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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…

Webinar: Caring for High-Need, High-Cost Patients – Lessons for Connecticut

By Ellen Andrews | June 17, 2015

Join us Monday, June 22nd at 2pm for a webinar on best practices in complex care management for the most…

CT News Junkie reports on SIM ethics debate

By Ellen Andrews | June 16, 2015

Today’s CTNJ is reporting on the SIM ethics debate. The article points out that the weak conflict of interest policy…

SIM punts on ethics

By Ellen Andrews | June 15, 2015

In response to the recent state Ethics Board Declaratory Ruling the SIM steering committee took up ethics at their meeting…