Medicaid/Husky

Administration agrees to more time to design Medicaid reform

By Ellen Andrews | October 6, 2015

Monday the administration announced that they will delay the redesign of CT’s Medicaid program by at least six months. In…

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Independent advocates call for more study on Medicaid payment shift

By Ellen Andrews | September 29, 2015

A letter signed by twenty one independent consumer advocates calls on the state to halt the SIM-driven Medicaid’s rush into…

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Shared savings math doesn’t add up, CCIP plans could undermine Medicaid

By Ellen Andrews | September 25, 2015

A new brief outlines the risk to taxpayers from Medicaid shared savings increasing health costs, as SIM is pressing. About half…

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CTNJ Op-Ed: Let’s Halt the Rush to Risky Medicaid Experiment

By Ellen Andrews | September 24, 2015

Today’s CT News Junkie includes an opinion piece urging caution and more time for thoughtful deliberation in moving 200,000 HUSKY…

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Advocates’ Medicaid Study Group offers recommendations for Medicaid shared savings reform

By Ellen Andrews | September 23, 2015

Over a dozen Connecticut independent consumer advocates representing diverse populations and issue areas spent the last several months diving deep…

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$103 million in new budget cuts Medicaid, mental health services

By Ellen Andrews | September 22, 2015

  On Friday, the administration announced $103 million new budget cuts in response to lagging revenues. The biggest cut is…

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ACOs not saving for Medicare, model could cost CT Medicaid almost $100m/year

By Ellen Andrews | September 17, 2015

CMS’s vast shared savings experiment for Medicare has disappointed again in its second year. The plan was to encourage providers…

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Advocates support SIM underservice, cherry picking protections

By Ellen Andrews | September 10, 2015

Connecticut’s SIM plan acknowledges that risks of inappropriate under-treatment and cherry-picking are higher in new shared savings payment models. Advocates…

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Issue Brief: Attribution and Why It Matters

By Ellen Andrews | September 9, 2015

A new brief describes attribution, a key component of payment reform. Attribution done wrong in a shared savings payment model…

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