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HealthFirst Authority draft report
The Authority’s much anticipated draft report was unveiled earlier this month. Thankfully, it does not include a recommendation for an…
Read MoreHealth First Authority update
The Authority is winding down, but there is still no draft of the plan. At Monday’s meeting, members got a…
Read MoreHelpful DSS staff
It’s important to recognize people when they are helpful and good at their jobs, especially at DSS. Over the last…
Read MoreCT hospitals more profitable in 2007
The financial status of CT’s acute care hospitals continued to improve last year, according to OHCA’s latest report. Average margins…
Read MoreGood news for CT doctors, United to offer “insurance” that you can buy insurance in the future
CT physicians are getting some relief in their medical malpractice rates, according to today’s Hartford Courant. Most will see no…
Read MoreMore from the Consumer Helpline
I received a phone call on Tuesday from a Communications Officer in the Commissioners Office of the Department of Social…
Read MorePCCM advocates forced to walk out of meeting
Yesterday’s PCCM working group meeting at DSS did not go well. DSS had no agenda for the meeting which started…
Read MoreFrom the consumer helpline
I started working with the CT Health Policy Project a few weeks ago and I’ve been familiarizing myself with the…
Read MoreCharter Oak “pettiness”
To root out the sources of “negativity” about the Governor’s troubled Charter Oak program, on Friday DSS Commissioner Starkowski made…
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