Independent Medicine Is Not Disappearing in CT – It’s Evolving
The following opinion piece appeared in the online and print editions of Hartford Business Journal on September 8, 2025 By: Dr. Khuram Ghumman, MD, MPH, CPE, FAAFP, East Granby Family Practice, LLC Independent medicine isn’t dead. It’s evolving right here in Connecticut. If you follow healthcare news, you’ve likely seen headlines about hospital mergers, private equity […]
Independent Medical Practices Matter More Than Ever
The following opinion piece appeared in the online and print newspaper editions of Hearst Media Connecticut on July 23, 2025. By: Margaret Chustecki, MD, MBA, Internal Medicine of Greater New Haven In today’s healthcare landscape, it’s getting harder to tell who’s actually in charge of patient care: doctors, or the corporations that employ them. Across […]
On Being Accountable
By: George Beauregard, DO, Chief Population Health Officer Accountable: Required or expected to justify actions or decisions; responsible. – Oxford Dictionaries My career as an internal medicine physician started in the Boston area in 1992. Like almost all others whose ambitions lead them into health care, I was passionate and deeply committed […]
Better Health + Reduced Costs = Healthier, More Productive Connecticut
The weekend of June 8-9, 2024 the following opinion piece on Value Based Care (VBC) appeared in nine daily and 13 weekly newspapers, all of which are run by Hearst Media Connecticut. Better Health + Reduced Costs = Healthier, More Productive Connecticut By: George Beauregard, DO and James Uberti, MD Imagine a health care world […]
Matters of the Heart
By: Nina Arnold, MPH, ACM-RN, CHWC Manager, Care Management at SoNE HEALTH February is heart health awareness month. When it comes to matters of the heart, the SoNE HEALTH population health management team gets to the heart of caring for patients with chronic heart conditions by focusing on prevention and management. With the growing population […]
Navigating Medicare Open Enrollment: A Guide for Medicare Eligible Beneficiaries
By: Bill McCarthy, Senior Vice President at May, Bonee & Clark Insurance (a full-service insurance brokerage agency) Are you approaching the age of 65, newly retired over age 65, or recently qualified for Medicare due to a disability? Congratulations, you’re about to embark on a new chapter in your healthcare journey. As a newly eligible […]
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
By: Renee Broadbent, MBA, CCSFP Chief Information Officer & Information Security Officer The use of artificial intelligence (AI) has exploded in recent years. The use of AI in healthcare holds potential in many areas and can ease the burden of the physician while enhancing and improving the patient experience. That said, there are not […]
Working Together To Find Solutions
By: John Sunde, MHA VP, Payor Strategies at SoNE HEALTH When you are looking for a home for you and your family to provide them with safety and comfort you want it to be designed and constructed by a skilled team of architects, carpenters, electricians and plumbers. Check! When you are looking for an automobile […]
Innovative Pilot Program Working to Combat Food Insecurity
By: Lisa Flynn, MPH, Program Support Coordinator at SoNE HEALTH Food insecurity is not having, being uncertain of having, or being unable to acquire enough food to meet one’s basic needs due to insufficient funds or other resources for food. In the United States, roughly forty-two million people do not know where their next meal […]
Balancing Inequities in Healthcare
By: Renee Broadbent, MBA, CCSFP Chief Information Officer at SoNE HEALTH Healthcare has long faced a divide around equitable healthcare for all. Entire populations of the underserved cannot access healthcare for several reasons including location, cost, and health literacy. The result is that we have sicker populations with reduced life expectancy, health issues that end […]