(June 2026)
MHQP extends its deepest gratitude to Barbra Rabson for her extraordinary leadership and unwavering dedication as the leader of the organization for the past 28 years. Barbra’s passion, vision, and commitment to excellence have inspired us all, and her legacy will continue to guide us as we move forward.
Barbra has chosen to share this excerpt from her
(June 2026)
The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) has released its latest Primary Care Dashboard to monitor the health of the primary care system in Massachusetts in collaboration with MHQP.
The dashboard tracks the performance of the Commonwealth’s primary care system across six key domains: finance, capacity, utilization, access, care, and equity. This year’s release includes new
(May 2026)
Barbra Rabson was honored to give the opening talk for a meeting hosted by the Mass Health Council focused on 20 years of quality improvement since the passage of Chapter 58. Chapter 58 is the landmark Massachusetts healthcare reform law that established near-universal health insurance coverage across the
(May 2026)
What a night celebrating MHQP’s 30th anniversary at the Museum of Science! We are still buzzing from the incredible energy and enthusiasm at our gala event on May 11. Bringing together over 250 passionate individuals committed to a future of healthcare quality was a celebration of collaboration, innovation, and
(May 2026)
MHQP is thrilled to announce the appointment of Jane Barrow as its new CEO, effective June 1, 2026. She will succeed Barbra Rabson, who has led the organization for the past 28 years.
Barrow comes to MHQP with more than two decades of leadership at the intersection of healthcare delivery,
(April 2026)
“The biggest change I’ve seen is in communication across all levels of the organization, having a structure and consistency, and trying to promote the voice of the people doing the work. It’s not just top down from leadership; it’s changing the culture of how we communicate with each other and at any level being able to say
(April 2026)
Clinical quality performance data that MHQP has collected and aggregated from participating commercial payers under contract with the Center for Health Information Analysis (CHIA) reveal statewide disparities in key primary care services. CHIA published these data in March in its Annual Report on the Performance of
(March 2026)
MHQP President and CEO, Barbra Rabson, was the guest on this month’s Health or Consequences episode of The Codcast from the CommonWealth Beacon, with hosts John McDonough of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Paul Hattis of the Lown Institute.
In this program, entitled “Trying to measure
(March 2026)
MHQP is pleased to recognize the recipients of the 2025 MHQP Patient Experience Awards. Established in 2018, this awards program honors primary care practices that achieve the highest scores from their patients on MHQP’s annual Patient Experience Survey — the only statewide survey dedicated to measuring patient experience in primary care across Massachusetts.
Launched in 2005, the statewide
(February 2026)
The results of MHQP’s 2025 statewide Patient Experience Survey reveal widening racial disparities among commercially insured patients in two areas central to high quality primary care — Behavioral Health Screening and Self-Management Support. These domains capture whether a patient reports that someone in their provider’s office screened them for depression and anxiety or helped them set goals
