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Anthem, Hartford HealthCare reach a deal
By: ARIELLE LEVIN
BECKER | October 2, 2014
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and the parent company of
five Connecticut hospitals announced late Thursday that they had reached an
agreement on a new contract, allowing the hospitals to return to the insurer’s network.Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health
Care, Anthem
Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Hartford
HealthCare, Hospitals, insurance
As
its first building opens, Jackson Lab has an eye on expansion
By: ARIELLE
LEVIN BECKER | October 2, 2014
Workers are putting the finishing touches on The
Jackson Laboratory’s new building on the UConn Health
campus in Farmington,
but some officials at the genomics lab are already thinking about their next
facility. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health
Care, Jax, The Jackson Laboratory
DCF:
Redesign children’s mental health system
By: ARIELLE
LEVIN BECKER | October 1, 2014
Connecticut’s child welfare agency issued an
ambitious proposal to redesign the publicly financed children’s behavioral
health system, calling the existing system “broken." Not clear yet: What
the recommendations would cost, how the redesign would
work, or how several of the plan’s provisions would apply to the 56 percent of Connecticut youth
covered by private insurance. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health
Care, Department
of Children and Families, mental
health
With
no deal, Hartford HealthCare’s five hospitals leave Anthem’s network
By: ARIELLE
LEVIN BECKER | October 1, 2014
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and the parent
company of five Connecticut hospitals failed to reach a new contract deal by
their midnight deadline, leading Hartford Hospital and four others to exit the
network of the state’s largest insurer Wednesday. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health
Care, Anthem
Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Hartford
HealthCare, Hartford
Hospital, Hospitals,insurance
Confirmed
enterovirus cases increase in Connecticut
By: ANA
RADELAT | September 29, 2014
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said
Monday there are now 13 confirmed cases in Connecticut of Enterovirus-D68, a
flu-like illness. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health
Care, CDC, Connecticut
Children's Medical Center, Enterovirus, EV-D68, Nicolas
Bennett,paralysis, Yale
University Hospital
CT
hospitals say Obamacare hasn’t cut uncompensated care
By: ARIELLE
LEVIN BECKER | September 29, 2014
A recent federal report says hospitals saw a major
decrease in uncompensated care after the rollout of key provisions of the
federal health law this year. But so far, that’s not what Connecticut hospitals are experiencing,
according to their association. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health
Care, Access
Health CT, Affordable
Care Act, Hospitals, Obamacare
With
Hartford Hospital deadline looming, Anthem adds St. Francis to exchange network
By: ARIELLE
LEVIN BECKER | September 25, 2014
St. Francis Hospital and Medical
Center in Hartford is joining Anthem Blue Cross and
Blue Shield’s network for plans sold through the state’s health insurance
exchange. The timing is important for Anthem, which could sever ties with Hartford Hospital's parent company next
week. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health
Care, Access
Health CT, Affordable
Care Act, Anthem
Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Hospitals,Obamacare, st. francis hospital
and medical center
A Nobel Prize candidate at CT’s
Jackson Lab?
By: ARIELLE
LEVIN BECKER | September 25, 2014
The director of The Jackson Laboratory’s Connecticut institute,
an influential researcher, has landed on a list of likely Nobel Prize
winners. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health
Care, Charles
Lee, Jackson
Laboratory
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