Connecticut State Office of Health Strategy
Guidance for Payers and Providers
Payer Data Portal
The Cost Growth Benchmark Performance Submission data file is an Excel worksheet. These are the files that will be uploaded through the payer data portal.
COST GROWTH BENCHMARK PERFORMANCE SUBMISSION TEMPLATE
If there are problems downloading the taxonomy code listings imbedded in the implementation manual (pages A-9 to A-10, B-6, and D-5), the Excel worksheet can be downloaded here.
COST GROWTH BENCHMARK PRIMARY CARE TAXONOMY AND PROCEDURE CODES
Only a State of Connecticut credentialed contact will be able to upload or access data for the carrier they represent. Additionally, only authorized OHS staff will be able to download the submitted data.
To protect the data a carrier submits, OHS is enabling the carrier’s contact to upload the requested data files to the State’s secure file transfer web client at:
Once the credentialed contact uploads the required data files, they will alert OHS through email at OHS@ct.gov with the subject line “Cost Growth Benchmark Data-{Carrier Name}.”
The Connecticut Quality Benchmark Initiative Implementation Manual contains the technical and operational steps for collecting and reporting on the Quality Benchmarks.
CT QUALITY BENCHMARK INITIATIVE IMPLEMENTATION MANUAL
The CT Quality Measure Performance Submission Template data file is an Excel worksheet. These are the files that will be uploaded through the payer data portal.
CT QUALITY MEASURE PERFORMANCE MY 2022 SUBMISSION TEMPLATE
Please email any questions you may have including those about the implementation manual, data upload process, credentialing to OHS@ct.gov .