Tag: Medicaid
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Rural doctors need to support recruitment of more colleagues, former Leitchfield hospital administrator writes
With Kentucky’s doctor shortage about to be exacerbated by expansion of the Medicaid program and federally subsidized health insurance, there will be more competition than ever to recruit physicians, especially...
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Health Watch USA hosts chief medical director of Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Lexington and online July 31
Dr. Patrick Conway, chief medical director of the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will be presenting to Kentucky-based Health Watch USA on July 31 at 5 p.m., and...
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School boards across Ky. realign school-nurse programs, squeezed by budget cuts and Medicaid payment issues
School districts in Kentucky have long relied on county health departments for school nurses, but state budget cuts and problems with Medicaid reimbursements have squeezed the health agencies, and they...
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Kentucky, insurance companies are applying lessons learned in state’s hurried transition to managed-care Medicaid
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Gov. Steve Beshear rushed to transplant Medicaid into a new bed called managed care, hoping the new medium would save money and improve health,...
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Kentucky among states selected to study, address expensive problem of ‘superusers’ of emergency rooms
Kentucky is one of a few states teaming up with the National Governors Association to address the expensive problem of uninsured or Medicaid-covered “superusers” who over-use hospital emergency rooms or other...
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Online health-insurance exchange will differ in several ways from those in other states; scheduled to go online Oct. 1
Kentucky is one of 17 states setting up its own online health-insurance exchange under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. A new report provides a limited update about the process,...
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Kentucky picks up on federal Medicaid funding for inmates, which will expand when health reform takes full effect
Medicaid now covers care for inmates outsideprisons and jails, and health reform will extendcoverage to most former prisoners upon release. By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Kentucky has missed out on millions of...
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Rushed transition to managed care is cautionary tale for other states, especially those with large rural populations
Since Kentucky’s abrupt change to a Medicaid managed-care system in 2011, problems have been widespread among patients and providers, highlighting the dangers for other states, and especially rural ones, about...
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Eye exams are now required for children ages 3 to 6 when first starting public school or preschool
Add eye exams to your back-to-school checklist, because state law now requires children aged 3 through 6 who are entering a public school or preschool program for the first time...
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Kentucky expands Medicaid reimbursement for telehealth services, but lets managed-care firms keep authority over fees
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Recent changes in Kentucky’s telehealth regulations are making it easier for providers around the state and country to deliver health-care services to Medicaid patients,...