Oct 30 Health Analysts Say Humana Is Strong. Why Are 800 People Losing Their Jobs? Increased competition and a reinstated federal tax could be behind the layoffs. By Lisa Gillespie Oct 30 Health Analysts Say Humana Is Strong. Why Are 800 People Losing Their Jobs? Lisa Gillespie
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
Dec 21 Health How Humana’s Purchase Of Kindred Home Health Could Affect Care Health care experts agree that having a health insurance company also controlling home health services could have a variety of effects for patients. By Lisa Gillespie Dec 21 Health How Humana's Purchase Of Kindred Home Health Could Affect Care Lisa Gillespie
Dec 19 Health Humana Is Buying Kindred’s Home Health Business. Here’s Why That Makes Sense The deal is a sign Humana is positioning itself to benefit from baby boomers, and from a shift toward preventing health problems with home health care. By Lisa Gillespie Dec 19 Health Humana Is Buying Kindred. Here's Why That Makes Sense 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 16 Health Medicare Enrollees To Receive New Health Insurance Cards In April 2018, Medicare officials will begin sending out new health insurance cards that no longer include enrollees' social security numbers. By Lisa Gillespie Oct 16 Health Medicare Enrollees To Receive New Health Insurance Cards Lisa Gillespie
Oct 13 Health How Trump Dismantling Obamacare Could Affect Kentuckians Trump announced Thursday that he planned to cut off payments that help insurers provide coverage to low-income Americans. By Lisa Gillespie Oct 13 Health How Trump Dismantling Obamacare Could Affect Kentuckians Lisa Gillespie
Sep 22 Health Advocates Say Seniors With Obamacare Need More Time To Switch To Medicare The government temporarily waived penalties for some late enrollees to Medicare, but the Sept. 30 deadline may not be enough time for many to comply. By Susan Jaffe Sep 22 Health Seniors With Obamacare Need More Time To Switch To Medicare Susan Jaffe
Aug 3 Economy Bottom Line: How Proposed Federal Cuts Could Impact Louisville Health Care Shea Van Hoy, managing editor of Business First, says cuts could have a devastating effect on hospitals and home health providers. By Staff Aug 3 Economy Bottom Line: How Proposed Cuts Could Impact Louisville Health Care Staff
Jun 27 Commentary Commentary: When My Parents Couldn’t Work Anymore, Medicaid Was There While much of the battle over changes in the Affordable Care Act are theoretical, this one hit home for me. And I’m not alone. By Keith Runyon Jun 27 Commentary Commentary: Don't Throw Out Medicaid Keith Runyon
Jun 4 Health Wait, It’s Not A Scam! Explaining That Social Security Letter You Got In The Mail The letter explains a prescription drug and medical care savings program. But it leads with an exclamation that, frankly, can seem a little scammy. By Lisa Gillespie Jun 4 Health Wait, It's Not A Scam! Explaining That Social Security Letter You Got In The Mail Lisa Gillespie
May 31 Health Why Primary Care Docs Will Soon Be In High Demand — And Short Supply There’s been a big demand for primary care doctors in the past 10 years, and that need will only grow over the next decade, according to a new report. By Lisa Gillespie May 31 Health Why Primary Care Docs Will Soon Be In High Demand And Short Supply Lisa Gillespie
May 16 Health 3 Possible Factors Behind Sell-Off Of KentuckyOne Facilities Five years ago, Catholic Health Initiatives tried to bring together high-performing Lexington hospitals and less successful hospitals in Louisville. By Lisa Gillespie May 16 Health 3 Possible Factors Behind Sell-Off Of KentuckyOne Facilities Lisa Gillespie
May 15 Health Medicare Isn’t The Safest Of Safety Nets In Kentucky If you’ve got Medicare insurance, you probably already know this. But if you don’t, you need to know this: It won’t be a relief from high health care costs. By Lisa Gillespie May 15 Health Medicare Isn't The Safest Of Safety Nets In Kentucky Lisa Gillespie
Feb 21 Health Behind The Scenes, This Obamacare Program Is Lowering Costs In Kentucky ACOs — a provision of the Affordable Care Act — are groups of health care providers who work together to coordinate all aspects of a patient’s care. By Lisa Gillespie Feb 21 Health Behind The Scenes, Obamacare Program Lowering Costs Lisa Gillespie