Medicaid/Husky
News roundup
Hospital mergers accelerate Hartford Courant Hospitals working to reduce readmissions CT Mirror HUSKY improving with PCCM CT Health I-Team CT…
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…
March Webquiz – children’s health in CT
Test your knowledge of children’s health in CT. Take the March CT Health Policy webquiz.
Sales 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…
Medicaid 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…
Medicaid Council update
Today’s meeting started with an entertaining LOB intruder alert drill by the Capitol Police. DSS described shift to ASO for…
Governor’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.…
State 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…
Health 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…