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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…
Legal aid suing over Medicaid delays
Yesterday New Haven Legal Assistance Association filed a federal class action lawsuit against DSS over extreme delays in processing Medicaid…
Upcoming health policy meetings
CT’s health policy community is making up for the holiday lull in meetings. Next week’s meetings include: Patrick Hollander, former…
Sen. Blumenthal’s survey finds hospital drug shortages harming care
Yesterday, Sen. Blumenthal released a survey documenting serious drug shortages at CT hospitals. The number of drug shortages grew by…