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Hospital mergers accelerate Hartford Courant Hospitals working to reduce readmissions CT Mirror HUSKY improving with PCCM CT Health I-Team CT…
Video on impact of ACA in CT
A new video from Rep. Joe Courtney, CTHPP Board member, shows real patients and doctors describing the important benefits of…
CSG/ERC health policy webinar
Join Stan Dorn of the Urban Institute for a webinar about the Basic Health Program option for states under the…
Single payer reform moves forward in VT
This week I was in Montpelier for a CSG/Eastern Region state capitol visit. House committees were debating their single payer…
Getting health information exchange right
Anyone who shows up in an ER unconscious wants to know that the doctors treating them have all the information…
Medicaid Council and PCCM updates
At Friday morning’s Medicaid Council meeting we heard from Mercer about their HUSKY quality review project. The authors pointed out…
FAQs about patient-centered medical homes in CT
As part of discussion of national health reform and SustiNet, questions have been raised about patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs) in…
MA health reforms did not reduce medical bankruptcies
A new study finds that health reform in MA, including the individual mandate, did little to reduce bankruptcies due to…
SustiNet passes Public Health Committee
Yesterday the Public Health Committee passed the SustiNet bill on a party line vote. Even legislators who voted against the…