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Medicaid phone wait times drop significantly

By Ellen Andrews | July 14, 2015

At last week’s Medicaid Council meeting we heard about strong progress toward reducing phone wait times. Average wait times dropped…

CT earns an F on heath price transparency laws, again

By Ellen Andrews | July 13, 2015

CT joined all but five states nationally earning an F grade for public reporting of health prices according to Catalyst…

SIM ethics concerns intensify with first grants choice

By Ellen Andrews | July 8, 2015

Monday the Lieutenant Governor’s office announced the award of SIM’s first grants from federal funds; two of the four recipients…

July web quiz on CT hospital quality

By Ellen Andrews | July 2, 2015

Test your knowledge of Connecticut hospital quality. Take the July CT Health Policy Webquiz.

CT health reform progress dips again

By Ellen Andrews | July 1, 2015

Unfortunately CT’s progress toward health reform dropped again to 27.5% this month, undermining last month’s gain. News that the state’s…

Budget implementer makes significant changes

By Ellen Andrews | June 30, 2015

Early this morning the House passed HB-1502– the 686-page bill that describes how the state FY 2016-2018 budget passed four…

Early numbers show CT uninsured rate dropped only 2.1% last year

By Ellen Andrews | June 25, 2015

A new CDC survey of early uninsured numbers by state, finds that CT’s uninsured rate fell from 9.1% in 2013to…

Webinar online – Caring for high-need patients – Lessons for CT

By Ellen Andrews | June 24, 2015

Evidence is growing that we cannot fix our health care system without addressing the needs of the small number of…

Where We Live – Hospital CEO pay: How much is too much?

By Ellen Andrews | June 23, 2015

Last year, CT’s hospital CEOs averaged over $1million in compensation. Yesterday’s Where We Live focused on those salaries and the…