HARTFORD - State Sen. Joseph Crisco Jr., D-Woodbridge, today welcomed news that the Malloy administration has decided to release $3.3 million to Griffin Hospital in Derby from a newly-created small hospital pool of funds in order to make up for some of the hospital funding cuts announced by the governor as part of his Sept. 18 rescissions package to help address a projected revenue deficit.
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| State Sen. Joseph Crisco |
“For over 100 years, Griffin Hospital has not only been caring for the residents of The Valley, but they have been a part of our community in all the things they do,” Crisco said. “This reinstated funding – the type of increased hospital funding that I fought for this past spring – is good news for the people who work at Griffin Hospital and for the people who rely on the care they receive at Griffin Hospital.”
Today, the state Office of Policy and Management (OPM) announced that Connecticut will distribute $14.1 million to small hospitals through the Small Hospital Pool. The six hospitals set to receive payments are Bristol, Day Kimball, Griffin, Charlotte Hungerford, Johnson, and Milford.
This money is available because OPM is reprioritizing a portion of the remaining quarter of Medicaid supplemental payments—that is, from that portion of the supplemental pool that was not rescinded. The new Small Hospital Pool payment plan reprioritizes a portion of the remaining quarter Medicaid supplemental payment.
According to OPM, the Small Hospital Pool was established this year for hospitals with no more than 180 beds, not affiliated with any other hospital, and are not in contiguous towns.
The Medicaid Supplemental Pool is the program by which the state returns to the hospitals a portion of hospital tax revenue on a quarterly basis.
On Sept. 18, 2015, the final three quarters of installments for Medicaid Supplemental and Small Hospital Pools were rescinded, and the first quarter installment had yet to be released to the hospitals.
This is a press release from Crisco's office.
The Medicaid Supplemental Pool is the program by which the state returns to the hospitals a portion of hospital tax revenue on a quarterly basis.
On Sept. 18, 2015, the final three quarters of installments for Medicaid Supplemental and Small Hospital Pools were rescinded, and the first quarter installment had yet to be released to the hospitals.
This is a press release from Crisco's office.
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