Medicaid/Husky

SIM committee to discuss PCMH national home standards

By Ellen Andrews | June 20, 2014

The first meeting of the SIM Practice Management Taskforce will re-visit SIM’s earlier decision to reject national standards for patient-centered…

Medicaid Council update

By Ellen Andrews | June 16, 2014

The agenda for last week’s Medicaid Council meeting was very full. We reviewed DSS’s latest ConneCT Dashboard. More clients are…

Cabinet update – DSS/exchange IT and SIM updates

By Ellen Andrews | June 12, 2014

The SIM update included a description of the recent funding application release. All drafts for the grant will only go…

New Brief: Patient-centered medical homes are working in CT, but standards are at risk

By Ellen Andrews | June 9, 2014

Patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs) are working well in CT. There is growing national and state evidence that certified PCMHs improve…

208,301 in CT enrolled in health care under ACA

By Ellen Andrews | April 18, 2014

 AccessHealthCT has worked through the queue of applications pending when enrollment into the insurance exchange closed March 31st. Between Jan…

Settlement reached in Medicaid enrollment lawsuit

By Ellen Andrews | April 15, 2014

DSS and legal aid attorneys have reached a settlement in a class action case, filed in January 2012, over Medicaid…

Medicaid update

By Ellen Andrews | April 12, 2014

Yesterday’s Medicaid Council focused on improving enrollment and quality performance in the program. From the new ConneCT Dashboard we learned…

April CT Health Policy Webquiz: Medicaid, exchange churn in CT

By Ellen Andrews | April 4, 2014

Test your knowledge about churn out of public coverage in CT. Take the April CT Health Policy Webquiz.

Medicaid Council update

By Ellen Andrews | March 14, 2014

Today’s Medicaid Council meeting focused on continuing problems with enrollment and recommendations to reduce Medicaid ED use. In response to…