Medicaid/Husky

HUSKY (waiting for news) and PCCM (more bad news) update

By Ellen Andrews | December 26, 2008

DSS has now changed the date of PCCM’s start from next Thursday to February 1st even in the two small…

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PCCM advocates forced to walk out of meeting

By Ellen Andrews | November 26, 2008

Yesterday’s PCCM working group meeting at DSS did not go well. DSS had no agenda for the meeting which started…

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Charter Oak “pettiness”

By Ellen Andrews | November 20, 2008

To root out the sources of “negativity” about the Governor’s troubled Charter Oak program, on Friday DSS Commissioner Starkowski made…

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AG, Health Care and Child Advocates call on Governor to separately re-bid HUSKY and Charter Oak contracts

By Ellen Andrews | November 17, 2008

In a press conference today, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, State Health Care Advocate Kevin Lembo, and State Child Advocate Jeanne…

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Governor delinks HUSKY from Charter Oak, guts PCCM

By Ellen Andrews | November 16, 2008

Friday afternoon Governor Rell announced that she will reverse two long standing policies that jeopardized health care for over 340,000…

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PCCM applications rolling in

By Ellen Andrews | November 3, 2008

They are still counting provider applications at DSS for participation in PCCM, but early returns are encouraging. Dozens of providers…

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PCCM could save HUSKY more than $100 million over HMOs

By Ellen Andrews | October 27, 2008

An analysis by the CT Health Policy Project estimates that it will cost the state $113 million more annually to moving…

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Second PCCM provider forum also successful

By Ellen Andrews | October 24, 2008

Last night, DSS held their second forum for providers on PCCM at DSS’ offices in Hartford. Again the event was…

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Governor agrees to delay HUSKY defaults until February

By Ellen Andrews | October 24, 2008

Yesterday legislators and the Attorney General held a press conference urging Governor Rell to delay forcing 250,000 HUSKY families into…

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