Medicaid/Husky
Medicaid Council and PCCM updates
At Friday morning’s Medicaid Council meeting we heard from Mercer about their HUSKY quality review project. The authors pointed out…
Read MoreMarch Webquiz – children’s health in CT
Test your knowledge of children’s health in CT. Take the March CT Health Policy webquiz.
Read MoreSales call illustrates the benefits of PCCM and a new way of doing business in Medicaid
I had a call yesterday that illustrates the power and potential of CT Medicaid’s new self-insured PCCM model. A representative…
Read MoreMedicaid self-insurance/ASO planning meeting
Friday DSS met with advocates, providers, state agency representatives, and potential bidders to collect input on the RFP for an…
Read MoreMedicaid Council update
Today’s meeting started with an entertaining LOB intruder alert drill by the Capitol Police. DSS described shift to ASO for…
Read MoreGovernor’s budget proposal out
Governor Malloy’s first budget proposal, released today, includes tough choices for health care consumers but also some very good news.…
Read MoreState moving to ASO and PCCM for all Medicaid consumers
At a press conference today, Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman and OPM Secretary Ben Barnes announced that CT’s Medicaid program will…
Read MoreHealth in the News – long term care insurance, mandates, and Medicaid inpatient admissions up
Interest in the CLASS Act, part of national health reform, has focused attention on long term care insurance. All sides…
Read MorePainless way to save $40 million in HUSKY
Our new policymaker issue brief outlines how moving HUSKY to self-insurance should save the state at least $40 million, without…
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