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Health Equity Forum

By Ellen Andrews | November 21, 2014

Next Tuesday, November 25th from 6 to 8 pm, hear about Health Equity in CT at the Hartford Public Library,…

New advocacy videos from CT-N

By Ellen Andrews | November 20, 2014

CT-N, Connecticut’s Network, has produced ADVOCACY: Turning the Gears of Democracy — short, easy-to-understand videos on how to advocate effectively.…

Payment reform webinar slides and video posted

By Ellen Andrews | November 19, 2014

Yesterday Bob Berenson of the Urban Institute graciously walked dozens of webinar participants through the pros and cons of the…

Medicaid update – lots of success but a concerning turf battle

By Ellen Andrews | November 17, 2014

Friday’s Medicaid Council meeting focused on new initiatives to rebalance care for long term supports and services. Through a impressive…

CT’s APCD chooses data contractor, concerns remain

By Ellen Andrews | November 12, 2014

The Hartford Business Journal is reporting that CT’s developing all-payer claims database (APCD), run by AccessHealthCT, has chosen Onpoint Health…

SIM discussion on how to cut the budget

By Ellen Andrews | November 11, 2014

In what was supposed to be a one-hour meeting, the SIM Steering Committee met yesterday to discuss how to cut…

Webinar – clearing the confusion about payment model options for CT

By Ellen Andrews | November 7, 2014

Join Bob Berenson, MD of the Urban Institute for a CTHPP webinar November 18that 1pm as he explains health care…

Healthcare tops US nonprofit employment; CT health care employs one in seven private sector workers; state health care workers average 25% higher pay

By Ellen Andrews | November 6, 2014

At 7.7 million workers, healthcare and social assistance employment topped other industries in US nonprofits in 2012 with more than…

Class slides – Implementing ObamaCare in CT

By Ellen Andrews | November 5, 2014

Slides and the syllabus from a Fall graduate public policy class at Trinity College are online. The course, Implementing ObamaCare…