Blog
Obesity and Tobacco in Connecticut Forum
The CT Public Health Policy Institute will host a forum January 19th on Overweight and Obesity in CT: Precursors, Policies…
Read MoreMedicaid Managed Care/PCCM update
Today’s Medicaid Managed Care Council included an update on PCCM given the expansion to New Haven and Hartford January 1st.…
Read MoreNew in the Book Club: The Healing of America
I usually avoid reading about other countries’ health systems; it’s depressing how backward America is about health care. It is…
Read MoreJanuary web quiz – national health reform and Connecticut
Test your knowledge of how national health reforms will help Connecticut. Take the January CT Health Policy Web Quiz.
Read MoreManaged care proposal for seniors and people with disabilities
DSS has issued an RFQ to provide managed care to 26,000 Medicaid only recipients who are Aged, Blind or Disabled.…
Read MoreNew laws take effect; New Haven anti-tobacco crusader/educator just gets it done
Some new state laws took effect Friday including a few related to health – coverage of autism, prohibiting payment for…
Read MoreMy favorite end of the year list
Time’s Top Ten Scientific Discoveries of 2009 includes epigenetics, water on the moon, and gene therapy curing color blindness. Some…
Read MoreThe health benefits of coffee
This is one less resolution we need to make for Friday – coffee is good for you, from the Wall…
Read MoreHow do shared doctor visits work?
Shared medical appointments have been described as an important innovation to improve access to better quality care, especially for chronically…
Read More