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25 CT hospitals decline to respond to Leapfrog quality survey
Only five CT hospitals reported quality and patient safety data to the Leapfrog Group this year – Bristol, Backus, Dempsey,…
Community Care Teams addressing high-cost Medicaid member needs
Friday’s MAPOC Complex Care Committee meeting focused on Community Care Teams (CCTs) that collaborate across social service to help people…
CTNJ Op-Ed on CT’s ACA progress covering the uninsured
Yesterday’s op-ed in CT News Junkie focused on CT’s mixed results in covering the uninsured under the Affordable Care Act.…
ACA and covering the uninsured: How did CT do?
An analysis of new Census data finds that 88,000 more CT residents had coverage last year than the year before,…
Anthem, Aetna and CIGNA have 82.5% of CT health insurance enrollment
As always, this year’s managed care report card from CT’s Insurance Dept. is fascinating. Anthem has 44% of total…
Half of CT’s remaining uninsured eligible for subsidies or Medicaid
A new analysis by Kaiser finds that 47% of CT’s remaining uninsured are eligible for subsidized coverage. The latest Census…
NJ conference on Medicaid ACOs – deep commitment to applying lessons learned
A CT contingent ventured to NJ last week for their 4thAnnual MedicaidPayment Reform Summit. The conference was sponsored by the QI…
CT Medicaid spending down 4.2% from FY 14 to FY 15
Happily CT’s Medicaid program is bucking the state budget trend. State spending on CT’s Medicaid program fell 4.2% between state…
CT MFP program success featured in Health Affairs
An article in this month’s Health Affairs describes CT Medicaid’s successful Money Follows the Person program. The study by UConn…