Medicaid/Husky
Budget implementer makes significant changes
Early this morning the House passed HB-1502– the 686-page bill that describes how the state FY 2016-2018 budget passed four…
Webinar online – Caring for high-need patients – Lessons for CT
Evidence is growing that we cannot fix our health care system without addressing the needs of the small number of…
June web quiz on CT Medicaid/CHIP enrollment
Test your knowledge of Medicaid and CHIP enrollment in Connecticut. Take the June CT Health Policy Webquiz.
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…