The proposed state-run SustiNet health insurance plan could cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars a year, according to the legislature’s nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis. The analysis, released Monday night, offers the first nonpartisan projection of how SustiNet could affect the state’s finances. Although it does not provide a total dollar figure, the […]

Even as Gov. Dannel P. Malloy expressed concerns about the proposed SustiNet state-run health plan this week, he emphasized that he embraces its goals. He supports universal health care coverage and allowing municipalities and nonprofits to buy into the state employee insurance pool. But the SustiNet plan also calls for offering state-run insurance to the […]

Say you end up in the emergency room. It’s not connected to your doctor’s office and you don’t have a list of the medications you’re on. But because your doctor keeps your medical records electronically, and because his system is connected to a larger network, the emergency room doctor can tap into the network and […]

The federal health reform law is meant to expand health insurance coverage, but some advocates worry that it could inadvertently leave some low-income adults in Connecticut worse off. They want the state to take action now to ensure that doesn’t happen, but that idea has critics, including, for now, the Malloy administration. Sharon Langer Beginning […]

NEWINGTON–Gina Corraccio set up her laptop on Frank Silva’s kitchen table and began quizzing her patient. What had he cooked in the past week? Was he having trouble with routine activities, like making the bed? And why had he been gaining weight? Ever since Silva got out of the hospital in January, part of Corraccio’s […]

Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Hospital of St. Raphael announced plans Friday to explore a merger that would produce one hospital with two campuses in New Haven. The news came just three days after St. Mary’s Hospital disclosed plans to form a joint venture making the Waterbury hospital part of a small national chain. Experts […]

FARMINGTON–For the state’s first stem cell symposium, held in 2007 and called StemCONN, the organizers relied on imported talent. Experts came from universities in other states to discuss the emerging field, which had a relatively modest footprint in Connecticut. Four years and close to $30 million in state research grants later, StemCONN 2011 showcased what […]

Doctors and hospital officials are hoping state lawmakers will ban a contracting provision that insurance companies use to get the lowest prices for medical services. Some of the state’s insurers hope so too. The provision, known as a most favored nation clause, requires a hospital or health care provider to give the insurance company the […]

A group of cardiologists and cardiac care associates has pulled its support for the proposed state-run SustiNet health plan because lawmakers removed a malpractice liability protection provision from the bill. Four other medical groups previously expressed concern about the move and warned that they could reconsider their positions on the proposal. But the Connecticut Chapter […]

A Superior Court judge on Tuesday granted four nursing homes a temporary reprieve, but the facilities could still face closure next month. “The court is not optimistic at all about the prospect of keeping these homes,” Judge Jerry Wagner said. Wagner agreed to a request by lawyers for the union representing nursing home workers and […]

Two prospective buyers expressed interested in one or more of the four nursing homes in state receivership Friday, but a Superior Court judge declined to reschedule an upcoming hearing on a motion to close the homes. Court-appointed receiver Phyllis A. Belmonte recommended closing the homes after determining that they cannot generate enough income to cover […]

A court-appointed receiver has recommended closing four nursing homes that have been in state receivership since January, arguing in court documents that they face financial barriers to operating and meeting required care standards. The homes–University Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation in New Haven, Bishops Corner Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation in West Hartford, Soundview Skilled Nursing and […]

Judge Lubbie Harper Jr. received legislative approval to join the state Supreme Court Wednesday. The House voted 124 to 16 and the Senate voted 24 to 7 to confirm Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s first nominee to the high court. Lawmakers from both parties praised Harper before the votes. Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney, D-New Haven, […]

WALLINGFORD–Hospital executives have been bemoaning the millions of dollars in cuts they face under Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposed budget, and on Monday, they got a chance to tell him in person. But before anyone could describe their organization’s dire finances, Malloy pointed to his own. “I want to say at the outset that I […]

The Judiciary Committee will hear testimony Monday on the near-perennial proposal to allow people with debilitating conditions to use marijuana legally. Could this be the year it becomes law? “The chances look really good,” said Rep. Penny Bacchiochi, R-Somers, who has long been one of the legislature’s leading supporters of allowing marijuana to be used […]