Medicaid/Husky
20,000 to 25,000 HUSKY parents lose coverage under state budget deal
According to a CT Mirror report, the budget approved by the legislature and Governor today eliminates coverage for up to…
CT Medicaid/CHIP programs lost 11,019 members between January and February
A new CMS report found that enrollment in CT’s Medicaid and CHIP programs dropped by 11,019 (-1.5%) from January to…
Appropriations Committee restores most of the Governor’s proposed health care cuts
Today the Appropriations Committee released their budget, restoring most of the deep Medicaid cuts the Governor proposed in February. The…
MAPOC committee beginning work on shared savings program redesign
The MAPOC committee that is working with DSS to redesign Medicaid under the SIM directives met Wednesday to begin the…
20 independent advocates share concerns about SIM’s plans for Medicaid
Yesterday twenty independent consumers, advocates and providers sent a letter to the Lieutenant Governor expressing our grave concerns about the…
Big improvement — almost three out of four CT physicians accepting new Medicaid patients
A new analysis by the Centers for Disease Control finds that 72.5% of CT office-based physicians accepted new Medicaid patients…
A Better Idea for SIM-Medicaid: Coordinate Care for High-Need, High-Cost Patients
Independent consumer advocates and others have raised grave concerns about Connecticut’s State Innovation Model (SIM) plans to radically change financial…
Unfortunate SCOTUS decision limits Medicaid provider rights
A decision yesterday by the US Supreme Court reversed a Ninth Circuit decision and ruled that providers do not have…
CTNJ Op-Ed: Health Neighborhood cuts misguided
An Op-Ed in today’s CT News Junkie focuses on the Governor’s proposal to cut funding for innovative health neighborhood pilots…