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Medicaid Council hears payment reform plan for duals

By Ellen Andrews | April 16, 2012

On Friday, the Medical Assistance Program Oversight Council heard DSS’ plans for a shared savings payment model for people eligible…

Connecticut moves up to a C+ on health reform

By Ellen Andrews | April 12, 2012

This month Connecticut health care thought leaders give our state a C+ on health reform, up from a C in…

HIT privacy bill watered significantly down

By Ellen Andrews | April 5, 2012

Last week the Public Health Committee made significant changes to SB 368, originally designed to protect consumers’ private health information.…

April web quiz – Alzheimer’s disease in CT

By Ellen Andrews | April 3, 2012

Test your knowledge of Alzheimer’s disease in CT. Take the April CT Health Policy Webquiz.

No increase in state employee health plan costs

By Ellen Andrews | April 2, 2012

The State Comptroller announced Thursday that premiums for the state employees’ medical, pharmacy and dental plans will not increase next…

April CT Health Reform Dashboard — 10.8% progress to date

By Ellen Andrews | March 30, 2012

This month again CT is making progress toward health reform. This month we are 10.8% of the way toward health…

Exchange advisory committees begin work

By Ellen Andrews | March 26, 2012

Last week the four CT Health Insurance Exchange advisory committees held their first meeting jointly. The meeting included a very…

Experience to inform health insurance exchange outreach

By Ellen Andrews | March 21, 2012

CT has a long and varied history of outreach programs; some worked very well and some were less successful. There…

HIT privacy bill heard in Public Health Committee

By Ellen Andrews | March 20, 2012

An important bill, SB 368, had a public hearing Friday in the Public Health Committee. The bill would require HITE…