Medicaid/Husky

Advocates’ guide to underservice recommendations

By Ellen Andrews | August 7, 2015

Connecticut’s State Innovation Model (SIM) is seeking to radically transform our state’s $30 billion health system by aligning incentives to…

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Advocates’ guide to underservice recommendations

By Ellen Andrews | August 4, 2015

SIM is seeking to radically transform our state’s $30 billion health system and has chosen a shared savings payment model…

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Happy Birthday, Medicaid — Connecticut has a lot to be thankful for

By Ellen Andrews | July 30, 2015

Fifty years ago today President Johnson signed the Medicaid program into law. The program now covers one in five Connecticut…

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Where We Live: Medicaid is 50 and Looking Good

By Ellen Andrews | July 27, 2015

Fifty years ago this week, Lyndon Johnson signed Medicaid into law. On today’s show, WNPR’s Where We Livecelebrated the program…

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Study finds CT early Medicaid expansion reduced hospital uncompensated care

By Ellen Andrews | July 16, 2015

A new study published in this month’s Health Affairs finds that CT hospital Medicaid revenue grew by 7 to 8%…

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Medicaid phone wait times drop significantly

By Ellen Andrews | July 14, 2015

At last week’s Medicaid Council meeting we heard about strong progress toward reducing phone wait times. Average wait times dropped…

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Budget implementer makes significant changes

By Ellen Andrews | June 30, 2015

Early this morning the House passed HB-1502– the 686-page bill that describes how the state FY 2016-2018 budget passed four…

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Webinar online – Caring for high-need patients – Lessons for CT

By Ellen Andrews | June 24, 2015

Evidence is growing that we cannot fix our health care system without addressing the needs of the small number of…

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June web quiz on CT Medicaid/CHIP enrollment

By Ellen Andrews | June 8, 2015

Test your knowledge of Medicaid and CHIP enrollment in Connecticut. Take the June CT Health Policy Webquiz.

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