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Coventry violates state contract by not covering drug
Coventry Care, a Medicaid managed care insurer in Kentucky, said it will stop covering an expensive medication that helps treat drug addictions. The state, however, condemned the decision as a...
Coventry owes provider $17M in back payments, lawsuit alleges
Coventry Health and Kentucky Spirit Health Plan are facing lawsuits by Eastern Kentucky's largest healthcare system for allegedly failing to promptly pay claims, owing the provider at least $17
Hospitals and state unlikely to reach charity tax-exempt deal
Illinois hospitals and state officials don't seem close to reaching a deal to determine how much free healthcare hospitals must provide to qualify for tax breaks. If talks fall through, the Illinois
Regulation, database the right solutions for prescription abuse?
Florida's sweeping "pill mill bill" passed in July has been successful in thwarting physicians in the state from writing excessive prescriptions for dangerously addictive painkillers. In particular,
North Dakota denied MLR waiver; Iowa, Kentucky approved
Insurers operating in North Dakota were dealt a disappointing blow when the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) denied the state's request to delay implementation of the medical-loss
HHS awards final Beacon Community grants
HHS officials today awarded $30 million in grants to organizations in the Detroit and Cincinnati areas by naming the final two pilot communities in the $250 million Beacon Community Program. HHS
Kentucky launches initiative designed to foster statewide EMR system
If the state's governor gets his way, Kentucky will soon be home to a statewide electronic health records system. To foster that goal, State Gov. Steve Beshear (D) has created the Governor's Office
EMRs must be viewed in a wider context
I stirred up no small amount of controversy last week when I took the pundit class to task for missing many of the issues related to EMRs and health IT, particularly since I took my most pointed
