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Medicaid deficit rises to $120 million, but causes are unclear
The Governor announced yesterday that new cuts to the state budget will be necessary due to the rising state deficit.…
Medicaid update – impressive quality dashboard demo
At Friday’s Medicaid Council meeting, DSS demonstrated their upcoming HUSKY Health Data Dashboard. When it goes live the dashboard will…
Rhode Island’s exchange trusted consumers and it worked
Exchanges across the country had to decide last year whether to require current members to return this year and choose…
Surgical hospital coming to CT, promises to serve Medicaid
The Hospital for Special Surgery has received approval to open a large outpatient center in Stamford, according to Crain’s New…
Only half of fully-insured US Medicaid providers available
A new HHS-OIG surveyfound that only 49% of providers listed as participating by full-risk Medicaid managed care plans were available…
Medicaid coverage for children linked to higher tax receipts by age 28
A new studyfinds that in addition to improved health and lower mortality, children who were covered by past Medicaid expansions…
New to the Book Club: The Health Care Handbook, 2nd edition
The Health Care Handbook is the newest addition to the CT Health Notes Book Club. The new edition of this…
SIM & CAB update
Today’s SIM steering committee meeting has been cancelled. (BTW- the Medicaid Council meeting scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed to…
Surgical errors in CT hospitals climbed in 2013
A new analysis by C-HIT found that adverse events (serious medical errors) in CT hospitals were up significantly in 2013,…