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- Cabinet For Health And Family Services Held In Contempt Over Medicaid Services For Eastern Kentuckians
Hazard Appalachian Regional Medical Center, one of eight ARH hospitals. Courier-Journal photo, copyright 2000For taking "practically no steps to a comply" to a request to help thousands of patients transfer their Medicaid services, the Cabinet for Health...
- Coventry Offers To Keep Paying Arh, But Less, For Treating Medicaid Patients; Asks Danville Chain To Renegotiate
Coventry Cares has offered to pay for treatments at Appalachian Regional Healthcare as a "non-contracted provider," which would mean ARH would be paid far less than it is now, but coverage for ARH's 25,000 Medicaid patient members would not be interrupted....
- Coventry, Arh At Impasse Over Medicaid; State Says Service Will Not Be Interrupted For 25,000 Affected
Though negotiations between Appalachian Regional Healthcare and Coventry Cares appear to be futile, the state is taking steps to make sure there won't be an interruption in care for the Medicaid recipients who will be affected by the impasse....
- Coventry Agrees To Keep Covering Arh Patients Until June 30
After a two-hour hearing in federal court, managed-care firm CoventryCares agreed yesterday to keep paying Appalachian Regional Healthcare for treating Medicaid patients at its hospitals through at least June 30 while negotiations continue. "Coventry...
- State Tells Coventry Cares To Keep Covering Arh Patients; Managed-care Firm Says It Will Drop Ashland Hospital
The state has ordered Medicaid managed-care firm Coventry Cares to keep paying for its members to be treated at Appalachian Regional Healthcare hospitals for at least 30 days, rather than stopping tomorrow -- when a federal judge will hold a hearing in...
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State takes Medicaid contractor Coventry's side at hearing over dispute with Appalachian Regional Healthcare
"Appalachian Regional Healthcare argued for a federal injunction against Medicaid contractor Coventry Cares on Tuesday as negotiations for a new agreement between the two have stalled," reports Mike Wynn of The Courier-Journal.
At a hearing before District Judge Karl Forester, "Witnesses for ARH testified that Coventry will no longer provide an adequate network of hospitals and doctors if a contract is not renewed with ARH, which operates eight hospitals and additional clinics in the area. But Coventry and the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services dispute those claims and called witnesses to defend Coventry?s network of health care providers." (Read more)
Forester asked ARH and Coventry to submit proposed findings by tomorrow, reports Valarie Honeycutt Spears of the Lexington Herald-Leader, giving the case background: "After Coventry said it would sever its contract with ARH, the hospital company filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Lexington. Coventry agreed to continue its contract until June 30 while renegotiating for long-term coverage." (Read more)
At a hearing before District Judge Karl Forester, "Witnesses for ARH testified that Coventry will no longer provide an adequate network of hospitals and doctors if a contract is not renewed with ARH, which operates eight hospitals and additional clinics in the area. But Coventry and the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services dispute those claims and called witnesses to defend Coventry?s network of health care providers." (Read more)
Forester asked ARH and Coventry to submit proposed findings by tomorrow, reports Valarie Honeycutt Spears of the Lexington Herald-Leader, giving the case background: "After Coventry said it would sever its contract with ARH, the hospital company filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Lexington. Coventry agreed to continue its contract until June 30 while renegotiating for long-term coverage." (Read more)
- Cabinet For Health And Family Services Held In Contempt Over Medicaid Services For Eastern Kentuckians
Hazard Appalachian Regional Medical Center, one of eight ARH hospitals. Courier-Journal photo, copyright 2000For taking "practically no steps to a comply" to a request to help thousands of patients transfer their Medicaid services, the Cabinet for Health...
- Coventry Offers To Keep Paying Arh, But Less, For Treating Medicaid Patients; Asks Danville Chain To Renegotiate
Coventry Cares has offered to pay for treatments at Appalachian Regional Healthcare as a "non-contracted provider," which would mean ARH would be paid far less than it is now, but coverage for ARH's 25,000 Medicaid patient members would not be interrupted....
- Coventry, Arh At Impasse Over Medicaid; State Says Service Will Not Be Interrupted For 25,000 Affected
Though negotiations between Appalachian Regional Healthcare and Coventry Cares appear to be futile, the state is taking steps to make sure there won't be an interruption in care for the Medicaid recipients who will be affected by the impasse....
- Coventry Agrees To Keep Covering Arh Patients Until June 30
After a two-hour hearing in federal court, managed-care firm CoventryCares agreed yesterday to keep paying Appalachian Regional Healthcare for treating Medicaid patients at its hospitals through at least June 30 while negotiations continue. "Coventry...
- State Tells Coventry Cares To Keep Covering Arh Patients; Managed-care Firm Says It Will Drop Ashland Hospital
The state has ordered Medicaid managed-care firm Coventry Cares to keep paying for its members to be treated at Appalachian Regional Healthcare hospitals for at least 30 days, rather than stopping tomorrow -- when a federal judge will hold a hearing in...