s ‘death panels’ are now being debated in Massachusetts

April 25, 2019/by Editorial Staff

Issue Brief: Problems With The Institute of Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) and the QALY Methodology

April 23, 2019/by Editorial Staff

Commentary: Proposed Drug Price Caps Would Stall Advances in Health Care

April 23, 2019/by Editorial Staff
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Hewitt Healthcare Lecture

In 2006, Pioneer Institute launched an effort to endow a healthcare research and lecture program in memory of its former chairman, “Colby” Hewitt. To donate to the Hewitt Endowment, click here.

Past Hewitt Lecture Series Events

U-Turn: America’s Return to State Healthcare Solutions

With Congress and the Trump Administration poised to repeal the Affordable Care Act, many observers are asking what the replacement plan looks like.  A new book, U-Turn: America’s Return to State Healthcare Solutions, proposes that the states take the lead in healthcare reform, as Massachusetts did in 2006, and that Washington facilitate the transition, rather than try to dictate every move.

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