Medicaid/Husky
DSS outlines options to move HUSKY away from capitation – or not
At yesterday’s Medicaid Care Management Oversight Council (formerly known as the Medicaid Managed Care Council), DSS outlined three policy options…
Enhanced Medicaid match funding moving through Senate
The Senate has reached a deal on an extension of the enhanced Medicaid matching funds that most states had already…
150,000 coming into already troubled Medicaid program
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
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
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%
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
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
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
Congress is considering a bill that extends the badly needed enhanced Medicaid matching rates to states for another six months.…