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Behavioral Health Partnership Update
DSS delivered some very good news at Wednesday’s meeting of the Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council. The Behavioral Health Partnership…
St. Raph’s defaults on $88 m in debt; imbalance in state funding blamed
New Haven’s Hospital of St. Raphael is facing a $35.5m budget hole and cannot make payments on $88 million of…
More companies conducting dependent coverage eligibility audits
Until recently most companies have just taken an employee’s word that the people they list for coverage under their family…
CT insurers push plan for universal health care; Rests on individual mandate
According to today’s Hartford Courant, CT’s insurance industry is promoting a plan to cover everyone in the state. The industry…
Charter Oak calls to the Consumer Helpline
I have been receiving a lot of calls on our Consumer Helpline (1-888-873-4585) from people having trouble signing up for…
Medicaid Managed Care Council/PCCM update
At Friday’s Council meeting DSS announced that not only did they default HUSKY families in Anthem and traditional Medicaid to…
Ten Ways to Save Money and Improve Health Care Quality
For Ten Ways to Save Money that Improve Quality in CT’s Health Care – so we don’t have to cut…
Governor releases her budget proposal
As promised, the Governor’s state budget proposal for the next two years released today includes painful cuts. Overall, Medicaid would…
Primary Care Authority meeting
At today’s meeting, the Primary Care Authority accepted UConn’s report *check link * assessing CT’s primary care workforce capacity. The…