Tag: courts
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Christian program resumes operation, paying medical bills for churchgoers who vow not to smoke, drink or have extramarital sex
http://www.kentucky.com/2013/07/26/2733933/medi-shares-legal-battle-with.html
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Chief of cardiothoracic surgery and pediatric heart program at UK, suspended from surgeries, takes job in Florida
Dr. Mark Plunkett, the chief University of Kentucky cardiothoracic surgeon whose surgery program was suspended last year for unspecified reasons, has accepted a new job a the University of Florida....
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Judge refuses to stop Kentucky Spirit from leaving the state, saying health cabinet has had plenty of time to prepare
A Kentucky Court of Appeals judge refused on Monday to stop Medicaid managed-care firm Kentucky Spirit from leaving the state on Friday, July 5. Chief Court of Appeals Judge Glenn...
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Kentucky Spirit still plans to leave state July 5; judge rules that state can’t require company to stay for two-month transition
In the latest development in the saga of the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services and Medicaid managed-care firm Kentucky Spirit, the company appears to be the victor, at...
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The school health services gamble: Ky. health departments could win on the state’s bet against Kentucky Spirit’s appeal of ruling
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s health departments may soon get money for school nurses, based on a court ruling in May that said Medicaid managed-care firm Kentucky Spirit must pay for treatments...
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Kentucky Spirit can’t terminate its Medicaid contract with the state a year early without facing fines, judge rules
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News A Frankfort circuit judge ruled Friday that Kentucky Spirit, one of three companies hired by the state in November 2011 to manage health care...
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Judge orders Medicaid managed-care firm to pay for school health services, including $8 million in claims; appeal possible
Medicaid managed care company Kentucky Spirit must cover preventive care services provided by local health departments in schools, a judge has ruled. Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd of Frankfort said the...
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Nursing homes push for lawsuit protection with fast-moving bill and broadcast ads; newspaper editorials excoriate sponsor, industry
A state Senate committee has approved a bill that would require lawsuits against nursing homes to clear a review panel before going to court, a move that has drawn very...
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Pike court will keep lawsuit county and attorney general filed against Purdue Pharma over damage done by its OxyContin
A state court will hear the Kentucky attorney general’s 2007 lawsuit against OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma, against the wishes of the company. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit...
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Judge rules University of Louisville’s hospital is public and subject to Open Records Act; it may appeal
The University of Louisville‘s hospital is a public entity, a Jefferson Circuit Court judge has ruled in a lawsuit filed to get access to the university’s deals with other health...