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CT exchange staff won’t negotiate with insurers on behalf of consumers
Staff of the CT Health Insurance Exchange have “opted to utilize an ‘any qualified plan’ approach” for determining which plans…
Medicaid Council update
Lots of good news at Friday’s MAPOC meeting. DSS has significantly improved their redetermination process in response to huge backlogs…
PCMH workforce conference Oct. 23rd
Patient centered medical homes offer exciting potential to both improve the quality of care and control costs. But this transformation…
State innovation application posted
The state’s application to CMS for a $3 million State Innovation Models Grant is now online. If awarded, the grant…
CT still earns a C+ on reform
Once again, CT health care thoughtleaders give our state a C+ on health reform. From the beginning of the CT…
Join us for Consumer Conversations: the CT Health Insurance Exchange
January 1, 2014 every CT resident will be required to secure health coverage. The CT Health Insurance Exchange is being…
Aetna announces layoffs, blames ACA, puzzling
Aetna has announced they will soon be laying off 80 CT workers, 160 nationwide. The company cited competitive pressures from…
Fascinating UConn medication management conference
UConn’s School of Pharmacy invited some stellar speakers to yesterday’s 2012 Hewitt Symposium on Medication Management. Medication management is an…
Midwifery conference
Mary Breckinridge, one of the foremothers of nurse-midwifery in the United States, famously said, “Our goal is to see ourselves…