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Attorney general has online form to report Medicaid fraud, abuse
Kentuckians have a new tool for reporting suspected Medicaid fraud and patient abuse to the Office of the Attorney General. They can now electronically report abuse, neglect, and exploitation by completing...
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Six substance-abuse treatment programs get $1 million grants
Six Kentucky programs for treating substance-use disorder in “high-risk rural communities” got $6 million in competitive federal grants, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Friday. The grants are from the Health...
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Hospitals overall are losing money, and it’s likely to get worse; Cynthiana hospital says it’s ‘at a negative 25% margin’
A report prepared for the American Hospital Association predicts half of the nation’s hospitals will be losing money by the end of the year unless Congress gives them more relief money, and...
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UK HealthCare again best Ky. hospital in U.S. News & World Report rankings; Baptist Health has two of seven on state list
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Seven Kentucky hospitals are included in the nation’s “Best Regional Hospitals” in the latest annual rankings by the magazine U.S. News & World Report. They...
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Republicans’ new relief plan has less for hospitals, nothing for Medicaid; McConnell ‘faces flak from both left and right’
Senate Republicans’ latest covid-19 relief proposal “sets up new fights over health funding even as the pandemic continues to overwhelm the country,” report Dan Diamond and Adam Cancryn of Politico. “There’s more hospital bailout cash,...
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Foundation’s annual policy forum shifts gears in pandemic, to be a series of monthly webinars on children’s health, starting Sept. 21
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky‘s 20th annual policy forum will focus on policies and programs that reduce the chances of disease and unhealthy behaviors that often begin in childhood, including...
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Passport Health Plan, which lost its Medicaid contract in recent bidding, is selling key assets to one of the winners, Molina Health
By Lisa Gillespie Kentucky Health News Molina Health, in line to be one of Kentucky’s newest Medicaid managers, will be the successor to Kentucky’s oldest one, Passport Health Plan. Louisville-based Passport...
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Volunteers of America gets grant for drug treatment and recovery services for pregnant and postpartum women in southeastern Ky.
Volunteers of America Mid-States received a $2.6 million federal grant, one of three in the nation, for treatment and recovery services for pregnant and postpartum women and their children in southeastern...
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In fight to keep Medicaid contract, Anthem alleges Molina Health, new to Ky., had unfair edge in member of Beshear transition team
Emily Parento (University of Louisville photo) —– By Lisa Gillespie Kentucky Health News Insurance company Molina Health had an unfair advantage in winning a state Medicaid contract, claims rival insurer Anthem, which was a...
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UK names Dr. Jay Grider its first chief physician executive
Dr. Jay Grider has been named chief physician executive at UK HealthCare after serving as interim CPE since the position was created in September 2019. It is responsible for the overall strategic...