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Youth Health Ambassadors program applications open

By Ellen Andrews | July 5, 2013

The summer Youth Health Ambassadors program is now taking applications. The five week training program for Hartford youth ages 16…

ACA employer mandate delayed; tiny number of CT employers affected

By Ellen Andrews | July 5, 2013

  Only 3% of CT employers with over 50 workers don’t offer health benefits; nationally 4.3% don’t. Despite this on…

July CT Health Policy Webquiz: CT’s hospital executive pay

By Ellen Andrews | July 3, 2013

  Test your knowledge of hospital pay for executives in Connecticut. Take the July CT Health Policy Webquiz

CT health reform progress first time drop to 21.8%

By Ellen Andrews | July 2, 2013

  For the first time, Connecticut moved backward in progress toward health reform from 22.5% of tasks completed last month…

CEPAC meeting focused on effectiveness of Community Health Workers

By Ellen Andrews | July 1, 2013

  Friday’s CEPACmeeting centered on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of community health workers. The meeting was very well-attended with dozens…

Health Insurance Exchange Board meeting update

By Ellen Andrews | June 26, 2013

  Today’s Access Health CT Board meeting was largely uneventful; despite that, the room was packed. The highly anticipated report…

ECHN seeks to join growing list of CT hospitals merging and converting to for-profit

By Ellen Andrews | June 25, 2013

  The Hartford Business Journal is reporting that ECHN, parent of Manchester Memorial and Rockville General Hospitals, is close to…

Intern Academy resources online

By Ellen Andrews | June 21, 2013

    Tuesday’s CT Health Intern Academy attracted over 100 participants to a day of health policy and skill training…

Videos posted for Intern Academy

By Ellen Andrews | June 14, 2013

  As context for Tuesday’s CT Health Intern Academy, we have posted four 5 to 7 minute video backgrounders  on…