Healthcare Benchmark Initiative Guidance for Payers and Providers

All data templates (excel worksheets) for the Cost Growth Benchmark and Primary Care data submissions as well as the Quality Benchmark data submissions are to be uploaded through the State of CT secure file web client portal.

Please refer to the Cost Growth Benchmark and Quality Benchmark Initiative Data Submission Guidance sections for the technical and operational steps for collecting and reporting on the Benchmarks and to access the worksheets.

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.

Each carrier should complete the contact form and email it to OHS@ct.gov to be credentialed. The information is required:

• To facilitate user access to the State‘s SFT Web Client;
• To confirm the user is the authorized and designated contact for the carrier;
• To facilitate securing and protecting confidential data;
• To enable OHS communicate with the contact about data error correction and validation, system or process changes and updates.

OHS will credential the contact within two business days of receipt of the completed form. 

Once the credentialed contact uploads the required data files, they will alert OHS through email at OHS@ct.gov with the subject line “Healthcare Benchmark Initiative Data-{Carrier Name}.”