Massachusetts § 13B Hospital rate increases; quality standards and benchmarks

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 13B — Hospital rate increases; quality standards and benchmarks

Massachusetts § 13B

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XVIIPUBLIC WELFARE

Ch. 118EDIVISION OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118E, § 13B (2026).

Text

Section 13B. Hospital rate increases shall be made contingent upon hospital adherence to quality standards and achievement of performance benchmarks, including the reduction of racial and ethnic disparities in the provision of health care. Such benchmarks shall be developed or adopted by the executive office of health and human services so as to advance a common national framework for quality measurement and reporting, drawing on measures that are approved by the National Quality Forum and adopted by the Hospitals Quality Alliance and other national groups concerned with quality, in addition to the Boston Public Health Commission Disparities Project Hospital Working Group Report Guidelines. The office of Medicaid shall consult with the MassHealth payment policy advisory board established u

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Section 13B. Hospital rate increases shall be made contingent upon hospital adherence to quality standards and achievement of performance benchmarks, including the reduction of racial and ethnic disparities in the provision of health care. Such benchmarks shall be developed or adopted by the executive office of health and human services so as to advance a common national framework for quality measurement and reporting, drawing on measures that are approved by the National Quality Forum and adopted by the Hospitals Quality Alliance and other national groups concerned with quality, in addition to the Boston Public Health Commission Disparities Project Hospital Working Group Report Guidelines. The office of Medicaid shall consult with the MassHealth payment policy advisory board established under section 16M of said chapter 6A, during the process of developing these quality standards and performance benchmarks.