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New tool allows comparison of local surgeons’ safety record
Patients considering surgery often check their hospitals’ quality rating, but the your surgeon’s safety rating can be even more important.…
Medicaid phone wait times drop significantly
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
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
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
Test your knowledge of Connecticut hospital quality. Take the July CT Health Policy Webquiz.
CT health reform progress dips again
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
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
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
Evidence is growing that we cannot fix our health care system without addressing the needs of the small number of…