Day: July 2, 2015
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Medicaid managed-care firms get new contracts with new rules aimed at resolving health-care providers’ issues with program
Kentucky has signed new contracts with five managed-care firms that will manage Medicaid coverage for more than 1.1 million Kentuckians. Contracts were awarded to Anthem, Coventry Cares, Humana, Passport and...
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As vacation season arrives, here are travel tips for diabetics
It’s vacation season. Traveling offers unique challenges for diabetics, but nothing that careful planning and a few precautions won’t overcome, says the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Image:...
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McConnell, Mass. Democrats find common ground on opioid-overdose epidemic; Kentucky ranks 3rd in overdose deaths
Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and two Massachusetts Democrats have found common ground in efforts to fight the opioid-overdose crisis and are working across the aisle to push for legislation...