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SustiNet and health insurance exchange bills heard
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
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
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
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
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
An AP article in the New Haven Register reports that policymakers are looking to review and possibly open UConn’s $94…
Consumers getting too many heart tests
A new survey by Consumers Union finds that most 40 to 60 year olds with no symptoms or risk factors…
Aetna begins tiered benefit offerings in CT
In a move to reduce costs, Aetna is now charging members in some plans based on the costs of the…
February webquiz – insurance offerings in CT
Test your knowledge of health insurance offerings by CT employers. Take the February CT Health Policy Webquiz.