Each year, the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency that sets standards for healthcare quality and oversees major public health insurance programs, releases its national hospital ratings. This year’s May 13 announcement remarkably included three St. Elizabeth Healthcare hospitals — Dearborn, Edgewood and Ft. Thomas — rated as 5-star, the agency’s […]
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Medicaid cuts could add pressure to already-stressed psychiatric units
Federal Medicaid cuts could exact a heavy toll on psychiatric units at hospitals across the country, many of which are already struggling to keep their doors open but provide essential mental health care to people who need it. Psychiatric units are costly and, like labor and delivery services, typically lose money for hospitals and tend […]
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New federal law brings major Medicaid changes: What does this mean for NKY?
What you need to know The U.S. Congress passed a raft of tax and federal spending changes on July 4 that will have effects on our region. Referred to as the Big Beautiful Bill by its supporters (even though that’s not its official name), the legislation enacts a variety of changes, notably reforms to Medicaid, […]
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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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Advocates plea for continuation of new Medicaid benefits: ‘Something has to be done’
At their August meeting, members of the state legislature’s Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee heard testimony from healthcare advocates, providers and Medicaid recipients seeking approval for new Medicaid benefits made available this year. In a renewal of Medicaid benefits for 2023, the federal government offered the option to add or enhance dental, vision and hearing benefits […]
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How do you get health care when you can’t afford the bill?
This story originally appeared in the June 30 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To get these stories first, subscribe at linknky.com/subscribe. Covington resident Jake Caldwell is 31. He also has a chronic liver disease. If he’d gone to a doctor sooner, it might not have gotten this far. But what else could he do? Because […]
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How one change could impact healthcare access in NKY
This story originally appeared in the April 14 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To get these stories first, subscribe here. A topic that has divided some in the Northern Kentucky medical community took center stage at a pair of Erlanger City Council meetings over the last month, with those for and against it both […]
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Boone County approves private-pay assisted living facility
Boone County Commissioners unanimously approved zoning changes for an assisted living development in Union, but not without opposition from the public.
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KAHP seeks to expand with new director of external affairs
Kentucky Association of Health Plans announced Katherine Kington North as the new director of External Affairs. Kentucky Association of Health Plans (KAHP) is the trade association representing all commercial insurers and Medicaid-managed care organizations in the state. The new director of external affairs will assist KAHP with its goal to expand. “From our COVID vaccination […]
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AG Cameron Warns Kentuckians of Covid-19 Scams Targeting Medicaid Beneficiaries
Kentuckians should report COVID-19 Medicaid Scams to the Attorney General’s Office of Medicaid Fraud and Abuse AG Cameron speaks about Medicaid Beneficiary scam (Img: AG Cameron Facebook Page) FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 14, 2020) –Attorney General Daniel Cameron today warned Kentuckians of new healthcare scams targeting Medicaid beneficiaries related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and encouraged […]
