How Good is Connecticut Medicaid?
Just how good is Connecticut’s Title 19 Medicaid program? The answer depends on what criteria you are looking at. According to a study by a nationally known, independent public interest group, Public Citizen, Connecticut ranked 19th out of our 50 states when you consider all the criteria they used.
The study, titled “Unsettling Scores: A Ranking of State Medicaid Programs“, provides a useful measuring stick to compare Connecticut’s Medicaid program with the programs run by other states throughout the country. Most disturbing in the study is that Connecticut ranked 36th in terms of quality of care. Interestingly, Connecticut ranked 10th in terms of fee reimbursement to health care service providers.
Hmmm, it seems many providers may be providing sub-standard quality of care to Medicaid recipients but the State of Connecticut is good at making sure they get paid fast. Maybe someone in the legislature will read this study and a light bulb will go off that some of their energy and resources should be directed to quality of care issues.
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