Tag: Medicaid
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Kentucky leads nation in drug-fraud prosecutions and settlements
Kentucky leads the U.S. in pursuing pharmaceutical fraud, according to a report by the Washington, D.C.-based consumer group, Public Citizen. Since 1991, the state has pursued the most claims against pharmaceutical...
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CNN’s fact-checking of ‘Medicare’s impending bankruptcy’ shows the program is not likely to go under soon, or ever
That giant whooshing sound you just heard may have been the sound of millions of baby boomers letting out of sigh of relief. That’s because CNN.com did some much needed...
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Census data show every county’s numbers of uninsured and those who would be covered by Medicaid expansion
For county-by-county data, see below. The U.S. Census Bureau released data this week showing 2010 estimates of health insurance coverage for all 50 states and each of the nation’s counties....
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New website explores and outs of Affordable Care Act; useful tool for reporters
One of the most complex and far-reaching pieces of legislation to pass in recent years is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the federal health-care reform law that, among...
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Aetna buying Coventry, which manages some Medicaid care
Aetna will buy Coventry Health Care for about $5.6 billion as the third-largest health insurance company poises itself for more Medicare and Medicaid patients under the federal health-care reform law....
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Most Medicaid recipients can switch their managed care company from now through Oct. 19
Medicaid recipients in 104 counties who want to change who provides their managed care will have an opportunity to do so during open enrollment now through Oct. 19. Letters are...
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State’s largest health care system says it will end contract with Coventry Cares
KentuckyOne Health, the state’s largest health-care system with almost 200 hospitals, physician groups, primary care centers and other agencies, is canceling its contracts with Coventry Cares, one of the state’s...
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About 290,000 more Kentuckians would be eligible for Medicaid if state expands program, Urban Institute study finds
About 289,000 more people in Kentucky would be able to get health insurance if the state opts to expand its Medicaid program up to 138 percent of the federal poverty...
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Research suggests dental therapists could provide care to Medicaid-eligible kids at terrific savings
The recent revitalization of the Kentucky Oral Health Coalition was a reminder that our state ranks 49th in dental health, behind only West Virginia. So was the news then Tuesday...
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New health law and aging baby boomers’ anticipated strain on the system is about to make chronic doctor shortage worse
Kentucky’s persistent physician shortage is hardly new. Almost a century ago, the Frontier Nursing Service came to Hyden on the presumption that doctors wouldn’t. A report from the Health Resources...