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Medicaid Council update
Friday’s Medicaid Council meeting featured DSS Commissioner Bremby’s comprehensive, long overdue client services system overhaul. To say the current systems…
Governor’s proposed budget adjustments – one major health change
The Governor’s proposals to adjust the current biennial budget include changes to LIA (the former SAGA program). When SAGA was…
Yalies oppose federal needle exchange program cutback
Yesterday, a group of Yale students, the Student Global Health and AIDS campaign, protested the recent Congressional reversal of a…
CT Health Reform Dashboard — 10.4% progress to date
How is CT doing reforming our broken health system? Are we making smart choices? Are we taking advantage of opportunities?…
February web quiz – Insurance exchange planning report
Test your knowledge of CT’s health insurance exchange planning. Take the February CT Health Policy Webquiz.
Hospital errors rising, state investigations dropping
An analysis by the CT Health I-Team of DPH hospital adverse event reports finds that the number of errors has…
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…