Archive for November 2009
SustiNet Board and Workforce Task Force meetings
Yesterday the SustiNet Board heard from eHealthConnecticut , a CT nonprofit created four years ago to develop a secure statewide health information exchange. The Board includes broad representation across the health care spectrum including physicians, hospitals, clinics, pharmacists, employers, insurers, academics, quality organizations, state agencies, policymakers and consumer advocates including the CT Health Policy Project.…
Read MoreHartford area PCCM/HUSKY Primary Care forum
A forum for providers and consumers eligible for and considering the new HUSKY Primary Care/PCCM option is being held in Hartford on Tuesday November 24th from 5 to 7pm. The forum will be at the offices of Greater Hartford Legal Assistance, 999 Asylum Avenue, 3rd floor, Hartford. HUSKY Primary Care, a form of Primary Care…
Read MoreGovernor’s Health Care Reform Advisory Board to meet
The Governor’s Health Care Reform Advisory Board will hold its first meeting November 17th from 9 to 11am; the site has not been determined. The committee was created by the Governor’s Executive Order No. 30 accompanying her veto of HB-6600, the SustiNet bill. The General Assembly subsequently overturned her veto. The SustiNet Board has been…
Read MoreNew in the Book Club
Silence Kills: Speaking Out and Saving Lives (Edited by Lee Gutkind, 2007) is a collection of essays describing real life stories from providers and victims about their experiences with medical errors. Providers’ descriptions of pain, guilt, shame, and fear for their future are compelling. Victims’ stories include indifferent and careless providers and a stupid system…
Read MoreHouse passes historic health reform bill
Late Saturday evening, the US House of Representatives passed HR-3962, the Affordable Health Care for Americans Act, by a margin of 220 to 215. If passed into law, the bill would provide affordable, comprehensive health coverage for nearly all CT residents. The measure requires both consumers and employers to purchase coverage, includes subsidies for low…
Read MorePCCM/HUSKY Primary Care Forum
To answer questions as PCCM, now known as HUSKY Primary Care, is rolling out in New Haven and Hartford by January 1st, advocates are holding a forum Thursday November 19th at 6pm. It will be at our offices in the Red Cross Building – 703 Whitney Avenue in New Haven. The forum is sponsored by…
Read MoreCT Health Care Advocate’s Office has saved consumers $2.7 million so far this year
The Office of Health Care Advocate’s latest update reports saving state consumers $2.7 million in denied health care claims and services through September of this year, including $700,000 in the third quarter alone. Last year the office saved consumers over $5.2 million and are predicting an increase of over 50% in the number of cases…
Read MoreNovember CT health policy quiz
Test your knowledge of the CT health system’s performance. Take the November CT Health Policy Project web quiz.
Read MoreAnother reason to be an advocate – you’ll be happier
A researcher has found that people who are politically active are happier than disengaged citizens who can’t name the Vice-President. Protesters are more optimistic and socially connected. And there is some evidence that it isn’t just an association; that getting people to think like activists makes score higher on “vitality.” Aristotle apparently stated the same…
Read MoreBehavioral Health Partnership forums
The CT Behavioral Health Partnership, family advocacy organizations and the Community Collaborative are sponsoring three forums about Enhanced Care Clinics (ECCs). The Partnership is CT’s non-risk program providing coordinated mental health and substance abuse services to HUSKY members. ECCs are behavioral health providers that offer timely urgent and routine care as well as coordination of…
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