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...
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...
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Centene Corp. announced Monday that it has appealed the Franklin Circuit Court ruling in May that said its managed care subsidiary, Kentucky Spirit, cannot terminate its contract with the state a...
In honor of National HIV Testing Day on June 27, community-based organizations and local health departments are hosting free HIV testing throughout the month of June. HIV is an infection...
With a federal grant, the state Department for Community Based Services has launched a customer service website to promote healthy foods by assisting the families receiving food benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition...
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Three Kentucky health departments are among the first in the nation to be considered for national accreditation, a process that could help improve patient...
Tooth decay is children’s most common chronic health problem, and the 2010 federal health-care law addresses this problem by requiring insurers to cover pediatric dental services. But some advocates are concerned...
Medicaid managed-care company Kentucky Spirit alleges in a lawsuit filed Monday that Gov. Steve Beshear so hurriedly privatized the service last year that he gave incorrect cost information to the...
Women with BRCA1 and BRCA2, the genes most commonly involved in breast cancer, have up to an 80 percent chanceof getting the disease. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Although...
Kentucky Spirit, a Medicaid managed-care provider, will terminate its contract with the state’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services a year earlier than scheduled, effective July 5, 2013. The company...