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Medicaid performance dashboard unveiled; marked improvement with switch from HUSKY HMOs
At Friday’s Medicaid Council meeting, DSS described their new ASO accountability dashboard with performance measures for the program. From…
Read MoreCT Health Policy Roundtable: CT’s APCD
Join national and state experts for a Roundtable to learn more about the potential for Connecticut’s new All-Payer Claims Database…
Read MoreJune CT Health Policy Webquiz: CT’s All Payer Claims Database
Test your knowledge of All Payer Claims Databases and what one could mean for Connecticut. Take the June CT…
Read MoreCT’s All Payer Claims Database – an important opportunity, if we do it right
A new report for the CT Health Foundation outlines CT’s progress and future options toward developing an All-Payer Claims Database…
Read MoreWhat can Charter Oak teach the CT health insurance exchange?
A comparison finds lower consumer costs in the current Charter Oak plan than the Access Health CT (the CT Health Insurance…
Read More31 Ways to Save Money in CT’s Health Care Budget
The state budget is facing a billion deficit next fiscal year. We have 31 ways to both save money and…
Read MoreHUSKY B saves $4 million in switch from HMOs
As advocates predicted, it appears the shift from capitated managed care to self-insurance saved the HUSKY Part B program $4…
Read MoreFixing Medicaid: Healing CT’s Largest Health Care Program
Access to care in CT’s public programs has always been a struggle; it is difficult to find a provider who…
Read MoreRAND report predicts reform will save CT state government 10% on health care spending
A new economic modeling analysis by RAND for the Council of State Governments estimates that 170,000 more CT residents will…
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