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Auditor Edelen’s recommendations to fix Medicaid snafus

ncryder — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 23:25:14 +0000

More responsive care for Kentucky’s mentally ill patients — both children and adults — is among the most significant recommendations a state auditor’s report has made concerning the new Medicaid managed care program. Adam Edelen, who took office in January, …

Managed care mangled too long; heed audit suggestions

ncryder — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 23:23:36 +0000

The startup of statewide Medicaid managed care was bound to be bumpy. We’ve been willing to cut the managed care contractors and the Beshear administration some slack, in hopes that once the bumps are smoothed out, the outcome will be …

Kentucky auditor recommends changes in Medicaid program

ncryder — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 23:21:18 +0000

FRANKFORT, KY. — State Auditor Adam Edelen recommended Wednesday that the state consider removing mental-health services from its new Medicaid managed care system, citing an especially high number of complaints about access to care and medication. “There are areas within managed …

Election Night 2011

ncryder — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:36:17 +0000

Courier-Journal Editorial: State Auditor Adam Edelen correctly responded…

ncryder — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:26:40 +0000

The monumental problems that developed when the state shifted its Medicaid administration to three managed care companies last November may not have been inevitable, but they certainly have been painful for health care providers across the commonwealth in the past …