Liese Klein

1 week ago | ctinsider.com | Liese Klein

Suzanne Farrell got a call from UConn Health on Tuesday with the news: Her ConnectiCare health insurance would be in-network for only two more months. The countdown started that day when UConn Health's contract with ConnectiCare expired, kicking off a 60-day "cooling-off period" as the two sides try to strike a deal. In the meantime, patients are urged to look for new doctors. No new appointments can be made for dates after the June 14 deadline.

1 week ago | ctinsider.com | Liese Klein

A dialysis company with 28 locations across Connecticut reported a major cyberattack on Monday that impacted its operations nationwide. DaVita, Inc., a Denver-based company that provides an average of 91,786 dialysis treatments per day across the U.S., was hit by a ransomware attack on Saturday, according to a report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. The cyberattack was discovered on Saturday and "has encrypted certain elements of our network," the DaVita report states.

1 week ago | ctinsider.com | Liese Klein

You're a patient in a hospital, it's late at night, and you really have to use the bathroom. There are no nurses or other medical staff in sight, so you ease yourself out of the bed and make your way across the room on your way to the toilet, only to slip and fall to the floor. Forget what brought you to the hospital in the first place ‒ that fall could seriously injure or even kill you.

1 week ago | americanmilitarynews.com | Liese Klein

Will Nuovo Pasta’s pesto sauce taste the same if the Stratford company has to substitute American basil for herbs grown in Italy? Will a Connecticut electronics factory be able to expand if tariffs double the cost of tools from China that aren’t made anywhere else? Those are the questions Connecticut Chief Manufacturing Officer Paul Lavoie has been fielding the past week as businesses calculate the impact of President Trump’s new tariffs. “Manufacturers are concerned,” Lavoie said.

1 week ago | ctinsider.com | Liese Klein

Critical care nurse Katelyn Mchugh has been experiencing an "emotional roller coaster" for months with her colleagues at Prospect Medical Holdings' Taylor Hospital in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania. The hospital is on the verge of shutting down as Prospect seeks a buyer as part of its unfolding bankruptcy case, which also involves three Connecticut hospitals. "We are desperate," Mchugh told bankruptcy court Judge Stacey Jernigan in a letter filed this week.