Posts by Ellen Andrews
New CT Insurer report card online
The CT Insurance Dept. has published the 2011 insurer report card. The report card compares HMO and indemnity plans’ performance across dozens of quality measures including prenatal care in the first trimester, adult access to care, cancer screenings, childhood immunizations and controlling high blood pressure. The report includes statistics on plan enrollment, number of participating…
Read MoreGrove health events
I co-work with amazing people doing exciting things at The Grove in New Haven. Among those amazing things are two upcoming events sponsored by the Transforming Maternity Care Partnership, a national multi-stakeholder collaboration working to implement a consensus Blueprint for Action to improve the quality and value of maternity care. The Nurse-Midwifery Week Celebration and…
Read MoreCourant OP-ED raises concerns about Medicaid PCMH proposal
An Opinion piece in today’s Hartford Courant by Sheldon Toubman of New Haven legal aid outlines many problems with DSS’ proposal for person-centered medical homes. PCMHs have been used by payers, including many other state Medicaid programs and CT’s state employee plan, to improve the effectiveness of health care, reduce duplications and errors and rein…
Read MoreOctober webquiz, webinar slides and video online
Test your knowledge of CT’s uninsured. Take the October CT Health Policy Webquiz. Slides and video of Friday’s webinar with CEPAC are posted.
Read MoreState chooses CHN to run Medicaid
The administration announced that they will be negotiating with Community Health Network to administer the entire state Medicaid program as of January 1st. Based on the state’s community health centers, CHN has been a participating managed care provider for HUSKY since its inception sixteen years ago. The managed care program will expand beyond the current…
Read MoreFriday webinar: Cutting costs and improving quality through research
New technologies and treatments are a significant driver of skyrocketing health costs and the resulting overtreatment is harming our health. Join us for a webinar Friday at noon with The New England Comparative Effectiveness Public Advisory Council (CEPAC) to learn more about comparative effectiveness research and how it is being evaluated and applied in New…
Read MoreCTHPP brief: One in ten CT residents still uninsured last year
Results of two new Census surveys found that the 2011 uninsured brief. The number of uninsured in CT is higher than the populations of five counties and exceeds the total populations of Hartford PLUS New Britain PLUS Stamford. Not surprisingly, Black, Hispanic and lower income state residents were more likely to be uninsured, but noncitizens…
Read MoreEditorials support consumer representation on CT health insurance exchange
Today’s Hartford Courant and yesterday’s New Haven Register have both run editorials calling on policymakers to add consumer and small business representatives to the CT Health Insurance Exchange Board. Advocates have raised concerns about insurance industry dominance in the Board membership and the lack of consumer and small business representation. One in ten state residents…
Read MoreHealth care jobs bubble?
An entertaining video from Marketplace explains the folly of policymakers who expect health care to solve their economic troubles. Oh The Jobs (Debt?) You’ll Create! from Marketplace on Vimeo.
Read MoreeHealth conference
October 20th at Capitol Community College in Hartford there will be a conference explaining health information technology implementation and options. The conference, Connecting Connecticut: EHRs, Meaningful Use and Health Information Exchange, is designed for providers, administrative staff, and payers. The conference is cosponsored by Capital Community College, DPH, DSS, HITECT, and the UConn School of…
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