Tanya Barrett, MS, LPC, NCC, senior vice president at United Way of Connecticut’s 211 division, and Dan Keenan, JD regional vice president of advocacy and government relations for Trinity Health of New England, newly appointed co-chairs of the Connecticut AHEAD Advisory Committee, will help policymakers and healthcare providers design and implement new approaches to deliver and fund high quality health services and reduce disparities in health outcomes.

Connecticut’s Office of Health Strategy (OHS) will host a community forum to engage the public in identifying funding priorities for grants to support a range of maternal and infant health services in the greater Stafford community.

The Office of Health Strategy has published the Statewide Health Care Facility and Services Plan. The Plan and accompanying inventory, effective March 15, 2025, serve as advisory documents and a blueprint for health care delivery in Connecticut.

“Enhancing our understanding of the factors that influence the price consumers pay out of pocket for their medications gives us more opportunity to address affordability,” said Deidre Gifford, MD, MPH, Commissioner. “The challenges are complex. Research like this better equips us to develop effective public policy to protect patients.”

Guidehouse will host a virtual community forum on Thursday, February 20, 2025, from 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM to provide an additional opportunity for community members to share their views on the need for a freestanding birthing center in the greater Windham area.

Pursuant to Connecticut General Statute § 19a-754b (d), the CT Office of Health Strategy is releasing a preliminary list of Outpatient Prescription Drugs Provided at a Substantial Cost for public comment.

The Office of Health Strategy released its Annual Report on the Financial Status of Connecticut’s Short Term Acute Care Hospitals for Fiscal Year 2023 pursuant to CGS § 19a-670. “The report shows that 2023 saw general improvement in the financial health of our hospitals. In 2022 Connecticut’s hospitals had an overall negative profit margin, but 2023 saw that average turned around to a positive margin of 1.65%.” Seventy percent (70%) of hospitals had a positive five-year total margin,” said Deidre Gifford, MD, MPH, Commissioner. “Hospital net assets increased to $10 billion in FY 2023.”

The Office of Health Strategy has reached an agreed settlement with Danbury Proton, LLC (Docket No. 23-32678-CON) allowing the organization to establish a $72 million proton therapy center in Danbury.

The Office of Health Strategy (OHS) has introduced a new notification to its Certificate of Need (CON) application process. The notification indicates to the public when OHS and a CON applicant have entered into confidential settlement negotiations.

The Office of Health Strategy (OHS) has reached an agreed settlement with Johnson Memorial Hospital (JMH) imposing a civil penalty of $153,500 for terminating labor and delivery services without Certificate of Need (CON) approval. The agreed settlement requires the hospital to fund a grant to support reproductive health, prenatal or postnatal care or other services related to childbirth in the hospital’s service area.