Care Delivery

Advocates’ Medicaid Study Group offers recommendations for Medicaid shared savings reform

By Ellen Andrews | September 23, 2015

Over a dozen Connecticut independent consumer advocates representing diverse populations and issue areas spent the last several months diving deep…

Advocates’ guide to underservice recommendations

By Ellen Andrews | August 7, 2015

Connecticut’s State Innovation Model (SIM) is seeking to radically transform our state’s $30 billion health system by aligning incentives to…

Advocates’ guide to underservice recommendations

By Ellen Andrews | August 4, 2015

SIM is seeking to radically transform our state’s $30 billion health system and has chosen a shared savings payment model…

Webinar online – Caring for high-need patients – Lessons for CT

By Ellen Andrews | June 24, 2015

Evidence is growing that we cannot fix our health care system without addressing the needs of the small number of…

CSG/ERC Hopkins tour highlights patient safety, care coordination and cancer innovations

By Ellen Andrews | August 6, 2014

Yesterday’s off-site trip to Johns Hopkins from the CSG/ERC annual meeting was impressive. We heard about out of the box…

Medicaid Council update

By Ellen Andrews | November 13, 2013

Friday’s Medicaid Oversight Council meeting focused on the success of the Intensive Care Management Program. The program provides the most…

PCCM/HUSKY Primary Care now on Facebook

By Ellen Andrews | August 27, 2010

The effort to move PCCM forward in Connecticut is taking a new turn – yes, we are joining Facebook! Type…

DSS outlines options to move HUSKY away from capitation – or not

By Ellen Andrews | August 14, 2010

At yesterday’s Medicaid Care Management Oversight Council (formerly known as the Medicaid Managed Care Council), DSS outlined three policy options…

PCCM Update

By Ellen Andrews | February 22, 2008

At yesterday’s Appropriations’ Human Services Subcommittee meeting, DSS reported on progress toward implementing a pilot Primary Care Case Management program…