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Comparative effectiveness opportunity guide for New England OB-Gyn services
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) has produced a comprehensive analysisof opportunities to reduce overtreatment from the Choosing…
SIM update – good news but new concerns
Last week’s SIM steering committee included some good news but new concerns. Based on public comment from independent advocatessupporting national…
Medicaid Council update
The agenda for last week’s Medicaid Council meeting was very full. We reviewed DSS’s latest ConneCT Dashboard. More clients are…
Cabinet update – DSS/exchange IT and SIM updates
The SIM update included a description of the recent funding application release. All drafts for the grant will only go…
New Brief: Patient-centered medical homes are working in CT, but standards are at risk
Patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs) are working well in CT. There is growing national and state evidence that certified PCMHs improve…
Data breach at Access Health CT, troubling for APCD future
Friday afternoon a backpack was found on a Hartford street with sensitive information on about 400 Access Health CT customers.…
June CT Health Policy Webquiz: CT hospital community benefits
Test your knowledge about community benefits at Connecticut hospitals. Take the June CT Health Policy Webquiz.
Advocates propose policy paper topics for SIM
In response to an offer from SIM staff, independent consumer advocates have proposed six topics for SIM policy papers. Topics…
Malloy signs bills allowing for-profit hospital conversions and not allowing e-cigarettes for minors
Among the 23 bills signed by Gov. Malloy yesterday was SB-35which eases CT hospitals’ conversion to for-profit status, however with…