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Medicaid Council meeting update
Friday’s Medicaid Assistance Program Oversight Council meeting was very productive and mainly positive. The main area of discussion was DSS’…
HHS awards HealthyCT $75.8 million loan to develop new statewide nonprofit insurer
Today HHS announced approval of HealthyCT’s CO-OP application to develop a new non-profit insurance company for CT consumers. The federal…
Twelve CT hospitals rate just a “C” on patient safety
Over 400 people die every day in a US hospital due to a preventable error, according to the Hospital Safety…
CT hospital info scarce on new rating site
The Leapfrog Group, a national leader in improving the quality and value of health care, has released a new web…
AG will not block YNHH-St. Raph’s purchase
The CT Attorney General’s office has concluded their analysis of anti-trust implications of Yale-New Haven Hospital’s proposal to purchase The…
CEPAC meeting focuses on ADHD treatments
The spring CEPAC meeting last Friday at the University of New Hampshire was a deep dive into research comparing treatments…
CT Health Reform Dashboard – CT up to 13.8%
CT has jumped ahead in progress in health reform to 13.8% of the tasks completed, according to the June CT…
HITE CT considering scaling back to secure messaging, easing privacy concerns
CT’s quasi-public entity charged with building a health information exchange for the state is considering scaling back from an overly…
Comments on dual eligible proposal center on behavioral health co-lead
Comments at Friday’s Complex Care Committee meeting focused on the late addition of requiring a behavioral health co-lead to DSS’s…