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Join CT Congressman Joe Courtney from CT’s 2nd district, and CT Health Policy Project Board Member, describe national health reform, how we got here, and what it means for CT in a webinar next Wednesday March 31st at 3:15pm. To register, go to https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/169103624

The Donaghue Foundation’s annual meeting will focus on behavioral and cultural perspectives on taking responsibility for our health. The meeting will be Wednesday, April 21st from 7:30 am to 12:30 pm at the Hartford Marriott Farmington. Registration is free. For more information click here.

The Donaghue Foundation’s annual meeting will focus on behavioral and cultural perspectives on taking responsibility for our health. The meeting will be Wednesday, April 21st from 7:30 am to 12:30 pm at the Hartford Marriott Farmington. Registration is free. For more information click here.

Wednesday, February 24 at noon the SustiNet Patient Centered Medical Home Committee will hear from Lee Partridge of the National Partnership for Women and Families. Lee is a national consumer advocate and expert on patient-centered medical homes. To register for the webinar, go to https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/524374993For more on the Partnership’s medical home project, click here. For…

On February 23rd at 1pm, the SustiNet Patient Centered Medical Home and Health Care Quality and Provider Committees will hear from Ann Torregrossa, director of the PA Governor’s Office of Health Care Reform, about her state’s progress implementing medical homes and payment reform. To register, go to https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/596582016 February 22nd at 3pm the SustiNet Health…

What would happen if there was an earthquake in an American community, the Red Cross came into town and provided disaster relief, but a couple of months later everyone got a bill for those services, marked up tenfold, and people who couldn’t pay were sued? There would be outrage; it wouldn’t be tolerated. But that…

Friday from 10am to 1pm at the Legislative Office Building the Appropriations Committee will receive a report from DSS about their progress in implementing PCCM/HUSKY Primary Care. Following the department’s report will be a panel including physicians, a consumer, and this advocate about the program.Ellen Andrews

Three SustiNet webinars have been scheduled to date; all are available to the public to participate.The first is February 2nd at 11am. We will be hearing from Mina Harkins, Assistant Vice President at NCQA about their patient centered medical home certification program. To register for that webinar, go to https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/618793754 The second will be February…

The pink glove dance to raise breast cancer awareness from the Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, OR.

Speaker of the House Chris Donovan is holding the first of five hearings around the state on the impact of the recession on CT families this Saturday, December 5th at 10am at the Legislative Office Building, Room 2C. Policymakers especially want to hear from children and youth about how the recession is affecting them, their…