Press Releases

Comptroller Lembo, OHS Director Veltri Announce Connecticut Healthcare Affordability Index

New Healthcare Research and Affordability Tool to Analyze Policy and Guide Lawmakers

CT-N coverage of latest Healthcare Cabinet meeting, Jan 16, 2018

Gov. Malloy Appoints Vicki Veltri to Lead State’s Office of Health Strategy

New State Office Combines Existing State Healthcare Resources into Centralized Agency

Governor Lamont Announces Connecticut Accepted Into Peterson-Milbank Program To Support Efforts on Containing Healthcare Cost Growth

(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.

How Connecticut is Moving to Control Health Care Costs

Journal Inquirer interview with OHS Executive Director Victoria Veltri

Director of new state health care office ready to do 'bold' things

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.

OHS Testimony in Support of SB 256

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.