Jul 30 Health New Anthem Program Offers In-Home Addiction Recovery Instead of having to go to a brick-and-mortar location, Anthem enrollees will stay at home to receive substance abuse treatment. By Lisa Gillespie Jul 30 Health New Anthem Program Offers In-Home Addiction Recovery Lisa Gillespie
Feb 16 Health Anthem Tweaks Policy On Non-Emergency ER Visits Health insurer Anthem will start paying for some emergency room visits that they deem "non-emergencies" following pushback from ER doctors and patients. By Lisa Gillespie Feb 16 Health Anthem Tweaks Policy On Non-Emergency ER Visits Lisa Gillespie
Oct 23 Health Anthem Offers Post-Hospital Meals Program To Help Reduce Readmissions A study of 1,442 Medicare surgery patients found that one of the top three reasons for being readmitted was because of malnutrition. By Lisa Gillespie Oct 23 Health Anthem Offers Post-Hospital Meals Program To Reduce Readmissions Lisa Gillespie
Oct 21 Health Anthem Is Reducing Insurance Exchange Plan Benefits In Kentucky Kentuckians in more than half of all counties who buy insurance through HealthCare.gov will have a much more limited choice of doctors and hospitals. By Lisa Gillespie Oct 21 Health Anthem Is Reducing Exchange Plan Benefits In Ky. Lisa Gillespie
Aug 16 Health Aetna Will Leave Kentucky’s Health Exchange In 2017 Aetna will pull out of the 10 counties in Kentucky where it offers health insurance via the state health exchange starting in 2017. By Lisa Gillespie Aug 16 Health Aetna Will Leave Kentucky's Health Exchange In 2017 Lisa Gillespie
Sep 27 Local News Norton-Anthem Talks To Resume More talks are expected this week between leaders of Norton Healthcare and Anthem insurance company. The two sides returned to the negotiating table last week in hopes of ending a months-long dispute. Norton terminated its contract with Anthem July 1, and began charging out-of-network rates for thousands of Anthem policyholders. Norton officials say they’ve been […] By Rick Howlett Sep 27 Local News Norton-Anthem Talks To Resume Rick Howlett
Sep 19 Local News Norton-Anthem Dispute Takes Another Turn Norton Healthcare says effective January 1st, all patients who carry Anthem health insurance, including those at Norton-owned Kosair Children’s Hospital, will have to pay a higher rate for services. Norton and Anthem have been locked in a contentious dispute over higher rates requested by Norton, which terminated its contract with Anthem at mid-year. Norton agreed […] By Rick Howlett Sep 19 Local News Norton-Anthem Dispute Takes Another Turn Rick Howlett
Jul 2 Local News No New Negotiations Set In Norton/Anthem Split The impasse between Norton Healthcare and Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield continues, and both sides still refuse to meet. By Gabe Bullard Jul 2 Local News No New Negotiations Set In Norton/Anthem Split Gabe Bullard
Jun 25 Local News Norton/Anthem Disagree On Negotiation Methods Norton Healthcare and Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield continue their path toward a split, even though both sides say they are ready to negotiate. By Gabe Bullard Jun 25 Local News Norton/Anthem Disagree On Negotiation Methods Gabe Bullard
Jun 15 Local News Forum Today On Norton-Anthem Dispute The impasse between Kentucky's largest insurer and Louisville's largest healthcare provider will get a public airing Monday. By Gabe Bullard Jun 15 Local News Forum Today On Norton-Anthem Dispute Gabe Bullard
May 21 Community Six Degrees of Health Insurance This could be medical news serendipity or a reinforcement of not only the need for a 24-hour heart catheterization lab, but the necessity of means, public or private, to pay for it. By Gabe Bullard May 21 Community Six Degrees of Health Insurance Gabe Bullard
May 21 Local News Norton, Anthem At Odds Over Contract Kentucky's largest insurer and Louisville's largest health care provider may be headed for a split. By Gabe Bullard May 21 Local News Norton, Anthem At Odds Over Contract Gabe Bullard