Tag: Medicaid
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Legislators question if Medicaid is ready for managed care
“State lawmakers on Thursday questioned whether the state has the resources and expertise to oversee moving the $6 billion Medicaid program to private, for-profit managed care companies,” Beth Musgrave of...
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Kentucky and other states slow to adopt health-law mandates
Though it’s one of the centerpieces of the new health care law, most states have not taken steps to establish a health insurance exchange, and that incluides Kentucky. The exchanges...
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Bidders to manage Medicaid unknown; contracts July 1?
It is not known who bid on taking over the work, but Kentucky is advancing plans to turn Medicaid over to managed-care organizations. The move, which will allow the organizations...
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U of L physician groups tied to Passport Health Plan must release salary and expense records, attorney general rules
Two groups representing University of Louisville‘s faculty physicians have been deemed public agencies and are subject to open records laws, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway has ruled. The groups therefore...
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Cabinet seeks proposals for managed-care Medicaid services
Acting on Gov. Steve Beshear’s promise to moved to managed care for Medicaid recipients in order to lower costs, implemented by the recent special session of the General Assembly, the Cabinet...
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Passport Health Plan drops secrecy as managed care expands
Passport Health Plan, the managed-care organization for Medicaid in the Louisville area, announced today that it would no longer fight to keep its records secret, deciding not to appeal a...
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National poll shows opposition to major cuts in Medicaid
In this year’s legislative sessions, Kentucky lawmakers wrangled to find a solution for a $166.5 million hole in the Medicaid budget. Now Congress is looking at reducing the federal deficit...
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Rural hospitals in Kentucky say health reform will hurt them
Though the new national health-care law may increase the number of insured Americans by 32 million, rural hospitals in Kentucky aren’t expecting a revenue windfall. That’s because half of the...
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Providers recommend restricting 3 cancer drugs in Medicaid
In an effort to save money, health officials are considering a move that would restrict three cancer drugs for the 800,000 Kentuckians who are enrolled in Medicaid. Patients could still...
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Beshear will use line-item veto on Medicaid bill to remove mandatory cuts in other state programs and school funding
Democrats appear to have prevailed in the State Capitol battle over the budget and Medicaid. (Update, March 25: Beshear issued the vetoes.) After the Republican-controlled Senate passed a budget fix...