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April CT Health Reform Dashboard – temporary relief at federal level but troubling payment model returns (again and again and again)
CT’s April Health Reform Dashboard is somewhat more settled than last month – but that’s not a good thing. Efforts…
Doctor compensation continues to grow, Northeastern physicians about in the middle, Canadians higher
US physicians average $294 thousand in compensation this year, up from $206K in 2011 according to Medscape’s 2017 Physician Compensation…
Large majority of CT hospitals and health systems making money
Last year, 23 of CT’s 28 hospitalsand half the 20 health systems made money last year. Collectively, CT’s 28 hospitals’…
Analysts predict CT would lose $7 billion under the American Health Care Act
A new analysis by the Urban Institute finds that per capita caps on federal Medicaid spending under the American Health…
Medicaid Council update – PCMH + and national Medicaid proposals
Friday’s MAPOC meeting started with an update about the shared savings experiment that covers 137,037 members and started January 1st.…
CT seventh in nation in Medicaid payments for opioid addiction treatment
While the opioid epidemic impacts all income levels, Medicaid is the largest source of behavioral health care and opioid addiction…
Latest ACA replacement expected to cost CT up to $1 billion/year and increase premiums for residents
An analysis by CT’s Office of Policy and Management estimates that the House Republicans’ American Health Care Act (AHCA) would…
Health reform dashboard reflects uncertainty, good and bad trends
March’s CT Health Reform Dashboard update reflects good, bad and uncertain policy movement in CT and DC. Most troubling is…
CT stuck at C+ grade for health reform, Mistrust is high and pervasive
Connecticut health care thought leaders again gave our state a C+ grade for health reform last month, but our GPA…