Medicaid/Husky
Administration agrees to more time to design Medicaid reform
Monday the administration announced that they will delay the redesign of CT’s Medicaid program by at least six months. In…
Read MoreIndependent advocates call for more study on Medicaid payment shift
A letter signed by twenty one independent consumer advocates calls on the state to halt the SIM-driven Medicaid’s rush into…
Read MoreShared savings math doesn’t add up, CCIP plans could undermine Medicaid
A new brief outlines the risk to taxpayers from Medicaid shared savings increasing health costs, as SIM is pressing. About half…
Read MoreCTNJ Op-Ed: Let’s Halt the Rush to Risky Medicaid Experiment
Today’s CT News Junkie includes an opinion piece urging caution and more time for thoughtful deliberation in moving 200,000 HUSKY…
Read MoreAdvocates’ Medicaid Study Group offers recommendations for Medicaid shared savings reform
Over a dozen Connecticut independent consumer advocates representing diverse populations and issue areas spent the last several months diving deep…
Read More$103 million in new budget cuts Medicaid, mental health services
On Friday, the administration announced $103 million new budget cuts in response to lagging revenues. The biggest cut is…
Read MoreACOs not saving for Medicare, model could cost CT Medicaid almost $100m/year
CMS’s vast shared savings experiment for Medicare has disappointed again in its second year. The plan was to encourage providers…
Read MoreAdvocates support SIM underservice, cherry picking protections
Connecticut’s SIM plan acknowledges that risks of inappropriate under-treatment and cherry-picking are higher in new shared savings payment models. Advocates…
Read MoreIssue Brief: Attribution and Why It Matters
A new brief describes attribution, a key component of payment reform. Attribution done wrong in a shared savings payment model…
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