Press Releases

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• 2/10/2020 Audio: ‘Being a Dad in 2020’--Connecticut Public Radio’s ‘Where We Live’ talk and call-in program includes DSS’s Tony Judkins, program manager for the Connecticut Fatherhood Initiative

  Audio: ‘Being a Dad in 2020’--Connecticut Public Radio’s ‘Where We Live’ talk and call-in program includes DSS’s Tony Judkins, program manager for the Connecticut Fatherhood Initiative

• 2/3/2020 Attorney General Tong Announces $118 Million Agreement with Practice Fusion; Agreement Settles Allegations of Improper Use of Clinical Decision Support Arrangements with Pharmaceutical Companies

• 2/3/2020 Attorney General Tong, DSS Commissioner Gifford Announce $200,000 Settlement and Suspension Agreement with East Hartford Behavioral Health Providers, Resolving False Claims Act Lawsuit

• 1/30/2020 Statement on behalf of Lamont Administration by CT DSS Commissioner Deidre S. Gifford about Trump Administration’s ‘Healthy Adult Opportunity’ (block grant) for Medicaid

• 1/22/2020 Governor Lamont Signs Executive Orders on Reducing Healthcare Costs for Connecticut Residents; Orders Direct State to Establish Healthcare Cost Growth and Quality Benchmarks, and Improve Transparency of Medicaid Costs and Quality

  Governor Lamont Signs Executive Orders on Reducing Healthcare Costs for Connecticut Residents; Orders Direct State to Establish Healthcare Cost Growth and Quality Benchmarks, and Improve Transparency of Medicaid Costs and Quality

• 1/16/2020 Connecticut Sues to Block Federal Plan to Eliminate Food Assistance for Struggling Americans

• 1/6/2020 New State Partnership Connects Child-Support Clients with Employment Services; Three Agencies Launch Initiative to Promote Family Success and Stability

  New State Partnership Connects Child-Support Clients with Employment Services; Three Agencies Launch Initiative to Promote Family Success and Stability

• 12/13/2019 Attorney General Tong and DSS Commissioner Gifford Announce Court Decision Requiring Fairfield Dentist to Pay $1.7 Million for Violating State’s False Claims Act

  Attorney General Tong and DSS Commissioner Gifford Announce Court Decision Requiring Fairfield Dentist to Pay $1.7 Million for Violating State’s False Claims Act

• 9/27/2019 Governor Lamont Announces Connecticut Receives $2.9M Federal Grant to Strengthen Medicaid Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

• 8/14/2019 Governor Lamont and DSS Commissioner Blast Trump Administration on Proposed Regulations Penalizing Immigrants

• 8/14/2019 Connecticut Plans for the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program and Community Services Block Grant for Federal Fiscal Year 2020

• 8/8/2019 Fatherhood and the Family at Center of Two-Day Summit: Recognizing Special Role of Dads in Child Development & Services

  This event will convene service providers, advocates, legislators, policymakers and other stakeholders to share information about current father engagement efforts, highlight fathers as critical forces in their children’s lives, and focus on how state systems can assist with the important role they play.

• 8/2/2019 State Projected to Expand Home Care as Demand Grows

  State Projected to Expand Home Care as Demand Grows

• 7/17/2019 Attorney General Tong, DSS Commissioner Gifford, Comptroller Lembo Announce False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Therapy Unlimited for Allegedly Submitting False Claims to Connecticut’s Medicaid and State Healthcare Programs

  Attorney General Tong, DSS Commissioner Gifford, Comptroller Lembo Announce False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Therapy Unlimited for Allegedly Submitting False Claims to Connecticut’s Medicaid and State Healthcare Programs

• 7/2/2019 Notice of Intent to Amend the Individual and Family Support, Employment and Day Supports & Comprehensive Supports Waivers