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Briefing focuses on CT nurses’ role in improving population health

By Ellen Andrews | December 17, 2015

The CT Nursing Collaborative-Action Coalition held a briefing today on Building a Culture of Health in Hartford with the CT…

December web quiz: CT Medicaid quality

By Ellen Andrews | December 15, 2015

Test your knowledge about the improvements in quality of care in Connecticut’s Medicaid program. Take the December CT Health Policy…

Medicaid update: New data on high-cost, high-need members

By Ellen Andrews | December 14, 2015

Friday’s Medicaid Council meeting focused on CT’s participation in a national technical assistance program to identify and meet the needs…

CT tied for fifth among states in health system performance

By Ellen Andrews | December 11, 2015

  CT’s health system performs better than 45 other states according to the 2015 Commonwealth Fund State Scorecard on State…

Report details dangers of hospital consolidation, especially YNHH and L&M

By Ellen Andrews | December 8, 2015

A new report by a coalition of labor and consumer advocacy groups including the CT Health Policy Project, calls for…

CT health reform progress meter ticks up slightly

By Ellen Andrews | December 7, 2015

December’s CT health reform progress meter ticked up very slightly this month. Medicaid redesign planning is still on track, working…

Op-Ed — CT Medicaid: Don’t Mess With What’s Working

By Ellen Andrews | November 23, 2015

In an unusual twist, two prominent legal aide attorneys highlight Medicaid’s exceptional performance in improving quality, expanding access to care…

22,166 CT residents sharing $1.8 million in ACA premium rebates

By Ellen Andrews | November 20, 2015

Over $469 million in 2014 insurance premium rebates will soon be going back to US consumers including 22,166 CT residents,…

Fate of terminated HUSKY parents troubling, implications for families staying together

By Ellen Andrews | November 16, 2015

At Friday’s Medicaid Council meeting we learned that 167 of the 1,215 HUSKY parents that lost coverage last year were…