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CHCradio.com – Headlines and interviews with health policy leaders
Every Tuesday at 4:30pm CT’s Community Health Centers Inc. sponsors Conversations on Health Care, a fascinating series of radio shows…
The final word – HUSKY ASO cost less than HMOs – or it should have
At Friday’s Medicaid Oversight Council meeting Mercer actuaries gave us the final comparison of the costs of the HUSKY program…
Advocacy group financial ties to drug companies probed
The Wall Street Journal Blog is reporting on growing interest about drug company financial support for health care advocacy organizations.…
Cthealthbook.org – new collection of resources
While you are home avoiding getting out to shovel, check out the updated www.cthealthbook.org. The site includes a collection of…
UConn Dempsey Hospital’s high use of controversial scans questioned
Patients at UConn’s Dempsey Hospital in Farmington are nearly ten times more likely to receive “combination CT scans” than at…
SustiNet final report off to General Assembly
The SustiNet task force has sent their recommendations to the legislature. Recomendations include payment and delivery system reforms, including patient…
January CT Health Policy web quiz – long term care
Test your knowledge of long term care costs in Connecticut. (Hint: they are very high). Take the January CT Health…
Geek alert: New report on geographic variation in Medicare spending
Huge variations in health care spending per person between different regions of the US have generated a lot of interest…
Serious quality of care questions in defibrillator implants
A new study on over 100,000 patients found that over one in five who received heart defibrillator implants shouldn’t have,…