Tag: Medicaid
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Move to managed care on track for Oct. 1, secretary says
Despite a recent request to delay by an advisory council, and a low number of signups by hospitals so far, the move to managed care for Kentucky’s Medicaid patients should...
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Council asks move to managed care be delayed 90 days
The massive switch to managed care organizations for Kentucky’s Medicaid program, pushed by Gov. Steve Beshear, isn’t in the bag yet. The Advisory Council for Medical Assistance, which advises officials...
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Health secretary tells legislators Medicaid budget has been balanced by moving all beneficiaries to managed care
The switch to managed care organizations has fixed Kentucky’s Medicaid shortfall, with Janie Miller, secretary of health and family services, calling the budget “balanced.” She said the projected savings from...
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Justice Dept. accuses Erlanger nursing home of collecting on ‘worthless services;’ suit is first of its kind in Kentucky
The U.S. Justice Department has filed a civil complaint against Villaspring Health Care and Rehabilitation in Erlanger and its parent company, Carespring Health Care Management, claiming they “billed Medicare and Medicaid...
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Medicaid matters, and makes people healthier, study finds, contradicting argument that it’s worse than no coverage
Though the overhaul of Kentucky’s Medicaid program has its critics and could potentially be confusing to patients, the program itself is very important, acording to a new study. It found...
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State awards Medicaid managed-care contracts to 4 firms, including Passport; networks to be established by Oct. 1
In an effort to save $1 billion in the next three years, and fill a hole in the current state budget, Gov. Steve Beshear announced Thursday that Kentucky’s Medicaid program...
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State website helps Kentuckians get health insurance, info
A new government website is aimed at helping Kentuckians wade through the often overwhelming world of health insurance by providing information specific to the new health care law. The Kentucky...
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Kentucky Medicaid spending is unsustainable, study will say
When it is released June 29, a study sponsored by the Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions will show Kentucky is an on “unsustainable path” when it comes to Medicaid spending....
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Several Kentucky hospitals overdo CT scans, despite cost, risk
Despite the risk of exposing patients to more radiation and the fact that radiologists say it is very rarely necessary, Medicare outpatients are regularly receiving two CT scans on the...
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Data on hospital-acquired infections, other conditions online
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted information about hospital-acquired conditions on its website, and The Courier-Journal not only has a story about it today, it...