Press Releases
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(HARTFORD, CT) – On Tuesday afternoon, the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) will hold a public hearing in Trumbull for the Hartford Healthcare Certificate of Need applications to acquire St. Vincent’s Medical Center, St. Vincent’s Multispecialty Group.
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(HARTFORD, CT) – On Tuesday afternoon, the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) will hold a public hearing in West Hartford for the Hebrew Home and Hospital Certificate of Need application for termination of its Acute Care Unit and establishment of a 38-bed geriatric behavioral health facility.
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CID OHA OHS To Host Healthcare Cost Drivers Informational Meeting
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(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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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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CONNECTICUT HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCIES HOST FIRST SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH SUMMIT
(Hartford, CT) – On Wednesday, May 22, 2024 the Office of Health Strategy (OHS), along with several of Connecticut’s health and human services agencies hosted a Social Determinants of Health Summit at the Chrysalis Center in Hartford, CT. This first ever statewide summit convened community-based social services agencies and healthcare organizations, community, and state agency leaders to discuss collaboration and alignment on efforts to address social determinants of health and improve health outcomes. According to the National Institutes of Health, social determinants of health (SDoH), such as financial resources and housing stability, account for between 30–55% of people’s health outcomes.
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CT-N coverage of latest Healthcare Cabinet meeting, Jan 16, 2018
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Gov. Malloy Appoints Vicki Veltri to Lead State’s Office of Health Strategy
New State Office Combines Existing State Healthcare Resources into Centralized Agency
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Governor Dannel P. Malloy today annouced that the State of Connecticut will receive a $12.2 million grant to support ongoing work that will establish Connecticut's first statewide health information exchange.
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(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Office of Healthcare Strategy Executive Director Victoria Veltri today announced that the State of Connecticut has been accepted into the Peterson-Milbank Program for Sustainable Health Care Costs. Launched earlier this year by the Milbank Memorial Fund, the nationwide program was created to advance state efforts on addressing the growth of healthcare costs.
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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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Journal Inquirer interview with OHS Executive Director Victoria Veltri
Director of new state health care office ready to do 'bold' things
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Lt. Gov. Wyman: Demand For Health Insurance Rose, 2018 Open Enrollment Stronger Than Previous Years
(HARTFORD, Conn.) – Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman and Access Health CT (AHCT) CEO Jim Wadleigh today provided the results of the Connecticut healthcare exchange’s fifth open enrollment period, which ran from November 1 to December 22, 2017.