Medicaid/Husky

Yale Policy Institute report on CT’s local public health infrastructure and systems

By Ellen Andrews | January 27, 2022

COVID crystalized the importance of a strong local public health system across our state and the nation. In their latest…

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New Cost Cap industry-driven committee gets going

By Ellen Andrews | January 6, 2022

Members of the Office of Health Strategy’s (OHS) latest committee to drive down the growth in Connecticut’s healthcare spending moved…

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FAQs on OHS’s Primary Care Roadmap

By Ellen Andrews | January 3, 2022

Download the FAQs here Connecticut’s Office of Health Strategy has developed a Primary Care Roadmap to support primary care in…

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Public comment concerns with CT’s primary care plan

By Ellen Andrews | January 1, 2022

Read the public comments Public comment concerns with CT’s primary care plan Today, the CT Health Policy Project submitted public…

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Health equity state scorecard finds CT compares well, but needs improvement

By Ellen Andrews | December 13, 2021

Connecticut ranks fifth best among states on overall health equity according to the Commonwealth Fund’s latest state scorecard, but every…

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OHS primary care committee sharply critical of agency’s plan

By Ellen Andrews | November 30, 2021

In this month’s meeting of the Office of Health Strategy’s Primary Care Subgroup, patient and consumer advocates joined insurers raising…

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CTNJ Op-Ed – The Brainard Fund still making a difference after 64 years

By Ellen Andrews | November 19, 2021

In 2010, I got a call that advocates only dream about. The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving had a dedicated…

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Response to OHS primary care capitation defense

By Ellen Andrews | November 15, 2021

Today, the CT Health Policy Project responded to a letter from the Office of Health Strategy regarding concerns from 25…

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Cost Cap primary care project only focusing on raising spending, not services

By Ellen Andrews | November 4, 2021

At the October 26th Primary Care Subgroup meeting, in response to questioning by a member, the Office of Health Strategy’s…

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