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Featuring stories of Kentuckians telling their stories about their experiences with the health care system, Kentucky Voices for Health has launched a video advocacy channel.
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Kentuckians talk about health care on new video channel
"The mission of Kentucky Voices for Health is to advocate for the needs of the Kentucky health care consumer," Executive Director Jodi Mitchell said. "That means our main priority is helping to ensure that all Kentuckians have access to the quality care they deserve. This new video advocacy effort will ensure that legislators, media and the public can always hear firsthand about the healthcare concerns facing our state."
KVH is a coalition of more than 250 health care organizations, individuals and advocates. The stories will initially focus on stories relating to the move to Medicaid managed care. For more information, click here.
- Regan Hunt, Executive Director Of Kentucky Voices For Health, Named National Consumer Health Advocate Of The Year
Regan HuntRegan Hunt, the executive director of Kentucky Voices for Health, has been named Consumer Health Advocate of the Year by Families USA, which calls itself "the national organization for health-care consumers." KVH is a group of organizations...
- State's Medicaid Program Will Be Handled By Managed Care Companies Starting Tomorrow
Update, Nov. 1: Kentucky Voices for Health, a coalition of more than 250 health care organizations, individuals and advocates, released its views on the move to managed care, which they said must be as much about improving the quality of health care as...
- Some Worry That Patient Care Will Get Shortchanged As Kentucky Medicaid Moves To Managed Care
While moving Kentucky's Medicaid patients to managed care for will likely reduce costs to the taxpayers, patient care shouldn't be shortchaged in the effort to save a buck, Deb McGrath writes in an op-ed piece in The Courier-Journal. "It is critical...
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It is not known who bid on taking over the work, but Kentucky is advancing plans to turn Medicaid over to managed-care organizations. The move, which will allow the organizations to take over the day-to-day operations of Medicaid in the state, is meant...
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