Tag: Medicaid
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Appalachian hospital chain, facing loss of 25,000 Medicaid patients, sues managed-care firms and state
“Appalachian Regional Healthcare, the largest health care system in Eastern Kentucky, has filed lawsuits against two of the state’s Medicaid managed care companies, alleging that the managed care companies had...
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Beshear vetoes parts of budget, but health spending is intact
Though Gov. Steve Beshear vetoed 45 parts of the state budget yesterday evening, health-related spending was safe from the cut. The budget will help reduce caseloads for social workers who...
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Chiropractic clinic to pay $650K for Medicaid and Medicare fraud
A chiropractic clinic in Williamsburg will pay $650,000 to settle claims it improperly billed Medicare and Medicaid, reports Trent Knuckles for The News Journal of Corbin. (News Journal graphic) Ho...
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Knox County Hospital bounces employees’ checks; blames old, bad debt and late Medicaid payments
Debt inherited from previous management and late Medicaid payments caused some Knox County Hospital checks to bounce. Most of the facility’s employees could not cash their checks last Friday afternoon. “It was...
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Kentucky hospitals say they gave back $1.67 billion to their communities in 2010, mostly by absorbing losses and bad debts
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News With the downturn in the economy part of the reason, Kentucky’s hospitals say they gave back a whopping $1.67 billion to their communities in...
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Medicaid recipients displaced by tornadoes can get emergency 30-day refills of prescriptions
Kentuckians on Medicaid who were displaced by last week’s storms can get a 30-day supply of needed medicine from their pharmacy, the Department of Medicaid Services announced yesterday. The right...
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State and companies were unprepared for quick move to managed care, state auditor concludes
Kentucky officials and the companies in charge were unprepared for the switch to Medicaid managed care, State Auditor Adam Edelen said Wednesday. He sent the Cabinet for Health and Family...
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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....