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Reform Update: Provider-network info on insurance exchanges varies by state
By Maureen McKinney | October 10, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Certain states are performing better than others in providing consumers with information about in-network doctors and hospitals for the various plans.
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HHS works to fix insurance marketplace glitches
By Maureen McKinney | October 09, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Federal officials say they have identified and can fix the biggest flaws in their online insurance marketplace after an inaugural week marked by system outages and long wait times.
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KentuckyOne to offer 24/7 telemedicine service
By Andis Robeznieks | September 20, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Retail clinics and urgent-care centers offer patients flexible hours and convenience—but not as much as the new Anywhere Care service the Louisville-based KentuckyOne system will start offering in November.
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Three additional managed-care contracts awarded in Ky. for state exchange
By Rachel Landen | September 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services awarded contracts to three additional managed-care organizations to provide healthcare coverage to residents newly eligible for Medicaid under the state's plan to comply with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Examples of new state insurance exchange marketing campaign videos
By Modern Healthcare | August 31, 2013
See a sampling of states' videos promoting their health insurance exchanges.
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Clash erupts over joint operating agreement with Norton Healthcare
By Ashok Selvam | August 29, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The heated rivalry between the University of Louisville and University of Kentucky has extended into the healthcare industry with Norton Healthcare caught in the middle.
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CMS touts lower use of antipsychotic drugs in nursing homes
By Jessica Zigmond | August 27, 2013
The CMS on Tuesday heralded a lower prevalence of antipsychotic drug use in the nation's nursing homes, which the agency attributes to a dementia-care program it launched last year.
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Children's hospitals to enter joint-operating agreement
By Ashok Selvam | August 23, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Norton Healthcare's 263-bed Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville and University of Kentucky HealthCare's (Lexington) Kentucky Children's Hospital, plan to enter a joint-operating agreement.
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Ky. hospital settles lawsuit over pediatric program
By CNN | August 21, 2013
The University of Kentucky has settled its case with the state over the release of safety data for its embattled pediatric heart surgery program, which was closed last year following patient deaths.
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Adult obesity very high in 13 states; many in the South
By Mike Stobbe / Associated Press | August 16, 2013
Adult obesity still isn't budging, the latest government survey shows. The national telephone survey found 13 states with very high rates of obesity last year. Overall, the proportion of U.S. adults deemed obese has been about the same for years now.
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