Larry Gray of Baptist Health Louisville and Carl Herde of the Kentucky Hospital Association were awarded the KHA’s Distinguished Service Award at the association’s 94th annual convention in Lexington May
Friedlander and interpreter Virginia Moore announced the new hospital payment program. Hospitals agree to follow higher quality standards to get more money from Medicaid, which covers 1/3 of state s population
By Melissa Patrick
Kentucky Health News Jan 25, 2021
Friedlander and interpreter Virginia Moore announced the new hospital payment program.
With up to 28 rural Kentucky hospitals vulnerable to closure if their finance don t improve, Tuesday s announcement of a new payment model to increase the amount Kentucky s hospitals are paid for Medicaid patients is cause for their celebration. Improved reimbursement for Kentucky s hospitals is vital for their survival. Medicaid . . . does not cover the full cost of caring for the patients we serve, Nancy Galvagni, president of theÂ