Connecticut State Office of Health Strategy
Press Releases
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(HARTFORD, CT) – On Tuesday afternoon, the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) will hold a public hearing in Trumbull for the Hartford Healthcare Certificate of Need applications to acquire St. Vincent’s Medical Center, St. Vincent’s Multispecialty Group.
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(HARTFORD, CT) – On Tuesday afternoon, the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) will hold a public hearing in West Hartford for the Hebrew Home and Hospital Certificate of Need application for termination of its Acute Care Unit and establishment of a 38-bed geriatric behavioral health facility.
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Governor Dannel P. Malloy today annouced that the State of Connecticut will receive a $12.2 million grant to support ongoing work that will establish Connecticut's first statewide health information exchange.
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(HARTFORD, CT) – The Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) and State Comptroller Kevin Lembo today released the 2019 Connecticut Self-Sufficiency Standard report. The report examines the costs of basic needs such as housing, food, transportation, childcare, and healthcare in each city and town in the state, then calculates what individuals and families must earn to provide these fundamental supports without any financial assistance.
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(HARTFORD, CT) – Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) Executive Director Vicki Veltri today announced that a final decision has been rendered in the Manchester Hospital/St. Francis Hospital Certificate of Need application for the establishment of a diagnostic and emergency percutaneous coronary intervention (angioplasty) program at Manchester Hospital. Regulators approved the creation of primary—or emergency—angioplasty and upheld the June 2019 denial of elective angioplasty services. In rendering its final decision, OHS examined the original application and public hearing record in addition to considering new information brought forth by the applicants during oral argument.
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OHS Announces Healthcare Cost Growth Benchmark Technical Team and Stakeholder Board
(HARTFORD, CT) – Today, the Office of Health Strategy (OHS) announced the members of the Cost Growth Benchmark Technical Team and the Cost Growth Benchmark Stakeholder Advisory Board, two groups formed to establish Connecticut’s first healthcare cost growth bench as outlined by Governor Ned Lamont’s Executive Order No. 5. The order directs OHS to establish statewide healthcare cost growth and quality benchmarks and a primary care spending target.
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OHS Approves Western CT Health Network and Health Quest Merger Application
Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) Executive Director Vicki Veltri announced today that the Certificate of Need application for the transfer of ownership of Western Connecticut Health Network, Inc. (WCHN) and Health Quest Systems to a newly-formed not-for-profit entity has been approved subject to quality, cost, and accessibility conditions. Pursuant to multiple sections of the General Statutes, OHS leads the Health Systems Planning Unit that administers the Certificate of Need program—a regulatory responsibility to promote statewide health facility and service development and monitor the impact of provider acquisitions and consolidations on the communities they serve.
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OHS Approves Yale/Bridgeport Acquisition of Milford Hospital
(HARTFORD, CT) – Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) Executive Director Vicki Veltri announced today that the Certificate of Need application for the Bridgeport Hospital—a Yale New Haven Health System facility—acquisition of Milford Hospital and Milford Health and Medical has been approved with conditions ensuring continued access to high-quality care and a cost cap on the merged Bridgeport/Milford entity.
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OHS HealthscoreCT Gets a Cost Estimator for Medical Care
(HARTFORD, CT) – The Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS), joined by Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz, Senator Matt Lesser, co-chair, and Senator Kevin Kelly, ranking member, of the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee, today launched the Healthscore CT cost estimator, a consumer tool that allows users to compare the cost of medical care at Connecticut hospitals and provider networks. The interactive website allows consumers and providers to search, sort, and filter by location, health measure, provider, network quality rating, and cost.
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(HARTFORD, CT) - On Tuesday afternoon, the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) will hold a public hearing in Danbury for the Certificate of Need application for the transfer of ownership of Western Connecticut Health Network, Inc. and Health Quest Systems, Inc. to a newly-formed not-for-profit parent corporation.
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OHS Holds Public Hearing in Manchester for Cardiac Care Certificate of Need Application
(HARTFORD, CT) – The Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, February 27, 2019, for the Prospect Manchester Hospital / Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center Certificate of Need application related to cardiac care.
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OHS Holds Public Hearings in New Haven and Danbury for Certificate of Need Applications
(HARTFORD, CT) – Over the next two weeks, the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy will hold public hearings in New Haven and Danbury for Certificate of Need applications.
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OHS Releases Annual Hospital and Health System Financial Status and Facility Fees Trend Report
(HARTFORD, CT) – The Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) today released two reports, the Annual Report on the Financial Status of Connecticut’s Short Term Acute Care Hospitals and Facility Fee Trends. The Financial Stability report aggregates information concerning the financial health of Connecticut’s 28 acute care hospitals and 16 health systems. It includes financial performance data for individual hospitals, identifies fiscal trends, and reports on hospital hiring. The Facility Fee report examines current revenues generated by facility fees, the medical procedures that generate those fees, and the four-year trend data.
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OHS Releases Healthcare Facilities and Services Plan
(HARTFORD, CT) – Today, the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) released its 2018 Statewide Healthcare Facilities and Services Plan, a report that is prepared every two years by the Health Systems Planning Unit and identifies use trends related to hospital inpatient and emergency department care, preventable hospitalization, and outpatient surgical care.