Medicaid/Husky

Advocates’ letter urges delay of SIM plans for Medicaid

By Ellen Andrews | March 9, 2016

Fifteen independent advocates sent a letter to the administration yesterday expressing deep concerns with SIM’s Community and Clinical Integration Plan (CCIP) for…

March web quiz: Medicaid costs in CT

By Ellen Andrews | March 2, 2016

Test your knowledge of Medicaid costs in CT. Take the March CT Health Policy Webquiz.

SIM’s CCIP proposal for Medicaid reform – poor process drives weak plan

By Ellen Andrews | February 23, 2016

Public comments from the CT Health Policy Project raise deep concerns about SIM’s proposal for Medicaid reform requirements could undermine…

Medicaid update – plans to “transition” 17,688 HUSKY parents off the program, serious SIM/CCIP problems jeopardize Medicaid redesign

By Ellen Andrews | February 21, 2016

Friday’s Medicaid Council meeting focused on implementation of last year’sbudget provision that will end coverage for 17,688 HUSKY parents on…

Governor’s budget proposal – it could be way worse

By Ellen Andrews | February 3, 2016

Today the Governor announced his proposed budget for the coming fiscal year that starts July 1st. The very, very good…

Article finds Medicaid managed care offers mixed results

By Ellen Andrews | January 26, 2016

  Echoing CT’s experience, researchers writing in the Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy found little evidence that states’…

Radiologists’ cuts discussed at Medicaid committee meeting

By Ellen Andrews | January 25, 2016

Friday’s MAPOC Complex Care Committee included a presentation on the cut to radiologists’ rates this last session. Representatives of the…

How CT can save $1 billion

By Ellen Andrews | January 12, 2016

Per person costs in CT’s Medicaid program fell, actually went down, by 5.9% last year. If the rest of CT’s…

Medicaid still saving $ hundreds of millions

By Ellen Andrews | January 8, 2016

Four years after shifting from managed care organizations to a care-management focused program, CT’s Medicaid program continues providing significant relief…