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Medical Examining Board Fines Doctor $10,000

The state Medical Examining Board on Tuesday fined an Oxford doctor $10,000 for fraudulently using another doctor’s name and Drug Enforcement Agency registration number to prescribe controlled substances to a family member.

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by Kate Farrish for C-HIT.org May 18, 2022, 10:00 amMay 18, 2022, 4:30 pm

Clinical Trials With Immunotherapy Drugs Are Source Of Hope And Challenges In Treating Aggressive Breast Cancer

Joshalyn Mills of Branford and Nancy Witz of Kensington had the best possible results after being treated in clinical trials with immunotherapy drugs for aggressive breast cancer: Their tumors were eliminated. But while there are dramatic successes with immunotherapy drugs, there are also many failures, and researchers are trying to find out why in hopes…

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by Peggy McCarthy May 17, 2022, 2:00 pmMay 17, 2022, 3:21 pm

Coalition of Health Insurers Questions Viability of Connecticut Partnership Plan

Members of Connecticut’s Health Care Future, a coalition of health insurers, hospitals, and businesses, are questioning whether Connecticut lawmakers have done enough this year to protect teachers and municipal employees from increases in health insurance premiums. “Despite repeated bailouts from taxpayers, the Connecticut Partnership Plan continues to be a fiscal Titanic that demonstrates why government-controlled health…

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by Christine Stuart May 17, 2022, 5:00 amMay 17, 2022, 1:49 am

AG’s Tackle Mental Health Parity

Attorneys General in Connecticut and Rhode Island threw their support Monday behind a coalition of mental health advocacy groups asking a federal appeals court to revisit a recent ruling giving insurance companies more flexibility to deny mental health claims.

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by Hugh McQuaid May 16, 2022, 1:18 pmMay 17, 2022, 2:12 pm

Budget Green Lights Psychedelic Therapies

Buried in the budget Gov. Ned Lamont signed this week is a provision that would create a pilot program to allow Connecticut to be the first-in-the-nation to study the impact of psychedelic drugs like psilocybin and MDMA on patients with depression and PTSD. The budget now creates a pilot program within the Department of Mental…

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by Christine Stuart May 12, 2022, 12:01 pmMay 15, 2022, 4:59 pm

Officials Highlight Effort To Boost Mental Health Services For Kids

At a Hartford-based community provider Wednesday, Gov. Ned Lamont and a handful of his agency commissioners highlighted the expected impact of more than $100 million in recently passed funding aimed at increasing behavioral health services for Connecticut children. The governor appeared at The Village for Families and Children, a recipient of new state funding included…

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by Hugh McQuaid May 11, 2022, 2:09 pmMay 15, 2022, 4:59 pm