Connecticut’s Husky Program
Features
Based on the State employees benefit package, the Connecticut Husky Program has been the most
generous of the three non-Medicaid benchmark options.
Medical Assistance for children became one new program (Husky) with three distinct
parts:
- Husky B (Title XXI expansion).
- Husky Plus (special needs).
The three plans were designed to operate collaboratively.
- Marketing and outreach is coordinated among the plans.
- A Single Point of Entry Services (SPES) contracted to screen and process applications
for the programs:
- Benova, the Medicaid managed care enrollment broker, selected as
the SPES.
- Benova screens all applications for Medicaid eligibility.
- If Medicaid eligible, application referred to a Department of
Social Services (DSS) office.
- Benova and the DSS offices are linked electronically.
- Benova and DSS staff are co-located at each other’s offices.
- If the applicant is eligible for Husky B, Benova processes the
eligibility in their own system.
- Benova processes managed care enrollments for both Husky A &
Husky B.
- Each plan had final decision over payment for services in their benefits package.
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