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• 5/15/2024 THE OFFICE OF HEALTH STRATEGY RELEASES ANNUAL REPORTS ON COST GROWTH BENCHMARK, PRIMARY CARE SPENDING TARGET AND QUALITY BENCHMARKS

  (Hartford, CT) – The Office of Health Strategy (OHS) released a series of reports which analyze changes in Connecticut’s healthcare spending and quality between 2021 and 2022. The series includes the second annual Cost Growth Benchmark and The Primary Care Spend Target reports, as well as the first reported results for the 2022 Quality Benchmarks.

• 5/15/2024 Statements from the Office of Health Strategy and the Department of Public Health on the Yale New Haven Health Lawsuit Against Prospect Medical Holdings

• 5/15/2024 Governor Lamont Announces State Pilot Program Has Provided At-Home Nurse and Community Health Worker Assistance to the Families of More Than 500 Newborns Since Launching in October

  Pilot Program Began at Bridgeport Hospital, Will Expand to St. Vincent’s Medical Center on May 31, 2024

• 5/13/2024 THE OFFICE OF HEALTH STRATEGY RELEASES ANNUAL REPORTS ON COST GROWTH BENCHMARK, PRIMARY CARE SPENDING TARGET AND QUALITY BENCHMARKS

  (Hartford, CT) – The Office of Health Strategy (OHS) released a series of reports which analyze changes in Connecticut’s healthcare spending and quality between 2021 and 2022. The series includes the second annual Cost Growth Benchmark and The Primary Care Spend Target reports, as well as the first reported results for the 2022 Quality Benchmarks.

• 4/3/2024 Save the Date: Social Determinants of Health Summit

• 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.

• 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.

• 3/5/2024 OHS Testimony on HB 5054, SB 10, HB 5248

• 3/5/2024 OHS in Support of SB 241 and SB 242

• 3/5/2024 OHS Testimony in Support of SB 256

• 3/5/2024 OHS Testimony for SB 9 HB 5319 and HB 5320

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 5/18/2023 CT APCD Public Comment Period Announcement 2023