SELECTED WORKS

‘Connecticut’s elder care reckoning’ — four-part series on glaring gaps in Connecticut’s elder care system

Part 1 – ‘CT’s aging population is growing, but support systems are struggling’

Part 2 – ‘Connecticut’s nursing homes facing an uncertain future’

Part 3 – ‘Advocates fear rising inequality in CT elder care services’

Part 4 – ‘Home care providers: A growing but unregulated industry’

Sidebar – ‘CT has no ombudsman for those aging in place’

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‘Priced out’ — investigation into the troubled long-term care insurance industry

‘CT long-term care insurance costs are skyrocketing, strangling consumers’

‘Genworth ties executive pay to rate increases for long-term care insurance’

‘How CT Mirror investigated the long-term care insurance industry’

‘Legislators to push for reform on long-term care insurance’

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Ongoing Investigation into nursing home care lapses

‘CT nursing home conditions raise alarms as inspections lag’

‘Lawsuits, fines, complaints put pressure on Athena nursing homes’

‘Lawmakers push for more transparency in nursing home spending’

‘After 50 years, a five-star nursing home closes – with a warning’

‘Danbury nursing home facing fines after assault allegations’

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‘CT hospitals in peril’ — a deep dive into the aftermath of a devastating cyberattack at three Connecticut hospitals

‘Inside the cyberattack at Prospect Medical Holdings’ CT hospitals’

‘Lamont warned cyberattack, vendor debt put sale of Prospect hospitals at risk’

‘In 2016, Rockville was a bustling local hospital. Then Prospect Medical took over.’

‘Prospect-Yale deal nearing 1 year of waiting for CT approval’

‘Yale Health wants $80M from CT for Prospect hospitals deal, sources say’

‘CT Prospect patients, staff plead for Yale sale in emails to Lamont’

‘Hospital execs to Lamont, lawmakers: Seal the Yale-Prospect deal’

 

Religious health ministries — how companies that masquerade as health insurance have duped connecticut residents

‘I’m relying on prayer.’ Complaints pile up against health care sharing ministries as state mounts a defense

‘It appears this is a scam:’ Complaints accelerate against health care sharing ministries in Connecticut

 

OTHER Enterprise work

‘Fix or nix? CT’s ‘certificate of need’ law under scrutiny’

‘Complaint backlog at CT nursing homes, hospitals is years long’

‘CT overhauled its jury selection system. Racial disparities remain’

‘What if a local hospital goes broke? CT lacks receivership authority’

‘Athena nursing home company owes towns more than $750K’

‘As pandemic wears on, Connecticut prepares to launch its long-awaited health information exchange’

COVID in Connecticut

‘As Connecticut nursing home deaths mounted, months passed without broad testing’

‘The state doesn’t track how many nursing home workers have coronavirus. That has fueled concern about transmission and staffing.’

‘Nursing homes hit hard by COVID-19 had more staffing, infection control problems before pandemic’

‘Why are some nursing homes hit harder by COVID-19? Data offers clues’

‘Connecticut’s slow start on COVID-19 tests: Why that’s a problem’