Tag: Medicaid
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Expanding Medicaid in Kentucky would add 5 percent to the state’s cost over the next 10 years, national study predicts
Expanding Medicaid to people making up to 138 percent of the poverty level under federal health reform and its heavy subsidies would cost Kentucky about 5 percent more for Medicaid...
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In Ky. and elsewhere, elections may decide Medicaid expansion
In Texas, Brandi DeFrank’s Medicaidcoverage ended when her baby, Gabriel,was born. His coverage continued. Voters’ choices on Tuesday about who sits in statehouses may matter more in the long run...
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Passport Health claims state violated bidding process and will make Medicaid overpayments in Jefferson County as a result
Passport Health Plan has charged that the state of Kentucky has violated its own bidding process and will spend as much as $80 million more than necessary per year under...
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Franklin County health department lays off 5; blames Medicaid managed health claim denials for budget shortfalls
The Franklin County Health Department has laid off five employees effective today, four of those are part-time workers. The layoffs are being made in the midst of a $1.7 million...
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Medicaid managed-care firm files suit, alleging the state’s rush job resulted in unreliable financial information for bidders
Medicaid managed-care company Kentucky Spirit alleges in a lawsuit filed Monday that Gov. Steve Beshear so hurriedly privatized the service last year that he gave incorrect cost information to the...
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Georgia doctor prescribes pills to help in school — whether or not the ADHD shoe fits — to level the playing field for the poor
Amanda Rocafort and her son, Quintn, who takes Adderall for his ADHD. (NYT photo by Bryan Meltz) In light of last week’s news that the number of poor children on...
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Kentucky Spirit to terminate Medicaid contract with state early; Cabinet assures recipients no interruption in service
Kentucky Spirit, a Medicaid managed-care provider, will terminate its contract with the state’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services a year earlier than scheduled, effective July 5, 2013. The company...
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Open enrollment period for 2012 Medicare Part D continues now through Dec. 7
The open enrollment period for 2012 Medicare Part D began this week and will continue through Dec. 7. The open period is a time for seniors and persons with disabilities...
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Home-health agency for Madison, Estill and Powell counties says it has to cut staff because of issues with Medicaid and Medicare
Declining reimbursements from Medicaid and Medicare are behind the Madison County Health Department‘s layoff of seven home-health employees last week. Director Nancy Crew said the cuts should not mean a...
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Four companies will oversee Medicaid coverage in 16-county Louisville region that includes 175,000 Kentuckians
Beginning Jan. 1, four companies will share management of the health care of roughly 175,000 Medicaid patients in the Jefferson County region. This reflects a major, federally mandated change that...