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Louisville expands services at Park Hill Neighborhood Place office

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Park Hill residents and surrounding neighbors can now access expanded support closer to home, including help with SNAP and Medicaid applications, youth mental health screenings and behavioral health services at Bridges of Hope Neighborhood Place. Louisville Metro Deputy Mayor Nicole George said the goal is to...

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Birth centers are linked to better health outcomes, research shows, but 10 states have none

Birth centers are an option for those with low-risk pregnancies and are correlated with more positive health outcomes, but 10 states do not have any birth centers at all, and more could be built with certain state policy solutions and different models of care, a new report suggests. Birth centers...

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Kentucky lawmaker plans to reintroduce emergency ambulance bill

FRANKFORT, Ky. — After Kentucky House Bill 447 died last April in the House of Representatives, the bill's sponsor is working to reintroduce it in the 2027 General Assembly. The bill focuses on emergency ground ambulance services and insurance coverage requirements. Rebecca Raymer, state representative for District 15, sent...

Kentucky · 24d

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Kentucky lawmaker plans to reintroduce emergency ambulance bill

Kentucky lawmaker plans to reintroduce emergency ambulance bill. After Kentucky House Bill 447 died last April in the House of Representatives, the bill's sponsor is working to reintroduce it in the 2027 General Assembly. The bill focuses on emergency ground ambulance services and insurance coverage requirements.

Kentucky · 23d

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When it comes to Medicaid cuts in Kentucky, it’s always Groundhog Day

Over the next few years, Kentucky is facing the largest Medicaid cuts in the program’s history. Starting in January, the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act will take Medicaid coverage away from many thousands of Kentuckians. Separately, state Medicaid cuts will go into effect in July unless the 2027 General Assembly restores funding to the program. And in January 2028, the OBBBA will begin lowering Medicaid payments to providers with reductions that will deepen over the following decade.

Kentucky · 23d

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Kentucky Medicaid Breach Exposes Data on 3,816 Recipients Months After Hack

An estimated 3,816 Kentucky Medicaid recipients are being notified that their personal information may have been exposed after an unauthorized party broke into a state vendor's provider payment portal three separate times this spring. The breaches happened in late March and April, but Gainwell did not learn about them until August, and formal notices to those affected only began on Oct. 16.

Kentucky · 24d

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Flu cases rising in Kentucky as health experts urge vaccination

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Flu season is here, and in the Commonwealth, health experts say they’re seeing an increase in cases. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services says flu cases in Kentucky are higher than they were at this time last year, mirroring a nationwide increase. Flu Arriving...

Kentucky · 25d

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Refugees and asylees no longer qualify for Kentucky Medicaid under federal changes that began Oct. 1, and lose Marketplace premium tax credits starting Jan. 1, 2027

Federal changes that took effect October 1, 2026 end Medicaid eligibility in Kentucky for refugees and asylees. On January 1, 2027, those same groups also lose the premium tax credits that lower the cost of Marketplace health plans. Kentucky says affected Medicaid members will be contacted. The Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange spells out both dates […]

Kentucky · 27d

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Birth centers are linked to better health outcomes, research shows, but 10 states have none

Birth centers are an option for those with low-risk pregnancies and are correlated with more positive health outcomes, but 10 states do not have any birth centers at all, and more could be built with certain state policy solutions and different models of care, a new report suggests. Birth centers...

Nebraska · 24d

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Kentucky can cut health premiums without spending a dime

Today’s health insurance affordability crisis is a rerun of the one Kentucky faced in the 1990s. The cause is the same. The path to relief is the same. And once again, Frankfort can deliver it. In 1994, Frankfort enacted new controls that supporters promised would make health insurance more affordable and accessible. By 1996, the […]

Kentucky · 27d

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Opinion: The hidden billing practices raising healthcare costs

Written by Tom Stephens, Executive Director of the Kentucky Association of Health Plans. The hidden billing practices raising healthcare costs. Sophisticated new mark-up schemes, provider consolidation, and dated diagnosis criteria are all impacting Kentuckians. There is no single explanation for America’s high healthcare costs. But any serious effort to control...

Kentucky · 26d