Medicaid Council update

Financial numbers released at Friday’s Medicaid Care Management Oversight Council meeting highlighted the need for more sophisticated accountability or, even better, moving the program to a self-insured ASO model and removing any HMO incentives to game the system. The Council first heard about Aetna’s underwhelming and vague performance improvement programs; Aetna’s quality performance for members…

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New journalism focusing on CT health

The CT Health I Team, led by veteran CT journalists Lisa Chedekel and Lynn DeLucia, will publish original investigative reports on health and safety in Connecticut and surrounding states. Top stories include Disciplined Docs Practice Freely in State and PTSD Cases in State Up. C-HIT is sponsored by the Online Journalism Project.

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CT fourth healthiest state

America’s Health Ranking has placed CT as the fourth healthiest state in the nation, behind only VT, MA and NH. Since 1993 CT has been in the top ten healthiest states. However performance on specific indicators varied widely. CT was the top state in recent dental visits, but 27th in air pollution and 31st in…

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Rally for SustiNet December 14th

The Interfaith Fellowship for Universal Health Care is holding a rally for SustiNet December 14th from 5:30 to 6:30 pm at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 311 Capitol Avenue, Hartford. Governor-elect Malloy will join the Rally. For more information, go to http://www.ctneweconomy.org/

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OLR reports on major issues for 2011

The Office of Legislative Research’s annual list of issues likely to be addressed in the coming session includes: · Considering alternatives to HMOs for the troubled HUSKY, including statewide PCCM · Reconsidering last year’s budget requirement that HUSKY move from the current capitated HMO-based model to a self-insured ASO model, as is common to most…

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CT insurance premiums up more than 30% from 2003 to 2009

An analysis by the Commonwealth Fund finds that single health insurance premiums in CT grew 34% and family coverage by 39% from 2003 through 2009. Interestingly, the rise in premiums was greater for employees of large firms than for workers in small firms, both in CT and nationally. CT family premiums were the 7th highest…

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SustiNet Board update

The SustiNet task force met yesterday to refine their final recommendations for proposed legislative language to the General Assembly. In an earlier survey of task force and ex-officio members there was agreement that the plan should merge state employees, Medicaid members and municipal employees. However, there was disagreement about including small businesses, nonprofits and the…

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SustiNet public briefings scheduled

Two SustiNet public briefings have been scheduled. Monday Dec. 6 6pm to 9pm Hill Regional Career High School, 140 Legion Avenue, New HavenTuesday Dec. 7 9am to noon Legislative Office Building Room 1D, Hartford A legislative briefing has been scheduled for Dec. 16th from 9am to noon at the LOB Room 2C.

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