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November CT Health Policy Webquiz: Avoidable hospitalizations in CT

By Ellen Andrews | November 4, 2014

Test your knowledge about avoidable hospitalizations in CT. Take the November CT Health Policy Webquiz.

CT health reform progress meter up to 29.9%

By Ellen Andrews | November 3, 2014

CT’s progress toward health reform moved up slightly again this month to 29.9%. Again Medicaid accounted for most of the…

Out-of-the-box ideas to solve problems

By Ellen Andrews | October 31, 2014

A clip from Crowd Control, a new National Geographic channel show, puts innovative thinking to work solving problems. This clip…

Update: Conference cancelled — Trinity College conference on The Contraception Mandate – religious, legal and health implications

By Ellen Andrews | October 30, 2014

November 12th Trinity College will host a day-long conference on The Contraception Mandate – Religious Liberty & Health Care. Marc…

New comparison finds 2014 CT insurance premiums are higher than most states

By Ellen Andrews | October 29, 2014

A study by Health Pocket averaging unsubsidized insurance premiums both on and off the exchange found that for 23 year…

Webinar — learn the basics of confusing/scary payment model options for CT

By Ellen Andrews | October 24, 2014

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

National Medicaid Managed Care conference hears CT best practices

By Ellen Andrews | October 22, 2014

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CID 2014 managed care report card online

By Ellen Andrews | October 17, 2014

The CT Insurance Dept. has released their annual consumer report card on health insurers.  In its 9th year, the report…

SIM decision to use national PCMH standards affirmed – again

By Ellen Andrews | October 15, 2014

At last night’s SIM Practice Transformation committee meeting, consumer advocates were able to halt erosion of national standards for patient-centered…