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Nasuti, Laura

Associate Director, Research and Cost TrendsIndependent & Quasi-Public Agencies
  • Agency Independent & Quasi-Public Agencies
  • Division Massachusetts Health Policy Commission
  • Title Associate Director, Research and Cost Trends
  • Address 50 Milk St. 8Th Floor
    Boston, MA 2109
  • Phone 617-979-1400

Official Record

  • Years in Current Position 1
  • Job Description The Research and Cost Trends (RCT) department fulfills the HPC’s statutory charge to examine spending trends and underlying factors and to develop evidence-based recommendations for strategies to increase the efficiency of the health care system. Using key data sources such as the state’s all-payer claims database (APCD) and cutting edge methods, RCT draws on significant research and analytical expertise to inform, motivate, and support action to achieve the benchmark and the goals of Chapter 224. RCT is responsible for producing the HPC’s annual health care cost trends report and contributes subject matter expertise to the annual hearing on cost trends as well as special research projects as determined by the Executive Director and the Board.

Personal Information

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Education & Career

  • Education
    • MIT, S.B. Brain and Cognitive Sciences
    • MPH, Eidemiology, UCLA
    • Ph.D., Epimediologu, UCLA
  • Previous Employment
    • Massachusetts Health Policy Commission, Research Director
    • Director of Analytics & Informatics, Analytic Innovation Center, Beacon Health Optics
    • Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Director, Office of Statistics and Evaluation
    • Deputy Director, Office of Statistics and Evaluation