Study finds CT private healthcare payment rates more than double Medicare’s, close to US average

By Ellen Andrews | May 22, 2024

A new study by RAND analyzing provider payments rates for commercial plans finds Connecticut’s 2022 rates averaged two and half…

Medicaid MCOs and quality, access – What the evidence says

By Ellen Andrews | May 14, 2024

Go to the full report Governor Lamont is reportedly considering a plan to have private insurance managed care plans (MCOs)…

Medicaid MCOs and cost savings – What the evidence says

By Ellen Andrews | May 14, 2024

Go to the full report Governor Lamont is reportedly considering a plan to have private insurance managed care plans (MCOs)…

NoHuskyMCOs – New resource to preserve Medicaid success

By Ellen Andrews | May 14, 2024

Go to NoHuskyMCOs.org for up to date information on plans to return control of Connecticut’s Medicaid program to private insurance…

US News: CT is 3rd best in US for healthcare

By Ellen Andrews | May 7, 2024

Based on surveys of state residents on their priorities for state government and health data, Connecticut is third best among…

Book Club – Super Forecasting: The Art and Science of Predicting

By Ellen Andrews | April 25, 2024

The title makes a big promise, but this book delivers. The book starts with examples through history of “experts” who…

From 2011 to 2022, CT hospital budgets devoted 12% to administration labor and 30% to direct patient care labor

By Ellen Andrews | March 21, 2024

Download the brief Download the data Parsing the latest data from NASHP’s Hospital Cost Tool finds that in 2022, Connecticut’s…

CT middle of the pack for doctors

By Ellen Andrews | March 18, 2024

Connecticut ranks 29th in a new analysis on the Best and Worst States for Doctors by Wallet Hub. Physicians are…

Connecticut health care coverage continues slow shift from private to public coverage

By Ellen Andrews | February 14, 2024

Download the report The latest numbers from the US Census on US health coverage in 2022 found that, as in…

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