In the latest budget proposal for the next two years, Democrats in legislative leadership have rejected many of the Governor’s most recent c...
Forum on skyrocketing drugs costs and what can be done
May 17 th the CT State Medical Society and the Office of State Comptroller are sponsoring CT Pharmaceutical Forum: Access, Affordability an...
Update – Palliative Care Webinar time change
Due to an unavoidable conflict, the time for the w ebinar: The Potential of Palliative Care for People with Serious Illness by the MAPOC Co...
Connecticut most costly for nursing home care, above US average for all LTSS costs
A new survey of Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) costs by Lincoln Financial finds that Connecticut was among the costliest states in ...
Webinar: The Potential of Palliative Care for People with Serious Illness
Palliative care offers great potential to improve and extend the lives of people with serious illness, allowing them to get care at home if ...
Private employer costs higher in New England, but health costs are less of the total
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, New England employers paid the highest total compensation per worker in December 2015 ave...
Connecticut’s Medicaid redesign update-- Pros and Cons
Connecticut’s Medicaid program has earned national recognition for combining improved access to high quality care with an impressive record ...
Webinar: The Potential of Palliative Care for People with Serious Illness
Palliative care offers great potential to improve and extend the lives of people with serious illness, allowing them to get care at home if ...
Health Care Cabinet considers Oregon and Maryland’s reforms
At this month’s Health Care Cabinet meeting, we heard about health reforms in Oregon and Maryland with a focus on how/if their successful s...
Governor’s latest budget cuts even more HUSKY parents
Yesterday the Governor released his counter-proposal for the next biennial budget. The proposal cuts the remaining working parents above 13...
New to the Book Club -- Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America
Sometimes raw and even offensive, in Hand to Mouth Linda Tirado describes for middle class readers what it is like to live in working class ...
Northeastern physicians lowest paid in US
According to Medscape’s 2016 Physician Compensation Survey , at $266,000 physicians from Northeastern states have the lowest incomes in the ...
April web quiz: Medicare disparities in CT
Test your knowledge of Medicare disparities in CT. Take the April CT Health Policy Webquiz.
Approps budget restores many health and human service cuts
The budget approved by the Appropriations Committee yesterday restores many of the health and human services cuts in the Governor’s propose...
CT Health Reform Dashboard update: mixed Medicaid progress, a few good signs elsewhere
Both good and bad news for consumers in planned Medicaid reforms influenced CT Health Reform Dashboard this month. In good news, DSS and S...
April Health Affairs features CT state employee VBID plan results
An evaluation of CT’s state employee Health Enhancement Program (HEP) published in Health Affairs found improved access to primary care, re...
CON taskforce members appointed
Governor Malloy has announced the appointments to the Certificate of Need Taskforce. The taskforce was created in a February Executive Order...
CEPAC meeting affirms the value of outpatient palliative care, but more research is needed
At yesterday’s meeting in Hartford, CEPAC took a deep dive into the clinical and cost effectiveness of palliative care delivered in outpati...