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- 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...
- Ernie Scott, Kentucky Rural Health Leader, Gets National Award
Ernie Scott, director of the Kentucky Office of Rural Health, has received the 2014 Emerging Leader Award from the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health. Scott received his award Oct. 28 during the organization?s annual conference in...
- Anthem Gives Hospital Group Grant To Improve Perinatal Care, Including Discouraging Early, Medically Unnecessary Deliveries
The foundation of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield has awarded nearly $259,000 to an arm of the Kentucky Hospital Association to improve perinatal care and outcomes for mothers and their babies by discouraging early, medically unnecessary deliveries...
- Newspaper In Alabama, A Similar State In Many Ways, Gives Its Readers A Look At Kentucky's Embrace Of Obamacare
The latest newspaper to look at Kentucky's embrace of Obamacare is in Alabama, a state that offers almost a mirror image of Kentucky: another Southern state with a very high poverty rate and very low health outcomes. "Politically, both are deeply...
- Foundation For A Healthy Kentucky Awarded Nearly $3 Million In Grants In 2010
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky awarded nearly $3 million to community organizations, schools, government agencies and institutions in 2010. The funds, awarded in 80 grants, will support programs and policy development for health improvement and...
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Kentucky Equal Justice Center, active in Obamacare signups, wins award from Consumer Reports magazine
The Kentucky Equal Justice Center, a non-profit advocacy organization most recently in the news for encouraging Obamacare enrollments, has won the Consumer Reports Excellence in Consumer Advocacy Award, which includes a cash prize of $25,000 to support the organization's work.
The group received the award for its positive impact over the years "as a watchdog and advocate for low income and other vulnerable residents of the state," says a press release from the magazine, published by Consumers Union.
The center has been instrumental in Kentucky's successful implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the release notes, helping residents take full advantage of the available benefits and supporting expansion of the Medicaid program. It has also played a key role in making sure health insurers in the state follow the law's rule that 80 cents of every premium dollar must be spent on patient care, saving an estimated $1.3 million for Kentuckians in 2013, the release says.
The center helped lead efforts that protected $45 million in charitable assets when the nonprofit Kentucky Blue Cross & Blue Shield merged with Anthem, allocating the funds to create the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, which provides millions of dollars in grants to address unmet health care needs in the state.
?It?s just delightful that work by a small organization, persistently and well over a long period of time, will even be noticed,? said Rich Seckel, director of the Kentucky Equal Justice Center. ?We deeply appreciate it.?
The group received the award for its positive impact over the years "as a watchdog and advocate for low income and other vulnerable residents of the state," says a press release from the magazine, published by Consumers Union.
The center has been instrumental in Kentucky's successful implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the release notes, helping residents take full advantage of the available benefits and supporting expansion of the Medicaid program. It has also played a key role in making sure health insurers in the state follow the law's rule that 80 cents of every premium dollar must be spent on patient care, saving an estimated $1.3 million for Kentuckians in 2013, the release says.
The center helped lead efforts that protected $45 million in charitable assets when the nonprofit Kentucky Blue Cross & Blue Shield merged with Anthem, allocating the funds to create the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, which provides millions of dollars in grants to address unmet health care needs in the state.
?It?s just delightful that work by a small organization, persistently and well over a long period of time, will even be noticed,? said Rich Seckel, director of the Kentucky Equal Justice Center. ?We deeply appreciate it.?
- 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...
- Ernie Scott, Kentucky Rural Health Leader, Gets National Award
Ernie Scott, director of the Kentucky Office of Rural Health, has received the 2014 Emerging Leader Award from the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health. Scott received his award Oct. 28 during the organization?s annual conference in...
- Anthem Gives Hospital Group Grant To Improve Perinatal Care, Including Discouraging Early, Medically Unnecessary Deliveries
The foundation of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield has awarded nearly $259,000 to an arm of the Kentucky Hospital Association to improve perinatal care and outcomes for mothers and their babies by discouraging early, medically unnecessary deliveries...
- Newspaper In Alabama, A Similar State In Many Ways, Gives Its Readers A Look At Kentucky's Embrace Of Obamacare
The latest newspaper to look at Kentucky's embrace of Obamacare is in Alabama, a state that offers almost a mirror image of Kentucky: another Southern state with a very high poverty rate and very low health outcomes. "Politically, both are deeply...
- Foundation For A Healthy Kentucky Awarded Nearly $3 Million In Grants In 2010
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky awarded nearly $3 million to community organizations, schools, government agencies and institutions in 2010. The funds, awarded in 80 grants, will support programs and policy development for health improvement and...