Health Report Card

In the latest survey, CT health care thought leaders give our state a B-/C+ grade on health reform, little changed from last year’s survey. CT’s grade for effort rose to a B- in this survey. Higher marks go to patient-centered medical homes and the health insurance exchange. Payment reform/quality improvement scored lowest. CT’s performance on…

CT’s progress toward health reform remains stalled. The meter moved down again this month slightly to 29.4%. As usual, Medicaid accounted for most of the progress with ever-increasing data reporting, health neighborhood reform progress, and transparent, collaborative planning. Again SIM challenges lowered the progress meter by excluding free clinics, and transparency (FOI) and accountability (ethics)…

CT’s progress toward health reform is still stuck. The meter moved down again this month slightly to 29.5%. As usual, Medicaid accounted for most of the progress with comprehensive quality reporting, impressive long term services and supports, and transparent, collaborative payment reform planning. We love it when state agencies show all their work – even…

CT’s progress toward health reform is officially stuck. The meter moved down slightly to 29.8% this month. A very wise advocate summed up the frustration remarking that we have a pattern in CT health care reform of taking one step forward and then two steps back.  Again Medicaid accounted for most of the progress including…

CT’s progress toward health reform moved up slightly again this month to 29.9%. Again Medicaid accounted for most of the progress including good news on per person cost stability and successful completion of an underservice monitoring plan for the health neighborhood pilot for dual eligibles. Progress was limited by the continual need to defend proven…

CT’s progress toward health reform moved up slightly to 28.8% this month, from 28.4% last month. Medicaid accounted for most of the progress including addressing audit issues that serve as a barrier to provider participation and the health neighborhood pilot for dual eligibles that is carefully protecting consumers from underservice in a collaborative and constructive…

Starting to recover from the bomb thrown by SIM leaders in to CT’s Medicaid success, CT’s progress toward health reform moved up slightly to 28.4% this month – the first rise in two months. The progress resulted from detailed, and better, quality measures from Medicaid and CID’s insurance rate review that lowered insurers’ excessive increases…

  CT lost ground in progress toward health reform according to the August CT Health Reform Dashboard. The state moved backward to 28% completion mainly due to the new SIM/Medicaid plan that has drawn concerns from many stakeholders, less transparent policymaking, and concerns that a federal grant is driving health policy choices. Progress on patient-centered…

The CT Health Reform Dashboard is up a notch again this month to 29.7% on the progress meter, reversing last month’s slide. Areas of progress include new insurance market entrants and, as usual, Medicaid’s progress in many areas driven by transparent, open policymaking. CT Medicaid has made consistent progress toward turning around a deeply troubled…