Healthcare Benchmarks Unit

business planning and development

Promoting affordable care

Connecticut's Healthcare Benchmark Initiative plays a key role in improving the health of residents by ensuring access to affordable, high-quality health care.

The Healthcare Benchmark Unit leads programs and resources desgned to:
  • Improve healthcare quality and equity 
  • Reduce healthcare delivery costs
  • Encourage lower-cost payment models
  • Grow primary care spending as a percentage of overall spending
Public and private payers, providers and the State work together to meet or exceed benchmarks set to measure cost, quality and primary care investment.

Benchmarks, studies, and reports

Cost Growth Benchmark Initiative Report 

The 2022 Cost Growth Benchmark report shows the growth in total healthcare expense for most CT residents, plus healthcare spending trends, and cost drivers.

Primary Care Spend Target Initiative Report 

The 2022 report measures primary care spending as a percentage of total medical spending, with a goal of reaching 10% by 2025.

Quality Benchmark Initiative Report 

The 2022 Quality Benchmark Initiative Report shows the progress that has been made to improve outcomes in the quality of healthcare in CT.

Cost Growth Benchmark Implementation Manual 

See instructions for payers and providers on data reporting, due dates, and where to upload the data.

Alternative payment model (APM) manual 

Learn about the technical and operational procedures that OHS employs to assess the adoption of APMs.

Prescription Drug Reporting System 

Report required notices, information, and data from prescription drug sponsors and manufacturers.

Healthcare Benchmarks Initiative leadership

Stakeholder Advisory Board 

The Stakeholder Advisory Board (SAB) members are consumers, providers, employers, and health plan carriers who provide input and feedback to the Healthcare Benchmark Initiative.

Steering Committee 

The Healthcare Benchmark Initiative Steering Committee includes senior stakeholders, subject matter experts, state agency executives, and consumer advocates.

Quality Council 

The Quality Council advises OHS on clinical quality, patient safety, consumer experience, and over and under-utilization benchmarks and measures.

Data Analytics Workgroup 

The Data Analytics Workgroup advises the Steering Committee on opportunities for reducing the cost growth of healthcare in the state and data use strategy.

Technical Team 

The Technical Team consulted with OHS on the creation of the annual healthcare cost growth, quality benchmarks, and primary care spending targets.

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