Medicaid/Husky
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…
Deficit grows, Medicaid revenues below expectations – Let’s hope for good news from April tax receipts
Legislative and administrative deficit estimates for this year vary by $52.8 million, about 0.3% of the total General Fund. However…
Medicaid MCOs not working in Missouri, inhibiting expansion, MO could learn from CT’s experience
Legislators are reluctant to expand Missouri’s Medicaid program because the managed care organization (MCO)-led program not as efficient as the…
Cutting HUSKY parents increases the total cost of care by $500 per person
The Governor’s budget proposal to cut 34,000 working parents from the HUSKY program into AccessHealthCT will increase the total cost…
More good Medicaid news
At today’s Medicaid Council meeting we heard about the impressive new resources and supports for members and providers in the…
CTHPP testimony opposing Governor’s budget cuts to Medicaid
Testimony to the Appropriations Committee at Friday’s hearing from the CT Health Policy Project focused on the Governor’s cuts to…
More on budget cuts – it makes no sense
Providers and advocates detailed the potential impact if the Governor’s budget proposals are adopted in a CT Mirror article published…