Archive for March 2016
Health Care Cabinet – RI, MA reforms reviewed, hospitals’ response to price presentation
Today’s Health Care Cabinet meeting was as fascinating as last month’s. We heard again from the consultants working with the Cabinet to develop a plan to reform CT’s health care system. This time they focused on reforms in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Rhode Island is also facing hospital consolidation, but with more geographic overlap than…
Read MoreSurvey of CT ACOs – early yet, good intentions but uncertain future
Together with the Hartford Business Journal, the CT Health Policy Project conducted the first survey of CT ACOs finding some unexpected findings. ACOs are networks of providers across the continuum that coordinate high-quality care for people and receive a share of the savings they generate. ACOs are a foundation for efforts to reform health care…
Read MoreFDA flu vaccine meeting – lots of smart people doing important work, tons of wonk fun
Today’s FDA meeting to vote on what subtypes next year’s flu vaccine will include was fascinating. As more than one participant said, our heads hurt by 10am. There is a lot of work by people all over the globe that goes into figuring out what nature has planned nine months from now. (An important example…
Read MoreMarch web quiz: Medicaid costs in CT
Test your knowledge of Medicaid costs in CT. Take the March CT Health Policy Webquiz.
Read MoreCT Health Reform update – hospital consolidation delay allows breathing room but weak SIM proposal for Medicaid is troubling
The Governor’s Executive Order to delay approvals of large hospital consolidations leads the CT Health Reform Dashboardupdates this month. $185 million savings in the state’s share of Medicaid spending last year also leads the news. Medicaid redesign planning is still on track, working collaboratively with all voices at the table. However that good news was…
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