Jun 2 Health Health Leaders To Talk Hospital Prices, Reimbursement Discrepancies This Week A recent report shows large price discrepancies between what private health plans pay hospitals and what Medicare pays. By Lisa Gillespie Jun 2 Health Health Leaders To Talk Hospital Prices This Week Lisa Gillespie
Feb 19 Health Kentucky Bill To Remove Prior Authorization Aims To Help Opioid Users Get Treatment The bill would prevent Medicaid insurance companies from denying prescriptions for opioid treatment like buprenorphine by requiring prior authorization. By Lisa Gillespie Feb 19 Health Ky. Bill Aims To Help Opioid Users Get Treatment Lisa Gillespie
Feb 6 Health Passport, State Officials Continue Talks Over Reimbursement Rates The state cut Passport’s Medicaid reimbursement rates by 4.1 percent in the Louisville region, compared to an average .8 percent increase statewide. By Lisa Gillespie Feb 6 Health Passport, State Officials Continue Talks Over Reimbursement Rates Lisa Gillespie
Jul 2 Health Kentucky Leaders Float Plans Opposing Bevin’s Cuts To Medicaid Benefits The Bevin administration announced the cuts this weekend following a Friday court ruling striking down the governor's changes to the program. By Lisa Gillespie Jul 2 Health Ky. Leaders Float Plans Opposing Bevin's Cuts To Medicaid Benefits Lisa Gillespie
Dec 8 Health Kentuckians Have A Week To Sign Up For Coverage On Healthcare.gov This year's open enrollment period is only half as long as the previous year. By Lisa Gillespie Dec 8 Health Kentuckians Have A Week To Sign Up For Coverage On Healthcare.gov Lisa Gillespie
Jun 28 Politics Divestment Proposal Pits Coal States Against California Political leaders in West Virginia and Kentucky are joining a coalition of states threatening to sue California over a program the state is pushing that would drop investments in coal. By Glynis Board, Ohio Valley ReSource Jun 28 Politics Divestment Proposal Pits Coal States Against California Glynis Board, Ohio Valley ReSource
Jan 23 Health Inside Humana’s Downtown HQ, Reaction To Judge’s Decision Mixed We spoke with some of the more than 12,000 employees who work for the company in Louisville. By Jacob Ryan Jan 23 Health Inside Humana's Downtown HQ, Reaction To Judge's Decision Mixed Jacob Ryan
Dec 14 Health Most Kentuckians To Get More Time To Sign Up For Coverage On Healthcare.gov The Department of Health and Human Services and state officials confirmed the extension to WFPL on Wednesday. By Lisa Gillespie Dec 14 Health Kentuckians Get More Time To Sign Up For Coverage On Healthcare.gov Lisa Gillespie
Aug 23 Health One Way To Fix Obamacare Exchanges: Sign Up Undocumented Immigrants? If 25-year-old Alexis Meza could get health insurance through an exchange, she’d be one more young, healthy person making the Affordable Care Act viable. At least that’s the theory some experts are working with now. Meza, who lives in Lexington, is one of 24 million people in the U.S. who don’t have health insurance. That […] By Lisa Gillespie Aug 23 Health Could Signing Up Undocumented Immigrants Fix Health Exchanges? Lisa Gillespie
Jul 26 Health Amid Shortage, Louisville Treatment Center Considers Addiction’s Costs Recovery on Chestnut is housed in an 1880s-era Victorian mansion. By Lisa Gillespie Jul 26 Health Amid Shortage, Louisville Treatment Center Considers Addiction's Costs Lisa Gillespie
Jul 12 Health Humana’s Stock Is Still Falling Amid Merger Worries At close Tuesday, the stock price was $154.71. The stock was originally valued at $230 when the deal was agreed upon last year. By Lisa Gillespie Jul 12 Health Humana's Stock Is Still Falling Amid Merger Worries Lisa Gillespie
Jul 11 Politics Shafted: Dark Future Possible For Miners Who Kept Our Lights On Miners in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia worry that their retirement benefits could go dark as a result of a wave of bankruptcies in the coal industry. By Becca Schimmel, Ohio Valley ReSource Jul 11 Politics Shafted: Dark Future Possible For Miners Who Kept Our Lights On Becca Schimmel, Ohio Valley ReSource