To Improve Access and Build Connecticut’s Behavioral Health Workforce, We Need to Talk About Reimbursement Rates

To Improve Access and Build Connecticut’s Behavioral Health Workforce, We Need to Talk About Reimbursement Rates

For years now, behavioral health providers have been telling policymakers that the public and private insurance reimbursement rates for their services have not kept pace with inflation or the full cost of providing high-quality care. That reality is taking it’s toll on children and families.

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Court Says State Case Against Stone Academy is Strong; Issues $5 Million Prejudgement Remedy as Case Proceeds

Court Says State Case Against Stone Academy is Strong; Issues $5 Million Prejudgement Remedy as Case Proceeds

A significant victory and meaningful findings this week in the lawsuit filed by Connecticut Attorney General William Tong against Stone Academy, the now-defunct nursing school that left students without an opportunity to earn the degrees they had paid for when the school abruptly closed just over a year ago. The legal case now continues.

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Home-Grown Lenda Selected to Lead Connecticut's Office of Tourism

Home-Grown Lenda Selected to Lead Connecticut's Office of Tourism

Governor Ned Lamont announced this week that Rachel Lenda, a Connecticut native, will serve as the new director of the Connecticut Office of Tourism. A year ago, she told legislators “It is time we took our cultural and tourism assets and gave them the attention they desperately deserve.”

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