Medicaid/Husky

New Cost Cap Steering Committee is industry-driven

By Ellen Andrews | November 4, 2021

The first meeting of the new Steering Committee to guide the Office of Health Strategy’s (OHS) plan to cap healthcare…

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Sign on letter voices deep concerns with primary care capitation

By Ellen Andrews | October 22, 2021

Today twenty-five independent advocates and providers signed a letter to the Office of Health Strategy opposing capitation of primary care…

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CTNJ op-ed: Patient-centered or doctor-centered? Primary care planning is off track

By Ellen Andrews | October 20, 2021

Several state agencies and their committees are planning to expand primary care in Connecticut – that’s a good thing. But…

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Connecticut hospital systems vary in reducing low-value care

By Ellen Andrews | October 7, 2021

A new report published in JAMA Internal Medicine on low-value care provided to Medicare beneficiaries at the health system level…

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CTNJ: OP-ED | Legislators Hear How RI Saved 2 Hospitals From Private Equity, Other Solutions to High Insurance Premiums

By Ellen Andrews | September 29, 2021

On Friday, in a forum sponsored by state Rep. Kerry Wood, six national and local experts gave legislators specific policy…

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CTNJ: Covered Connecticut is a good start, but needs tending

By Ellen Andrews | September 15, 2021

Policymakers were challenged this year to find an answer to voters’ demands for affordable healthcare coverage options. Both leading legislative…

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Covered Connecticut – Origins, Goals, Opportunities, and Concerns

By Ellen Andrews | September 9, 2021

Read the brief Covered Connecticut is a new program to cover uninsured state residents with no-cost health insurance coverage through…

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CTNJ OP-ED | Congress Wants to Lower Drug Prices to Fund Important Priorities

By Ellen Andrews | August 13, 2021

Economists argue that rising healthcare costs crowd out resources for other societal priorities such as education, infrastructure, climate change, and…

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Good and bad Medicaid PCMH, PCMH Plus updates

By Ellen Andrews | July 21, 2021

At today’s MAPOC Care Management Committee, we learned that Medicaid’s successful Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) program is growing and keeping…

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