Tag: state government
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Community health centers get federal grants to hire employees to help you shop for health insurance coverage
Kentucky’s online health insurance exchange, Kynect, opens Oct. 1, 2013, and most Kentuckians must have health insurance by January of next year or face tax penalties having it. To help you get...
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State health department asks Kentuckians to help improve the state’s health by commenting on improvement plan by Aug. 1
Yes, Kentucky ranks first in smoking and cancer deaths, 10th in obesity and poorly in other health measurements, but Kentuckians can help improve the state’s health status by giving their thoughts...
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Kentucky Spirit leaves the state; cabinet assigns company’s clients to other Medicaid managed-care firms
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News About 125,000 Medicaid patients in Kentucky have a new insurance company, with Saturday’s departure of Kentucky Spirit from the state. The state Cabinet for...
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Employers welcome delay in coverage mandate, but individual mandate remains and many uninsured people are unaware of it
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The Obama administration’s decision to delay, for a year, the health-reform law’s mandate that employers of more than 50 workers offer them coverage could...
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Kentucky Spirit still plans to leave state July 5; judge rules that state can’t require company to stay for two-month transition
In the latest development in the saga of the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services and Medicaid managed-care firm Kentucky Spirit, the company appears to be the victor, at...
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The school health services gamble: Ky. health departments could win on the state’s bet against Kentucky Spirit’s appeal of ruling
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s health departments may soon get money for school nurses, based on a court ruling in May that said Medicaid managed-care firm Kentucky Spirit must pay for treatments...
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Republican lawmaker says state should switch to block-grant system for Medicaid
Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear has argued that his expansion of Medicaid under federal health reform will improve Kentucky’s health, but a freshman Republican legislator with experience in state health policy...
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Kentucky Spirit can’t terminate its Medicaid contract with the state a year early without facing fines, judge rules
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News A Frankfort circuit judge ruled Friday that Kentucky Spirit, one of three companies hired by the state in November 2011 to manage health care...
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Judge orders Medicaid managed-care firm to pay for school health services, including $8 million in claims; appeal possible
Medicaid managed care company Kentucky Spirit must cover preventive care services provided by local health departments in schools, a judge has ruled. Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd of Frankfort said the...
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Beshear announces launch of Kynect, the state’s new online shop for health insurance; open enrollment starts Oct. 1
Gov. Steve Beshear has announced the launch of Kentucky’s Healthcare Connection, which is referred to as Kynect and is Kentucky’s one-stop onlineshop for the state’s new health insurance exchange. Beginning...