FOI #18-351 (11-16-18, 10:01 am)

Utilization Review Committee - DOC

Name: Clarice Silber

Affiliation: The Connecticut Mirror

Location: UConn Health

Request Date Start: 01/01/2013

Request Date End: 11/16/2018

Details: I am a reporter with The Connecticut Mirror. I am requesting a copy of any and all records in the possession of UConn Health regarding the work of the Utilization Review Committee, which determined on a case-by-case basis what medical care inmates would receive.

Specifically, I wish to review:

-Any documents or data containing the number of requests submitted by inmates to the committee and number that were approved. If you provide a point in time count that includes outstanding requests, please include the median time frame a request has been pending authorization.
-Any policies or standards surrounding what would or would not be covered.
-Data that provides a historical perspective of how many requests were made each year, over several years.
-Data that provides a historical perspective of how many approvals have been made each year, over several years.
-Data that provides a historical perspective of how many requests were made each year, over several years, sorted by the requested service.
-Data that provides a historical perspective of how many approvals have been made each year, over several years, sorted by the requested service.
-Data that provides a historical perspective of how much services approved by the committee cost over several years.


-Any analysis UConn Health or the committee has done on acceptance rates of inmate medical care.

Notes: Revised Request: Any and all records in the possession of UConn Health regarding the weekly UR Committee panel lists for the months of October and November of 2017.