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Thursday, June 11, 2009

06/11/09 The waiver of Medicaid requirements would not only bring savings to the state, it would mean more revenue to struggling Greenwich Hospital

Medicaid funding a state necessity

Connecticut Post

As mentioned in these columns just a month ago, the economic downturn has buffeted Connecticut hospitals just as it has financial institutions, businesses large and small, private investors and the average working person.......

... first quarter of 2009, according to the Connecticut Hospital Association. And now we read that both Bridgeport and Greenwich hospitals are looking at the possibility of staff and other cutbacks. As she works toward a new state budget, Gov. M. Jodi ...


.....The state Legislature in 2003 authorized the state Department of Social Services to apply for the waiver. It has not yet been filed......

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