Medicaid/Husky

150,000 coming into already troubled Medicaid program

By Ellen Andrews | July 16, 2010

Finally attention is being paid to probably the largest impact of national reform – an estimated 150,000 people in CT…

Medicaid Managed Care Council Update

By Ellen Andrews | July 12, 2010

First, at Friday’s meeting the Council decided to meet in August (on Friday the 13th) – we rarely do that…

CT visit from the FMAP van, nursing homes without air conditioning, and more Medicare donut hole checks mailed

By Ellen Andrews | July 9, 2010

Wednesday the Driving for Quality Care RV stopped in Manchester to bring attention to Congress’ failure to pass an extension…

Utah program reduces non-urgent Medicaid ER visits by 55%

By Ellen Andrews | June 17, 2010

Safe To Wait, a Utah Medicaid educational program, reduced non-urgent visits to emergency room visits by 55%. Medicaid savings for…

Judge denies parts of nursing home lawsuit

By Ellen Andrews | June 15, 2010

A federal judge has denied an injunction in the CT Association of Health Care Facilities’ lawsuit against the state, but…

Medicaid Managed Care Council update

By Ellen Andrews | June 14, 2010

Friday’s Council meeting focused mainly on plans for the $50 million temporary high risk pool opportunity created by national health…

$266 million in Medicaid funding at risk

By Ellen Andrews | June 1, 2010

Congress is considering a bill that extends the badly needed enhanced Medicaid matching rates to states for another six months.…

Only CT and DC take early expansion option

By Ellen Andrews | May 19, 2010

To date only CT and the District of Columbia have submitted early option applications to expand Medicaid under the new…

Medicaid Managed Care Council update

By Ellen Andrews | May 16, 2010

We ran out of time at Friday’s Council meeting, so we will devote the entire June meeting to discussing how…