Archive for June 2015
Webinar: Caring for High-Need, High-Cost Patients – Lessons for Connecticut
Join us Monday, June 22nd at 2pm for a webinar on best practices in complex care management for the most fragile and costly patients. Evidence is growing that we cannot fix our health care system without addressing the needs of the small number of patients with very complex and costly health problems. Luckily CT can…
Read MoreEight CT health plans request over 10% premium increases for 2016
A search of CT health insurer rate review submissions on ratereview.healthcare.gov finds eight plans seeking approval of over 10% increases in premiums for next year. The Affordable Care Act requires that insurers planning significant rate increases must submit those proposals for government review. The same search found only two CT plans proposed increases over 10%…
Read More20,000 to 25,000 HUSKY parents lose coverage under state budget deal
According to a CT Mirror report, the budget approved by the legislature and Governor today eliminates coverage for up to 25,000 HUSKY parents with household incomes over 150% of the federal poverty level. The deal exempts pregnant women. While tragic for those families, the Governor’s proposal would have cut more parents and pregnant women at…
Read MoreCT health reform progress moving up again
After five months’ decline, CT’s progress toward health reform rebounded to 27.8% this month. Medicaid’s decision to cover new Hepatitis drugs, six months of breathing room for Medicaid reform development, Senate leadership on health care transparency, and promising comments from the Ethics Board about SIM were responsible for the gains. Uncertainty about the budget and…
Read More87-page health bill goes to Governor’s desk
The House and Senate have passed SB-811, now on it’s way to the Governor. The bill includesprice and consumer cost notices and websites to help consumers shop for services, sets some limits on facility fees charged by hospitals and outpatient providers, adds to the factors and studies required in considering hospital purchases, and limits bills…
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