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Medicare changes policies in response to comparative effectiveness research
The Medicare administrator for most of New England has changed policy to approve coverage of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for…
Webinar: engaging patients to lower costs and improve care
As states implement health delivery reform, many are intrigued by the promise of shared decision making. Not only is shared…
Percent uninsured Americans up but under age 26 going down, Bronx hospital allows artists to trade art for health care
A new Gallup poll finds that 17.1% of Americans were uninsured last year, up every year since 2008 when it…
Advocates protest at last week’s Exchange Board meeting
Last Thursday’s Board meeting was attended by dozens of consumer advocates protesting insurance domination of the Board’s membership and the…
First HIT privacy committee meeting
The HITE-CT privacy committee held its first meeting last week. While mainly organizational, the consensus of the group was that…
Medicaid Council meeting
The news from Friday’s Medicaid Council meeting was that there was no news. Unlike previous HUSKY transitions, the shift from…
Dual eligible care and payment model development committee update
Last week the Medicaid Council sub, sub-committee developing a payment and delivery model for a new Medicaid program serving dual…
Health Reform Cabinet meeting
The highlight of last week’s Health Reform Cabinet was a report by Frances Padilla of the Universal Health Care Foundation…
Health Care Workforce forum
It is estimated that CT will need 9,000 more direct health care workers in the next five years. The CT…