Tag: managed care
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Kentuckians talk about health care on new video channel
Featuring stories of Kentuckians telling their stories about their experiences with the health care system, Kentucky Voices for Health has launched a video advocacy channel. “The mission of Kentucky Voices...
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Managed-care executives acknowledge problems, say they’re trying to fix them
Executives of three managed-care companies who run most of the state’s Medicaid program told a legislative committee yesterday that they are aware of “significant problems” with their management since they...
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Legislators hear from new managed-care firms; lawmaker rates their performance with a show of hands from pharmacists
Kentucky Health News The three companies recently hired to manage Kentucky’s Medicaid program outside the Louisville region defended themselves yesterday against complaints that they are squeezing independent pharmacies to the...
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Legislators hear about serious problems in managed-care system
The switch to the new Medicaid managed-care system is proving to be a nightmare, health officials told lawmakers Wednesday, with long delays in payment to providers and treatment for patients....
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Responding to complaints about new managed-care companies, state auditor asks for claims data; lawmakers threaten subpoena
With complaints piling up about the three Medicaid managed-care companies that coordinate care for 560,000 poor and disabled Kentuckians, lawmakers and officials are taking action to get to the bottom...
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More complaints lodged about Medicaid managed care; lawmakers demand answers
Complaints continue to pile up about the state’s new Medicaid managed care plans, which cover about 560,000 Kentuckians. Lawmakers are hearing gripes from providers who say they are not getting...
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Home-health industry is the latest to complain about late payments since state switched to managed-care Medicaid
Kentucky’s new Medicaid managed-care system is three months late in making payments to home-health agencies, officials told the House Health and Welfare Committee Thursday. Nurses Registry and Home Health has...
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Passport to lose exclusive contract for Louisville-area Medicaid at end of 2012; more choice needed, federal agency says
The exclusive contract the state has with Passport Health Plan, which provides Medicaid coverage for 170,000 people in Jefferson and 16 neighboring counties, has been extended until the end of...
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Move to managed care involves a steep learning curve, patients and providers tell Noelle Hunter of The Morehead News
Patients and providers are “ascending a steep learning curve as they implement Medicaid managed care,” reports Noelle Hunter in a two-part series in The Morehead News. Even for a proactive...
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Independent pharmacists say managed care costs them money
Because two of the three new Medicaid managed-care companies have slashed the dispensing fee they will pay them, independent pharmacists are in danger of going out of business all over...