A bill that could bring freestanding birth centers back to Kentucky was approved by a House committee Wednesday despite objections from a Northern Kentucky physician. Dr. Allana Oak, an obstetrics physician with St. Elizabeth Healthcare, told the House Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations committee the bill omits physician oversight of birth centers, which she recommends. […]
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Senate OKs Medicaid pay for midwife home births in KY
Giving birth at home with help from a trained midwife would be an option for more Kentuckians under a bill that has passed the Kentucky Senate. Sen. Shelley Funke Frommeyer (R-Alexandria) sponsors Senate Bill 89, passed 34-3 on Thursday. The bill would make home birth available to more women by allowing Medicaid reimbursement for licensed, […]
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NKY legislator aims to broaden Medicaid for midwife births
Medicaid covers the cost of nearly half of all Kentucky births. But it pays nothing for certified professional midwives who help moms give birth at home instead of in a hospital. Sen. Shelley Funke Frommeyer wants to change that. On Tuesday, the Senate Families and Children committee unanimously approved Funke Frommeyer’s Senate Bill 89, which […]