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CT spends more on healthcare per capita than other Americans, but less as a percent of total spending
While average per capita healthcare service spending by Connecticut residents at $7,509 was the 13th highest among states last year,…
New to the Book Club: Distracted: How Regulations are Destroying the Practice of Medicine and Preventing True Health-Care Reform
I knew that doctors face increasing administrative burdens, but I had no idea how bad it was. Distracted is 201…
New federal Medicaid data finds CT’s Medicaid administration higher than most states
According to new data from MACPAC, Connecticut spent 5.73% of Medicaid spending on administration last year, higher than 37 other…
MAPOC: Harnessing the power of data analytics to improve health
Last week, MAPOC’s Complex Care Committee heard an exciting presentation by Alan Fontes of UConn Analytics and Information Management Solutions.…
Heated debate – healthcare vs. health care
Have you ever wondered if health care should be one word or two? Apparently it is currently two words, according…
Medicaid update: PCMH+ limping along, bad news for HUSKY parents, and Medicare cuts loom
PCMH+, CT Medicaid’s experimental move back into financial risk that now impacts just over 100,000 people, survived the budget cuts…
Chartbook: CT drugs costs high and growing fast
14.4% of our state’s economy was devoted to health care services in 2014, slightly below the US average, according to…
CT trains lots of doctors but we don’t keep them
A new report on physician workforce finds that CT is a hub for training physicians, both medical school and residency…
November CT Health Reform Dashboard – status quo, again and again and again
Like the last two months, November’s CT’s Health Reform Dashboardhas changed little. Growing and understandable mistrust remains at the…