An Op-Ed
in today’s CT News Junkie focuses on the Governor’s proposal to cut funding
for innovative health neighborhood pilots to serve state residents eligible for
both Medicare and Medicaid. This program will improve the quality of care for
Medicaid’s most costly aged and disabled members, providing significant savings
to the state’s budget. The program builds on what has been learned from
Medicaid’s impressive success at improving the value of care for HUSKY
members. After two years of extensive planning and collaboration, the project
is very close to implementation. The Governor’s proposal acknowledges that the
project “could generate long-term savings by promoting practice transformation,
facilitating person-centered team-based care, and creating a payment structure
that aligns financial incentives to promote value”. If this promising
innovation is halted, how long can CT tolerate low-value, high-cost health care
for our most fragile residents?
