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CT residents middle of the pack in well-being

By Ellen Andrews | March 7, 2011

A Gallup poll of Americans finds that CT ranked 22nd among states in well-being in 2009, down from 19th in…

Quality of care in CT remains high

By Ellen Andrews | March 4, 2011

AHRQ’s new 2010 Health Care Quality and Disparities reports find that our state is among the best in the overall…

March Webquiz – children’s health in CT

By Ellen Andrews | March 3, 2011

Test your knowledge of children’s health in CT. Take the March CT Health Policy webquiz.

Sales call illustrates the benefits of PCCM and a new way of doing business in Medicaid

By Ellen Andrews | March 2, 2011

I had a call yesterday that illustrates the power and potential of CT Medicaid’s new self-insured PCCM model. A representative…

ACA caps on consumer spending would have helped 139,100 CT consumers this year

By Ellen Andrews | March 1, 2011

A report released today by Families USA finds that caps on what consumers have to pay for health care in…

Medicaid self-insurance/ASO planning meeting

By Ellen Andrews | February 27, 2011

Friday DSS met with advocates, providers, state agency representatives, and potential bidders to collect input on the RFP for an…

Insurance exchange planning meeting

By Ellen Andrews | February 27, 2011

CT’s Health Insurance Exchange Planning Group held its first meeting under the new administration. Filed legislation offers two very different…

Free dental care resource

By Ellen Andrews | February 24, 2011

The CT State Dental Society website includes a new charitable outreach dental calendar outlining free dental care events across the…

State Health Insurance Exchange Webinar

By Ellen Andrews | February 22, 2011

Join the Council of State Governments for a webinar for our Eastern region states with Joel Ario, DHHS Director of…