New Kentucky Medicaid commissioner appointed
In the face of serious turmoil caused by the move to managed care for Kentucky’s poor and disabled, a new Medicaid commissioner has been appointed. Lawrence Kissner starts his new...
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In the face of serious turmoil caused by the move to managed care for Kentucky’s poor and disabled, a new Medicaid commissioner has been appointed. Lawrence Kissner starts his new...
Though there have been plenty of bumps in the state’s move to managed care for 820,000 Kentuckians on Medicaid, Health and Family Services Cabinet Secretary Audrey Haynes told lawmakers Wednesday...
Conventry Cares must continue its contract with Appalachian Regional Healthcare through Nov. 1 so the 25,000 Eastern Kentucky Medicaid patients affected don’t get “thrown under the bus,” a federal judge...
Reduced hours and staff will be the new reality for many health departments across Kentucky starting in July as they deal with funding shortages and changes. Though the total amount...
“Appalachian Regional Healthcare argued for a federal injunction against Medicaid contractor Coventry Cares on Tuesday as negotiations for a new agreement between the two have stalled,” reports Mike Wynn of...
Coventry Cares has offered to pay for treatments at Appalachian Regional Healthcare as a “non-contracted provider,” which would mean ARH would be paid far less than it is now, but...
Though negotiations between Appalachian Regional Healthcare and Coventry Cares appear to be futile, the state is taking steps to make sure there won’t be an interruption in care for the Medicaid...
Passport Health Plan has improved significantly since a 2010 audit uncovered wasteful spending and other problems, a new audit has concluded. The managed care organization that cares for Medicaid recipients...
Reversing its decision, likely after it was pressured to do so, a Medicaid managed-care organization will continue to pay for a drug used to treat drug addiction. Coventry Cares said...
Coventry Cares, one of the four firms that manage patient care for the state Medicaid program, has once again hit the headlines, this time for its plans to stop paying...