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Medicaid Managed Care Council update
Today’s Medicaid Managed Care Council meeting touched on some new issues and revisited some old ones. There was a strong…
HUSKY rate audit released
The audit of large rate increases granted to the HUSKY HMOs last year has been released. Accounting firm Milliman found…
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…
Comptroller announces cost-saving health program for municipalities
Today Comptroller Nancy Wyman is announcing a new venture from her office that could save CT cities and towns tens…
Office of Health Care Advocate saved over $4 million for CT consumers in 2007
For every dollar spent on the Office of Health Care Advocate (OHA), $4.42 was returned to CT consumers in health…
PCCM Update
At yesterday’s Appropriations’ Human Services Subcommittee meeting, DSS reported on progress toward implementing a pilot Primary Care Case Management program…
Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending
In a recent report, the Congressional Budget Office found that Medicare spending varies significantly by geographic region, even after controlling…
Governor’s proposal to cut interpreters faces opposition
An article on ctnewsjunkie.com reports on Friday’s press conference by legislators opposing Governor Rell’s proposal to cut $4.7 million for…
Two studies question cost effectiveness of prevention and treatment
A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine challenges the dogma that prevention always pays. This is especially…