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January CT Health Policy Webquiz: ACO performance in CT

By Ellen Andrews | January 6, 2015

Test your knowledge about the quality and efficiency performance of CT’s Medicare ACOs. Take the January CT Health Policy Webquiz.

Questionable Hartford flu numbers

By Ellen Andrews | January 5, 2015

A fascinating piece from CT by the Numbers digs into why conflicting reports find over 150,000 flu cases in Hartford…

CT health reform progress meter down again slightly to 29.5%

By Ellen Andrews | January 2, 2015

CT’s progress toward health reform is still stuck. The meter moved down again this month slightly to 29.5%. As usual,…

2014 – CT Health Care Year in Review

By Ellen Andrews | December 28, 2014

A lot happened in health care in CT this year — a lot of promising projects but some opportunities lost…

New England comparative effectiveness report on controversies in diabetes management options

By Ellen Andrews | December 23, 2014

A new analysis comparing treatments for Type 2 Diabetes found significant opportunities to expand use of high value options– those…

CT Health Notes newsletter – a view through CT health care history

By Ellen Andrews | December 22, 2014

To keep up on the latest in CT’s health care landscape, sign up for our (mostly) every-other-week newsletter, CT Health…

CT News Junkie Op-ED – learning from mistakes in HIT

By Ellen Andrews | December 19, 2014

A new opinion piece in CT News Junkie focuses on the need for CT to develop a functional health information…

SIM update

By Ellen Andrews | December 18, 2014

CMMI announced Tuesday that Connecticut was among eleven states whose SIM application was approved. CT expects to receive $45 million…

Medicaid update

By Ellen Andrews | December 15, 2014

The Medicaid Council workgroup developing quality measures to use in reforming Medicaid’s payment system has held a couple of meetings…