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eHealthCT wins federal grant for health IT training

By Ellen Andrews | April 11, 2010

This week eHealthConnecticut announced their application for $5.7 million in federal stimulus money was approved. The funding is to create…

Medicaid Managed Care Council update

By Ellen Andrews | April 11, 2010

Friday’s Council meeting was relatively uneventful. We started with a wonderful outreach video by CT’s Healthy Start programs describing the…

Federal health reform and CT small businesses seminar

By Ellen Andrews | April 7, 2010

The Universal Health Care Foundation of CT is hosting a free seminar for small businesses on national health care reform…

High risk pools in federal health reform

By Ellen Andrews | April 6, 2010

Questions are surfacing about the federal reform bill’s provision to create a high risk pool will be implemented. The pool…

New OLR report finds PCCM succeeds, saves money in other states

By Ellen Andrews | April 2, 2010

A new report by the legislative Office of Legislative Research outlines enrollment, savings and impact on hospital visits in states…

April Webquiz – CT preventable hospitalizations

By Ellen Andrews | April 1, 2010

Test your knowledge of CT hospitalizations that could have been prevented with access to primary care. Take the April CT…

Webinar: National Health Reform and What it Means for CT

By Ellen Andrews | April 1, 2010

The video and slides from today’s webinar with Rep. Joe Courtney, Congressman from CT’s 2nd district, are posted at http://www.cthealthpolicy.org/webinars.

New Webinar: Congressman Joe Courtney on national health reform

By Ellen Andrews | March 25, 2010

Join CT Congressman Joe Courtney from CT’s 2nd district, and CT Health Policy Project Board Member, describe national health reform,…

Collaboration works – housing conference

By Ellen Andrews | March 24, 2010

This morning was the third in a series of conferences on housing in CT, but with a twist. The organizers…