The federal government has released a massive trove of Medicare data, making available for the first time information about what payments individual doctors received for specific services covered by Medicare in 2012.
Feds release massive Medicare doctor payment database
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For Malloy, much rides on April 15
While procrastinators hope for big refunds and scramble to beat Tuesday’s tax-filing deadline, the person with the most riding on those returns is Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
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A Connecticut Kennedy, with sights on a seat in Hartford
Branford – Ted Kennedy Jr. made his debut as a candidate for public office Tuesday, blessed and burdened by a name that makes instant allies and passionate enemies of perfect strangers. His uncles and father began earlier, sights set on Congress or beyond. Kennedy, 52, is running for the part-time Connecticut General Assembly.
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Op-ed: Let Connecticut’s people be heard!
By adopting ‘Initiative, Referendum and Recall,’ Connecticut citizens would have some meaningful leverage over their elected officials.
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They may have a college degree, but does that lead to a job?
Two legislative committees have approved a bill that would require the state’s public colleges and the departments of Labor and Education to implement a system to track information on student employment once they graduate from Connecticut public colleges and universities.
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Charter network CEO: Common Core tests may reveal ‘middle-class crisis’
When students start taking Common Core exams, the results will “expose that we have a middle-class crisis in this country,” said the CEO of a charter school network at Monday’s annual Yale School of Management Education Leadership Conference.
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CT hospitals follow aviation, nuclear power in targeting errors
It was a big deal at John Dempsey Hospital when a housekeeper stopped a doctor from entering a room where a procedure was taking place. The celebration that followed was part of a broader effort to improve patient safety, modeled after strategies used in aviation, nuclear power and other industries where even small mistakes can have dire consequences.
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Op-ed: Malloy should identify savings from SEBAC agreement
I believe Malloy should be forced to issue a report indicating the original plan to save $1 billion and the final results by item.
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WATCH REPLAY: “CT Electric Choices and You” on ctmirror.org
Watch the replay below of The Connecticut Mirror’s first Digital Town Hall event, “CT Electric Choices and You,” streamed live Tuesday morning and sponsored by AARP. The event was moderated by Mirror Capitol Bureau Chief Mark Pazniokas. Have an additional question? Send a tweet to @CTMirrorPaz or e-mail him at mpazniokas@ctmirror.org.
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Following time-honored tradition, CT politicians bet on game
Politicians like to link themselves with winning local sports teams and those from Connecticut are no different. Sens. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, both Democrats, say they have a “friendly wager” with Kentucky Republican Sens. Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell over the outcome of tonight’s NCAA championship game between UConn’s Huskies and the University of Kentucky Wildcats.
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Metro-North engineer involved in crash had sleep problems
The engineer of the Metro-North train that derailed in the Bronx in December suffered from severe sleep apnea, according to preliminary reports made public Monday by the National Transportation Safety Board.
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Jepsen begins campaign with rare, if brief, press conference
Attorney General George Jepsen’s re-election announcement Monday was a reminder of a major stylistic difference with his predecessor, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal. It was only his second news conference in a month, compared to a dozen for Blumenthal.
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Op-ed: Thank you, State Board of Education, for approving 4 new charters
Approving all four schools was the right thing to do – educationally, fiscally, and morally.
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CT Child Fatality Panel: Unsafe sleeping conditions leading cause of infant deaths
The state’s Child Fatality Review Panel on Monday issued a “Public Health Alert” to spread the word that dangerous sleep conditions are the leading cause of infants dying in Connecticut.
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Congress to move ahead, then freeze up, on jobless benefits
Washington – Because Congress failed to act, Joanne Lavieri of Manchester received her last unemployment check at the end of March and faces a very uncertain future.