Providers and insurers, including MassHealth, will be required to increase spending on behavioral health and primary care by 30% over three years.
Calendar year 2019 spending will serve as the baseline; provider and insurer performance against the target will be based on expenditures through calendar year 2024. The legislation does not prescribe how providers and insurers must achieve the target, instead leaving decision-making to the discretion of the individual provider and insurer organization. Providers and insurers will be required to report their progress on an annual basis through existing processes overseen by the Center for Health Information Analysis (CHIA) and the Health Policy Commission (HPC).