Specifications include, but are not limited to:. The Contractor’s responsibilities in supporting the HPC’s work as outlined above may include: Developing working knowledge of the requirements of M.G.L. c. 6D, the HPC’s governing statute, particularly Sections 11, 12, and 13, and how these sections relate to other responsibilities in c. 6D, and the session law that enacted c. 6D, Chapter 224 of the Acts of 2012 Developing working knowledge of the HPC’s prior approach to analyzing the potential market impacts of proposed provider changes, particularly those used in prior cost and market impact review preliminary and final reports Identifying and refining relevant metrics to evaluate the market impact of proposed changes Providing expertise on established economic theory and research on competition in healthcare markets to inform methodologies
