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- 7/3/2024 CT AHEAD Application
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7/2/2024
CONNECTICUT SELECTED FOR FEDERAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT TO CURB HEALTHCARE COST GROWTH, IMPROVE POPULATION HEALTH AND ADVANCE HEALTH EQUITY
(HARTFORD, CT) - The Connecticut Office of Health Strategy and Department of Social Services announced today that the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMMI) has selected Connecticut to participate in a new, voluntary, state total cost of care model: the States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development Model (AHEAD Model).
- 7/2/2024 Notice for Public Comment and Review Statewide Health Care Facilities and Services Plan 2024
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6/26/2024
OFFICE OF HEALTH STRATEGY HOSTS HEALTHCARE BENCHMARKS HEARING FOCUSED ON HEALTHCARE COST GROWTH, QUALITY AND PRIMARY CARE INVESTMENT
(Hartford, CT) – On Tuesday, June 25, 2024 the Office of Health Strategy (OHS), hosted an informational hearing on Connecticut’s Healthcare Benchmark Initiatives. The initiatives play a key role in improving the health of state residents by ensuring access to high-quality affordable health care. OHS released three reports central to the initiative’s mission in May including the Healthcare Cost Growth Benchmark, Quality and Primary Care Spending Target reports.
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5/23/2024
CONNECTICUT HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCIES HOST FIRST SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH SUMMIT
(Hartford, CT) – On Wednesday, May 22, 2024 the Office of Health Strategy (OHS), along with several of Connecticut’s health and human services agencies hosted a Social Determinants of Health Summit at the Chrysalis Center in Hartford, CT. This first ever statewide summit convened community-based social services agencies and healthcare organizations, community, and state agency leaders to discuss collaboration and alignment on efforts to address social determinants of health and improve health outcomes. According to the National Institutes of Health, social determinants of health (SDoH), such as financial resources and housing stability, account for between 30–55% of people’s health outcomes.
- 5/16/2024 CT Social Determinants of Health Summit 2024
- 4/3/2024 Save the Date: Social Determinants of Health Summit
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4/3/2024
OFFICE OF HEALTH STRATEGY RELEASES REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION IN CONNECTICUT
(HARTFORD, CT)- The Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) released a report “Impacts of Connecticut Hospital and Health Care System Consolidation (2016-2021),” that analyzes the impact of hospital and health care system consolidation in Connecticut from 2016 through 2021.
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4/3/2024
OFFICE OF HEALTH STRATEGY, YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH & PROSPECT CT REACH AGREEMENT ON CERTIFICATE OF NEED APPLICATIONS
(Hartford, CT) – The Office of Health Strategy (OHS), Yale New Haven Health Services (YNHHS) and Prospect CT have come to an agreement that approves the Certificate of Need (CON) application for YNHHS’s acquisition of Prospect CT’s three Connecticut hospitals – Waterbury Hospital, Rockville General Hospital, and Manchester Memorial Hospital. The settlement terms will ensure that the quality, access, equity, affordability, and cost-effectiveness standards of the CON statute are met.
- 5/17/2023 CT APCD Public Comment Period Announcement 2023
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3/27/2023
Governor Lamont: Connecticut’s First-Ever Healthcare Cost Growth Benchmark Report Confirms the Need for Reforms To Make Healthcare More Affordable
Governor Lamont: Connecticut’s First-Ever Healthcare Cost Growth Benchmark Report Confirms the Need for Reforms To Make Healthcare More Affordable
- 11/30/2022 CID OHA OHS To Host Healthcare Cost Drivers Informational Meeting
- 7/1/2022 Covered CT Program One Pager
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7/1/2022
Covered Connecticut Program
Updated June 15, 2022 for Phase II
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5/31/2022
COMPTROLLER BRASWELL, OHS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR VELTRI ANNOUNCE NEW FINDINGS FROM CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE AFFORDABILITY INDEX
(HARTFORD, CT) Comptroller Natalie Braswell and Victoria Veltri, Executive Director of the Office of Health Strategy (OHS), announced today, the release of a new report that utilized the groundbreaking Connecticut Healthcare Affordability Index (CHAI) tool to analyze the effects of recent health care legislation.