This Week in CHCACTion! September 24, 2018
Read about Voter Registration Efforts across CT. Also: Funding Opportunities, Health Policy News, Upcoming Events, and Social Media.
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This Week in CHCACTion! September 17, 2018
Read about CHCACT's Community Health Summit. Also: Funding Opportunities, Health Policy News, Upcoming Events, and Social Media.
This Week in CHCACTion! September 10, 2018
Read an Update on CHCACT's PY 18-19 STICH AmeriCorps Program. Also: Funding Opportunities, Health Policy News, Upcoming Events, and Social Media.
Recent Health Policy News
Here are recent health policy news articles. If you see something in your local newspaper that you would like featured here in future weeks, please contact Deb Polun at dpolun@chcact.org.
Featured Stories
9.23.18
CT Post —
Bridgeport-Based Optimus Health Gets Awards
9.21.18 Norwich Bulletin — Eastern CT to Get Nearly $600,000 in Federal Funding to Address Opioid Epidemic (feat. Generations, UCFS)
9.21.18 CT NewsJunkie — CT Health Centers Get $4.7 Million in Federal Grants for Opioid Epidemic
9.21.18 New Haven Register — Fair Haven Community Health Gets Grant to Battle Substance Abuse
9.20.18 CT NewsJunkie — Kennedy Assists Lamont with Opioid Epidemic (feat. InterCommunity)
9.20.18 Hartford Courant — Courant Announces Top Workplaces 2018 Winners (feat. InterCommunity, Wheeler Clinic)
9.20.18 News 12 — Decades Old Housing Project Leveled to Make Way for Apartments (feat. Southwest Community Health Center)
9.19.18 Register Citizen — Torrington’s Oliver Wolcott Tech Has Health Center (feat. Community Health & Wellness Center of Greater Torrington)
9.19.18 CT Post — State Getting Nearly $17 Million to Fight Opioid Crisis
9.18.18 NACHC Blog — Beyond Borders – Responding to Disasters from Afar (feat. Fair Haven Community Health Care)
9.14.18 HamletHub — Childhood Obesity is Preventable
9.13.18 Greenwich Time — Public Housing Residents Step Towards Self-Sufficiency (feat. Family Centers)
9.13.18 WTNH — Celebrating 50 Years of Providing Health Care to Thousands (feat. CS-Hill)
9.7.18 New Haven Independent — Did APT Help? (feat. CS-Hill)
9.21.18 Norwich Bulletin — Eastern CT to Get Nearly $600,000 in Federal Funding to Address Opioid Epidemic (feat. Generations, UCFS)
9.21.18 CT NewsJunkie — CT Health Centers Get $4.7 Million in Federal Grants for Opioid Epidemic
9.21.18 New Haven Register — Fair Haven Community Health Gets Grant to Battle Substance Abuse
9.20.18 CT NewsJunkie — Kennedy Assists Lamont with Opioid Epidemic (feat. InterCommunity)
9.20.18 Hartford Courant — Courant Announces Top Workplaces 2018 Winners (feat. InterCommunity, Wheeler Clinic)
9.20.18 News 12 — Decades Old Housing Project Leveled to Make Way for Apartments (feat. Southwest Community Health Center)
9.19.18 Register Citizen — Torrington’s Oliver Wolcott Tech Has Health Center (feat. Community Health & Wellness Center of Greater Torrington)
9.19.18 CT Post — State Getting Nearly $17 Million to Fight Opioid Crisis
9.18.18 NACHC Blog — Beyond Borders – Responding to Disasters from Afar (feat. Fair Haven Community Health Care)
9.14.18 HamletHub — Childhood Obesity is Preventable
9.13.18 Greenwich Time — Public Housing Residents Step Towards Self-Sufficiency (feat. Family Centers)
9.13.18 WTNH — Celebrating 50 Years of Providing Health Care to Thousands (feat. CS-Hill)
9.7.18 New Haven Independent — Did APT Help? (feat. CS-Hill)
State Health News
9.21.18
CT Mirror —
CT Docs Say Health Information Exchange Would Help Fight Opioid Epidemic
9.20.18 CT Mirror — A Decade of Delays, $23 Million Spent, As State Makes Fourth Try for Health Information Exchange
9.18.18 CT Mirror — CT Hospitals Collect $1.2 Billion in Facility Fees Over Three Years
9.14.18 CT NewsJunkie — Report – Drug Overdose Deaths Hold Steady But Fentanyl Use is on the Rise
9.12.18 CT Mirror — Medicaid Transportation Contractor Improving, But Complaints Continue
9.12.18 CT Health I-Team — Doctors Slow to Adopt Medication-Assisted Therapy for Opioid Treatment
9.11.18 CT NewsJunkie — Op-Ed: Health Disparities Are Real, And New Payment Schemes Are Probably Making Them Worse
9.10.18 CT NewsJunkie — Opioid Deaths Increasing as CT Struggles to Find Money to Fight Crisis
9.10.18 Hartford Business Journal — Hartford HealthCare Pursues Multiple Strategies to Find, Retain Workforce Pool
9.7.18 Hartford Business Journal — CT to Launch Health Data Exchange Next Year
9.20.18 CT Mirror — A Decade of Delays, $23 Million Spent, As State Makes Fourth Try for Health Information Exchange
9.18.18 CT Mirror — CT Hospitals Collect $1.2 Billion in Facility Fees Over Three Years
9.14.18 CT NewsJunkie — Report – Drug Overdose Deaths Hold Steady But Fentanyl Use is on the Rise
9.12.18 CT Mirror — Medicaid Transportation Contractor Improving, But Complaints Continue
9.12.18 CT Health I-Team — Doctors Slow to Adopt Medication-Assisted Therapy for Opioid Treatment
9.11.18 CT NewsJunkie — Op-Ed: Health Disparities Are Real, And New Payment Schemes Are Probably Making Them Worse
9.10.18 CT NewsJunkie — Opioid Deaths Increasing as CT Struggles to Find Money to Fight Crisis
9.10.18 Hartford Business Journal — Hartford HealthCare Pursues Multiple Strategies to Find, Retain Workforce Pool
9.7.18 Hartford Business Journal — CT to Launch Health Data Exchange Next Year
Health Insurance / Health Reform News
9.14.18
CT NewsJunkie —
On the Issue of Pre-Existing Coverage, There’s Common Ground
9.13.18 CT Mirror — Insurance Department Approves on Average 3% Rate Hikes for 2019 Plans
9.13.18 CT Mirror — Insurance Department Approves on Average 3% Rate Hikes for 2019 Plans
National / Other Health News
9.24.18
CT Viewpoints —
Sometimes Diapers Are the Solution to Maternal Depression
9.21.18 Kaiser Health News — As States Try to Rein in Drug Spending, Feds Slap Down One Bold Medicaid Move
9.20.18 CT Health I-Team — Mothers Are Dying in Childbirth – Why Isn’t Anyone Talking About It?
9.18.18 NY Times — High Dose Folic Acid Does Not Prevent High Blood Pressure of Pregnancy
9.14.18 CT Mirror — Congress Moves Towards Approval of Massive Anti-Opioid Bill
9.14.18 Kaiser Health News — Discreetly Tracking Down Sex Partners to Stop a Surge in STDs
9.12.18 NY Times — FDA Targets Vaping, Alarmed by Teenage Use
9.7.18 Governing — Trump Tweets Support of SNAP Work Requirements Ahead of Farm Bill Meeting
9.7.18 Kaiser Health News — Insulin’s Steep Price Leads to Deadly Rationing
9.21.18 Kaiser Health News — As States Try to Rein in Drug Spending, Feds Slap Down One Bold Medicaid Move
9.20.18 CT Health I-Team — Mothers Are Dying in Childbirth – Why Isn’t Anyone Talking About It?
9.18.18 NY Times — High Dose Folic Acid Does Not Prevent High Blood Pressure of Pregnancy
9.14.18 CT Mirror — Congress Moves Towards Approval of Massive Anti-Opioid Bill
9.14.18 Kaiser Health News — Discreetly Tracking Down Sex Partners to Stop a Surge in STDs
9.12.18 NY Times — FDA Targets Vaping, Alarmed by Teenage Use
9.7.18 Governing — Trump Tweets Support of SNAP Work Requirements Ahead of Farm Bill Meeting
9.7.18 Kaiser Health News — Insulin’s Steep Price Leads to Deadly Rationing
