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15% of Husky parents get insurance with one month to go before losing temporary coverage
HARTFORD, Conn. – State officials announced Thursday that about 15 percent of the low-income parents who were about to lose their temporary insurance in July will continue to receive coverage.
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Home care providers decry Medicaid cuts
HARTFORD, Conn. – Members of the Connecticut Association of Healthcare at Home told state officials Thursday that they’re concerned what will happen if their Medicaid reimbursements are cut 15 percent. Agencies who provide the behavioral health services to patients in their home are concerned the scheduled July 1 cuts will mean they will have to…
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Advocate calls for straightforward approach to impending loss of insurance coverage
HARTFORD, Conn. – While the state is promising to help transition nearly 18,000 low-income parents who will lose their transitional Husky A health insurance at the end of July, at least one advocate is questioning whether the state is doing enough to help.
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Access Health CT’s 2017 budget to rely more on assessments than federal grants
HARTFORD, Conn. – Access Health CT’s board of directors adopted a 2017 budget that is about $2 million, or 6 percent, more than it forecast in 2016.
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Legislators agree to outsource some DSS case management services
HARTFORD, Conn. – Two legislative committees agreed Monday to allow the Department of Social Services to outsource case management work for about 500 people with acquired brain injuries, after defeating a similar proposal about four months ago.
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Nursing home employees still waiting for promised raises
HARTFORD, Conn. – Lawmakers were surprised to learn this week that the $13 million increase in nursing home funds approved last June has yet to be dispersed to about 230 nursing homes. In order to avoid a strike last year, lawmakers approved additional money for wage enhancements for both union and non-union nursing homes.
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State wants to delay decision on challenge to hospital tax
HARTFORD, Conn. – More than 60 days ago the Connecticut Hospital Association challenged the constitutionality of the hospital tax and asked two state agencies to justify it. On Friday, the state asked for more time to answer the question.
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Legal Aid attorneys question Medicaid drug denials
HARTFORD, Conn. – Legal aid attorneys are trying to understand why the Department of Social Services is denying, with no explanation, Medicaid patients’ attempt to get pre-approved for certain drugs.
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Norwalk Housing Authority looks to take NEON’s place
NORWALK, Conn. — The competition is heating up for a new Norwalk-area anti-poverty agency. In addition to the two known contenders looking to replace the defunct Norwalk Economic Opportunity Now, the Norwalk Housing Authority plans to throw its hat into the ring. NHA hopes to have an application in Monday, one day before the Connecticut…
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Advocates urge easier access to expensive drug for Medicaid patients
HARTFORD, Conn. – Advocates for those living with Hepatitis C are urging the state Department of Social Services to ease new criteria patients must meet in order to have an expensive medication covered by Medicaid. DSS has issued a bulletin to medical care providers, notifying them that patients with Hepatitis C who are enrolled in…
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Finally, there’s hope: DSS seeks Norwalk area NEON replacement by May 25
NORWALK, Conn. — Secretive efforts to create a new antipoverty agency for Norwalk have become partially public with a formal call from the Connecticut Department of Social Services. The Request for Qualifications (RFQ) was published on DSS’s website Tuesday. The contract for the successful applicant to be the Norwalk area’s new Community Action Program (CAP)…
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Lawmakers have harsh words for Malloy’s proposals to reduce safety net funding
HARTFORD, Conn. – Democratic lawmakers expressed their frustration Thursday with the proposed cuts to health care services for the elderly and the poor made this week by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration.
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Feds stopped Medicaid payments in January; Barnes says small surplus still possible
HARTFORD, Conn. – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget director reported Wednesday that the state would end the 2015 fiscal year with a small, $300,000 surplus if the federal government agrees to begin reimbursing the state hundreds of millions of dollars for care provided to some Medicaid recipients. The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services stopped…
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Malloy vetoes fair hearing, neighborhood assistance bills
HARTFORD, Conn. – Advocates were disappointed Thursday that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy vetoed a bill that would give their clients a fair hearing with the Department of Social Services.
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Legal Aid attorneys question Medicaid drug denials
HARTFORD, Conn. – Legal aid attorneys are trying to understand why the Department of Social Services is denying, with no explanation, Medicaid patients’ attempt to get pre-approved for certain drugs.
