Connecticut

Name of Medicaid Program(s) and number of people participating

The Connecticut program is known as the Husky Health Program or the Connecticut Medical Assistance Program.  It is administered by the Connecticut Department of Social Services, and their website can be accessed here . As of June 1, 2018, there were 847,600 individuals enrolled in the Connecticut Medicaid program.1

Expanding Medicaid?

Yes. 

Health Insurance Marketplace (if applicable)/ State based, Partnership or Federally Facilitated Exchange? 

State based marketplace: Access Health CT. https://www.accesshealthct.com/AHCT/LandingPageCTHIX .   

Health Information Exchange (if applicable)

The HIE in Connecticut was originally established by the Connecticut Department of Public Health as the Health Information Technology Exchange of Connecticut (HITE-CT), a non-profit organization. HITE-CT was then closed down as of June 1, 2014 per state law repeal: http://www.ct.gov/hitect/site/default.asp.  Since then, Connecticut has attempted three more times at forming a state-wide HIE. The most recent effort is called CTHealthLink, which is mainly physician led, but is operating in partnership with the Connecticut State Medical Society. 

APCD (if applicable) 

The Connecticut All Payer Claims Database is operated and managed by the Connecticut insurance marketplace, Access Health CT: https://analyzehealthct.com/

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