CT Health Reform

Pervasive uncertainty affects CT Health Reform Dashboard

By Ellen Andrews | June 30, 2017

July’s CT Health Reform Dashboard reflects growing uncertainty at the state and federal levels. If passed, Congressional proposals to replace…

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New data finds CT leads nation in lowering Medicaid costs

By Ellen Andrews | June 18, 2017

New data from CMS actuaries finds that Medicaid per capita health care spending dropped 5.7% from 2010 to 2014, better…

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June CT Health Reform Dashboard – concerns remain but some hope for drug costs

By Ellen Andrews | June 1, 2017

CT’s June Health Reform Dashboard remains unsettled. Mistrust remains at the core of problems in CT. The new state HIT…

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Health Care Cabinet tackles drug costs

By Ellen Andrews | May 10, 2017

At yesterday’s meeting, CT’s Health Care Cabinet agreed to create four working groups to develop recommendations and options to control…

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May CT Health Reform Dashboard – Medicaid U turn, federal relief premature

By Ellen Andrews | May 1, 2017

CT’s May Health Reform Dashboard is unsettled again. Mistrust remains at the core of problems in CT. Medicaid policy development…

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CTNJ: CT health policy has trust issues

By Ellen Andrews | April 17, 2017

An OP-ED today in CT News Junkie describes the sorry level of mistrust in CT health policymaking. “Mistrust is pervasive…

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April CT Health Reform Dashboard – temporary relief at federal level but troubling payment model returns (again and again and again)

By Ellen Andrews | April 5, 2017

CT’s April Health Reform Dashboard is somewhat more settled than last month – but that’s not a good thing. Efforts…

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Analysts predict CT would lose $7 billion under the American Health Care Act

By Ellen Andrews | March 23, 2017

A new analysis by the Urban Institute finds that per capita caps on federal Medicaid spending under the American Health…

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Medicaid Council update – PCMH + and national Medicaid proposals

By Ellen Andrews | March 20, 2017

Friday’s MAPOC meeting started with an update about the shared savings experiment that covers 137,037 members and started January 1st.…

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