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CT Health Foundation fellows program

By Ellen Andrews | February 21, 2011

The CT Health Foundation is currently seeking nominations for their Health Leadership Fellows Program. Training includes understanding and implementing health…

Medicaid Council update

By Ellen Andrews | February 18, 2011

Today’s meeting started with an entertaining LOB intruder alert drill by the Capitol Police. DSS described shift to ASO for…

Governor’s budget proposal out

By Ellen Andrews | February 17, 2011

Governor Malloy’s first budget proposal, released today, includes tough choices for health care consumers but also some very good news.…

SustiNet and health insurance exchange bills heard

By Ellen Andrews | February 15, 2011

The Public Health, Human Services and Insurance Committees had a public hearing on the SustiNet bill and competing visions for…

Webinar: CT health information exchange up and running

By Ellen Andrews | February 13, 2011

Join us for a webinar with Scott Cleary of eHealthCT, Feb. 22nd at 1pm to hear about CT’s successful Medicaid…

Desig Thinking Conference – Designing for Health

By Ellen Andrews | February 10, 2011

This year’s Donaghue Foundation conference will explore how design thinking is being used to reduce fragmentation in today’s health care…

State moving to ASO and PCCM for all Medicaid consumers

By Ellen Andrews | February 8, 2011

At a press conference today, Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman and OPM Secretary Ben Barnes announced that CT’s Medicaid program will…

Health in the News – long term care insurance, mandates, and Medicaid inpatient admissions up

By Ellen Andrews | February 8, 2011

Interest in the CLASS Act, part of national health reform, has focused attention on long term care insurance. All sides…

Legislators looking at UConn contract for prisoners’ care for savings

By Ellen Andrews | February 7, 2011

An AP article in the New Haven Register reports that policymakers are looking to review and possibly open UConn’s $94…