Press Releases
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2/29/2024
The Office of Health Strategy to Modify the 2024 Cost Growth Benchmark Due to High Inflation
(HARTFORD, CT)-The Office of Health Strategy (OHS) announced today that a one-time adjustment will be made to the previously announced cost growth benchmark values. OHS will increase the 2024 Healthcare Cost Growth Benchmark target value to 4.0%, up from the previously announced 2.9% target due to the anticipated impacts of unusually high inflation occurring in the 2022 reporting year. According to Public Act 22-118, OHS is required to annually review the current and projected rate of inflation and determine whether a modification of the Healthcare Cost Growth Benchmark is indicated.
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12/1/2023
OFFICE OF HEALTH STRATEGY AND WINDHAM HOSPITAL AGREE TO STUDY BIRTHING CENTER/ENHANCE WOMEN’S HEALTHCARE AS PART OF AGREED SETTLEMENT
(HARTFORD, CT) -- The Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) has rendered a Final Decision by way of an Agreed Settlement in Hartford Healthcare’s Windham Community Memorial Hospital, Inc. Certificate of Need application. The settlement approves the request to terminate the hospital’s inpatient obstetric services if Windham studies the need for and feasibility of a birthing center and agrees to operate one if needed. Windham Hospital’s application has been approved with significant conditions to ensure continued access to affordable healthcare for residents of the Windham community.
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11/13/2023
STATEMENT FROM OFFICE OF HEALTH STRATEGY ON THE PENDING ACQUISITIONS OF PROSPECT CT, INC. BY YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION AND PROSPECT CT MEDICAL FOUNDATION, INC. BY NORTHEAST MEDICAL GROUP, INC.
(Hartford, CT) - The Office of Health Strategy has offered, and the applicants in this matter have accepted, to engage in confidential settlement negotiations. Those discussions are on-going. The Office’s goal is to reach an agreed settlement with the parties that will adequately address issues of quality, access and affordability that fall within our statutory obligations and will ensure that any acquisition is in the best interests of the residents of CT. OHS will be looking to the cooperation from the applicants needed to achieve that goal.
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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
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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.
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4/8/2022
Office of Health Strategy Approves CT Proton Therapy Center, LLC CON
(HARTFORD, CT) –The Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) announced today that it has approved, with conditions, the Certificate of Need application to allow Harford HealthCare Corporation and Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation to establish proton therapy services through a newly established joint venture, Connecticut Proton Therapy Center, LLC (“CPTC”). The 25,000 square-foot Proton Therapy Center will be located at 932 Northrop Road, Wallingford, CT. As part of this project, CPTC will utilize proton therapy, a type of radiation therapy that uses a high energy beam of protons to treat many solid cancer tumors, including tumors of the brain and central nervous system, eye, gastrointestinal tract, head and neck, liver, lung, prostate, spine, and some breast tumors.
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12/14/2021
Office of Health Strategy and Department of Public Health Selected to Participate in the Strategies to Repair Equity and Transform Community Health (STRETCH) Initiative
(Hartford, CT) – Connecticut’s Office of Health Strategy Executive Director Victoria Veltri and the Department of Public Health Commissioner Manisha Juthani, MD, announced Connecticut, among ten states in total, has been selected to participate in the Strategies to Repair Equity and Transform Community Health (STRETCH) Initiative, a cohort learning opportunity to advance the state’s existing Health Enhancement Community (HEC) model.
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12/8/2021
Office of Health Strategy Releases Annual Hospital and Health System Financial Status and Facility Fees Trend Reports
Annual Report Details Connecticut Hospitals and Health Systems Data
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12/3/2021
STATEMENT FROM OFFICE OF HEALTH STRATEGY’S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR VICKI VELTRI ON COMPTROLLER KEVIN LEMBO’S RESIGNATION
OHS Executive Director released the following statement on the resignation of Comptroller Kevin Lembo.
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11/8/2021
Office of Health Strategy Appoints Sumit Sajnani as Connecticut's Health Information Technology Officer
(HARTFORD, CT) - Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) Executive Director Vicki Veltri announced the appointment of Sumit Sajnani to serve as the state’s Health Information Technology Officer (HITO). The HITO is a statutorily appointed position within OHS, in accordance with section 19a-754a of the general statutes.
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10/21/2021
Office of Health Strategy Announces Healthcare Benchmark Initiative Steering Committee
(HARTFORD, CT) – Today, Office of Health Strategy (OHS) Executive Director Vicki Veltri announced the launch of the Healthcare Benchmark Initiative Steering Committee.
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6/29/2021
OHS, DPH Earn Federal Grant to Address Covid 19 Induced Health Disparities; $3.3M to Help Fund Health Enhancement Communities (HEC) Initiative
Hartford – OHS Executive Director Victoria Veltri and Connecticut Department of Public Health Acting Commissioner Deidre S. Gifford, MD, MPH today announced the award of a federal grant, made available through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to address health disparities in the state.
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6/22/2021
Comptroller Lembo, OHS Director Veltri Announce Connecticut Healthcare Affordability Index
New Healthcare Research and Affordability Tool to Analyze Policy and Guide Lawmakers
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5/6/2021
OHS, Community Health Worker Advisory Body Launch Community Health Worker Training Vendor Application Portal
Hartford – The Office of Health Strategy (OHS) and its Community Health Worker Advisory Body (CHWAB) today launched the Community Health Worker Training Vendor Application Portal, which is now accessible through the OHS website.