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- Medicaid Manager Passport Gives $25,000 To Democratic Group That Has Given Heavily To Committee Backing Conway For Governor
Passport Health Plan, which manages Medicaid care for hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians, gave $25,000 this year to the Democratic Governors Association, "which already this year has given $600,000 to a Democratic super PAC supporting the election of...
- Significant Management Improvements At Passport Health Plan, Audit Finds
Passport Health Plan has improved significantly since a 2010 audit uncovered wasteful spending and other problems, a new audit has concluded. The managed care organization that cares for Medicaid recipients in Jefferson and 15 surrounding counties "has...
- Passport To Lose Exclusive Contract For Louisville-area Medicaid At End Of 2012; More Choice Needed, Federal Agency Says
The exclusive contract the state has with Passport Health Plan, which provides Medicaid coverage for 170,000 people in Jefferson and 16 neighboring counties, has been extended until the end of next year. But after that, the state must adopt a different...
- U Of L Physicians' Group Drops Open-records Appeal, But C-j May Still Not Get Records
An organization representing University of Louisville doctors who were trying to keep their financial records private dropped its lawsuit appealing an adverse open-records decision Tuesday. In April, Attorney General Jack Conway ruled that University...
- U Of L Physician Groups Tied To Passport Health Plan Must Release Salary And Expense Records, Attorney General Rules
Two groups representing University of Louisville's faculty physicians have been deemed public agencies and are subject to open records laws, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway has ruled. The groups therefore violated the Kentucky Open Records Act...
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Passport Health Plan drops secrecy as managed care expands
Passport Health Plan, the managed-care organization for Medicaid in the Louisville area, announced today that it would no longer fight to keep its records secret, deciding not to appeal a ruling by Attorney General Jack Conway that it had to give records to The Courier-Journal because most of its money comes from the state.
Passport's interim CEO, Mark Carter, said in an article on the Louisville newspaper's op-ed page that the decision "was not based upon legal advice but was made as part of the continuing evolution, perhaps even transformation, of the plan." He said state Auditor Crit Luallen's scathing report on the plan "has served as a very beneficial wake-up call to our organization."
Today the state issued a request for proposals to expand Medicaid managed care to other parts of the state. Luallen told The C-J's Deborah Yetter, ?I think if government is going to privatize services ? we have to have a higher level of accountability, not a lower level of accountability.? (Read more)
Passport's interim CEO, Mark Carter, said in an article on the Louisville newspaper's op-ed page that the decision "was not based upon legal advice but was made as part of the continuing evolution, perhaps even transformation, of the plan." He said state Auditor Crit Luallen's scathing report on the plan "has served as a very beneficial wake-up call to our organization."
Today the state issued a request for proposals to expand Medicaid managed care to other parts of the state. Luallen told The C-J's Deborah Yetter, ?I think if government is going to privatize services ? we have to have a higher level of accountability, not a lower level of accountability.? (Read more)
- Medicaid Manager Passport Gives $25,000 To Democratic Group That Has Given Heavily To Committee Backing Conway For Governor
Passport Health Plan, which manages Medicaid care for hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians, gave $25,000 this year to the Democratic Governors Association, "which already this year has given $600,000 to a Democratic super PAC supporting the election of...
- Significant Management Improvements At Passport Health Plan, Audit Finds
Passport Health Plan has improved significantly since a 2010 audit uncovered wasteful spending and other problems, a new audit has concluded. The managed care organization that cares for Medicaid recipients in Jefferson and 15 surrounding counties "has...
- Passport To Lose Exclusive Contract For Louisville-area Medicaid At End Of 2012; More Choice Needed, Federal Agency Says
The exclusive contract the state has with Passport Health Plan, which provides Medicaid coverage for 170,000 people in Jefferson and 16 neighboring counties, has been extended until the end of next year. But after that, the state must adopt a different...
- U Of L Physicians' Group Drops Open-records Appeal, But C-j May Still Not Get Records
An organization representing University of Louisville doctors who were trying to keep their financial records private dropped its lawsuit appealing an adverse open-records decision Tuesday. In April, Attorney General Jack Conway ruled that University...
- U Of L Physician Groups Tied To Passport Health Plan Must Release Salary And Expense Records, Attorney General Rules
Two groups representing University of Louisville's faculty physicians have been deemed public agencies and are subject to open records laws, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway has ruled. The groups therefore violated the Kentucky Open Records Act...