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• 5/13/2024 THE OFFICE OF HEALTH STRATEGY RELEASES ANNUAL REPORTS ON COST GROWTH BENCHMARK, PRIMARY CARE SPENDING TARGET AND QUALITY BENCHMARKS

  (Hartford, CT) – The Office of Health Strategy (OHS) released a series of reports which analyze changes in Connecticut’s healthcare spending and quality between 2021 and 2022. The series includes the second annual Cost Growth Benchmark and The Primary Care Spend Target reports, as well as the first reported results for the 2022 Quality Benchmarks.

• 3/5/2024 OHS Testimony on HB 5054, SB 10, HB 5248

• 3/5/2024 OHS in Support of SB 241 and SB 242

• 3/5/2024 OHS Testimony for SB 9 HB 5319 and HB 5320

• 3/5/2024 OHS Testimony in Support of SB 256

• 6/22/2021 Comptroller Lembo, OHS Director Veltri Announce Connecticut Healthcare Affordability Index

  New Healthcare Research and Affordability Tool to Analyze Policy and Guide Lawmakers

• 6/1/2021 June 2021 OHS News

• 5/2/2021 May 2021 OHS News

• 4/4/2021 April 2021 OHS News

• 3/11/2021 Governor Lamont Announces Connecticut Accepted Into Peterson-Milbank Program To Support Efforts on Containing Healthcare Cost Growth

  (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Office of Healthcare Strategy Executive Director Victoria Veltri today announced that the State of Connecticut has been accepted into the Peterson-Milbank Program for Sustainable Health Care Costs. Launched earlier this year by the Milbank Memorial Fund, the nationwide program was created to advance state efforts on addressing the growth of healthcare costs.

• 3/8/2021 Seeking Affordability and Transparency

  Seeking Affordability and Transparency, Five States Join the Peterson-Milbank Program for Sustainable Health Care Costs

• 2/28/2021 March 2021 OHS News

• 1/31/2021 February 2021 OHS News

• 1/3/2021 January 2021 OHS News

• 12/1/2020 December 2020 OHS News