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PCCM/HUSKY Primary Care now on Facebook

By Ellen Andrews | August 27, 2010

The effort to move PCCM forward in Connecticut is taking a new turn – yes, we are joining Facebook! Type…

CSG/ERC meeting slides online

By Ellen Andrews | August 27, 2010

Health panel slides from last week’s CSG/ERC annual meeting in Maine are online. They include Sen. Richard Moore (MA) and…

Admitting mistakes and making an offer reduces malpractice suits

By Ellen Andrews | August 26, 2010

A new study has found that responding to medical errors with full disclosure, an apology and an offer of compensation…

Updated health policy basics

By Ellen Andrews | August 25, 2010

Just in time for Back to School, the CT Health Policy Project has updated our health policy basics module for…

More health policy at CSG/ERC meeting

By Ellen Andrews | August 24, 2010

Last week’s CSG/ERC annual meeting in Portland ME included talks by some health policy rock stars.Sen. Richard Moore, Senate Chair…

Patient centered medical homes at CSG/ERC

By Ellen Andrews | August 16, 2010

At today’s Council of State Governments/Eastern Region Annual Meeting in Portland ME, we heard a fascinating panel on patient centered…

DSS outlines options to move HUSKY away from capitation – or not

By Ellen Andrews | August 14, 2010

At yesterday’s Medicaid Care Management Oversight Council (formerly known as the Medicaid Managed Care Council), DSS outlined three policy options…

More evidence that doctors and patients are not communicating

By Ellen Andrews | August 12, 2010

A new study by Yale and Waterbury Hospital researchers finds that despite the fact that physicians believe that they are…

New to the Book Club – national health reform

By Ellen Andrews | August 11, 2010

The newest addition to the CT Health Policy Project Book Club, Landmark: The Inside Story of America’s New Health-Care Law…