As part of Gov. Steve Beshear’s emphasis on enhanced education efforts related to Medicaid managed care, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services has scheduled forums for health care providers in each of the eight Medicaid regions during May and June.
Senior officials from CHFS will attend the session, including Cabinet Secretary Audrey Tayse Haynes, Medicaid Commissioner Lawrence Kissner, Public Health Commissioner Dr. Stephanie Mayfield Gibson and Behavioral Health Commissioner Stephen Hall, according to a news release from the cabinet.
The forums are designed to allow medical providers to meet face-to-face with representatives of the managed care organizations (MCOs) and the Department of Insurance (DOI) to discuss concerns about proper billing, appeals processes and any specific regional issues, in addition to a general conversation about how to improve the overall system of health care delivery in Kentucky. The first two sessions were held earlier this month in Morehead and Prestonsburg.
“We have enjoyed the conversations we’ve had with the health care community to this point and look forward to traveling to other areas of the state to engage our Medicaid providers,” Haynes said in the news release. “Managed care is the right approach for Kentucky, but we can continue to improve the system to make it work better for everyone involved from providers to patients.”
The sessions follow the same agenda, beginning with a 9-11:30 a.m. local time provider information general session with cabinet officials and concluding with a 1-3:30 p.m. local time session on provider billing with the MCOs in each region. The dates and locations of the remaining forums are:
- Region 2, June 20: Main Lodge, Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park (20781 Pennyrile Lodge Road., Dawson Springs)
- Region 1, July 15: Curris Center, Murray State University (102 Curris Center, Murray)
