Tag: Appalachia
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Coventry agrees to keep covering ARH patients until June 30
After a two-hour hearing in federal court, managed-care firm CoventryCares agreed yesterday to keep paying Appalachian Regional Healthcare for treating Medicaid patients at its hospitals through at least June 30...
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State tells Coventry Cares to keep covering ARH patients; managed-care firm says it will drop Ashland hospital
The state has ordered Medicaid managed-care firm Coventry Cares to keep paying for its members to be treated at Appalachian Regional Healthcare hospitals for at least 30 days, rather than...
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Appalachian Regional Healthcare asks federal judge to make managed-care firm keep it under contract
Appalachian Regional Healthcare, a hospital chain in Eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia, is seeking an emergency injunction by a federal judge ordering Coventry Cares to let its Kentucky members...
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Managed-care firm blames state for problems leading to impending end of contract with ARH hospitals
In the face of a lawsuit that alleges it did not pay claims promptly, Coventry Health and Life Insurance Co. blamed the state for problems that have surfaced since managed care...
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Appalachian hospital chain, facing loss of 25,000 Medicaid patients, sues managed-care firms and state
“Appalachian Regional Healthcare, the largest health care system in Eastern Kentucky, has filed lawsuits against two of the state’s Medicaid managed care companies, alleging that the managed care companies had...
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Book about Appalachian health reveals region and culture-specific issues for researchers, region’s residents
Editors of a new book hope it will shed light on the health problems facing Appalachia while debunking myths about the culture. Robert Ludke and Phillip Obermiller, both of the...
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Board of Dentistry’s relaxation of limits on hygienists is the latest sign of hope in Kentucky’s all-too-grim story of oral health
By Al Smith Kentucky Health News With nearly a fourth of Kentucky’s 1 million children living in poverty and suffering some of the worst oral health in America, the state...
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3 universites and federal agency join to improve oral health in Appalachian Kentucky
With money from the Appalachian Regional Commission and some of their own, three very different Kentucky universities will collaborate “to enhance sustainable, collaborative dental health education and care” in the...
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New network including UK, Ohio State and Marshall joins leading researchers to address health issues in Appalachia
Seven academic centers and community organizations have come together to pool their resources and improve the health of Appalachian residents. They have formed the Appalachian Translational Research Network, which includes...
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Mary Breckinridge Hospital in Hyden is being acquired by Appalachian Regional Healthcare
Following the nationwide trend of independent hospitals joining larger organizations in order to stay viable, Hyden’s Mary Breckinridge Hospital will be acquired by Appalachian Regional Healthcare. ARH and the Frontier...