Tag: Medicaid
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AARP ranks Kentucky last in the nation for long-term care and support for aging, disabled and family caregivers
Kentucky ranks last in the nation in its long-term care services and support for seniors, people with disabilities and family caregivers according to a report compiled by AARP, formerly the...
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WellCare of Kentucky removes co-pays for most Medicaid members and offers to pay for GED course for many
WellCare Health Plans Inc. is improving its Medicaid benefits in Kentucky by removing most members’ co-pays and covering the cost of the General Educational Development test and its corresponding coursework...
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National poll finds many who need health coverage didn’t even shop for it because they didn’t think they could afford it
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News The top two reasons people gave for getting health insurance under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act were compliance with the law and a...
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Doctors in emergency rooms say they are busier since Obamacare began; hospitals struggle to handle extra patients
Nearly half of emergency-room doctors say their ERs have seen an increase in patients since health reform went into effect, and 86 percent say they expect the increase to continue,...
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Safety-net hospitals, haven for the uninsured, are seeing more covered patients since the expansion of Medicaid
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Hospitals that most often treat the poor and uninsured are seeing fewer uninsured patients since the new health law’s expansion of Medicaid, Phil Galewitz...
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Elizabethtown cancer clinic pays $3.7 million to resolve claims it diluted drugs, prolonged chemotherapy to make more money
Elizabethtown Hematology Oncology PLC and its owners has paid $3,739,325 to settle claims “that they submitted false claims for payment to the Medicare, Medicaid and the military’s medical provider for extending...
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Obamacare navigator program in Georgia, overseen by former UK Extension official, is ended by state legislature
By Melissa Landon Kentucky Health News Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has signed into law two bills aimed at thwarting the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. One will prevent the...
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Most Kentucky Medicaid members are allowed to switch managed-care organizations until June 18
Kentucky citizens with traditional Medicaid coverage may switch to a different managed-care organization (MCO) until June 18, Kentucky Voices for Health Board Chair Sheila Schuster notes in a press release....
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Psychiatric patients’ demand for emergency-room care presents a problem the Affordable Care Act won’t solve
Psychiatric patients’ demand for emergency-room care has been a concern in hospitals, and it’s going to get worse. Even though ERs are not properly equipped to help psychiatric patients, people...
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Republican governor of Indiana wants to expand Medicaid under Obamacare and existing state program; federal OK needed
Approximately 24 states still have not participated in health reform’s Medicaid expansion, which provides coverage for adults who earn up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. Some Republican-controlled...