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State & Federal Issues
KHA monitors federal issues affecting Kentucky hospitals, including issues related to Medicaid, COVID-19, price transparency, and surprise billing laws surrounding out-of-network billing.
KHA Members:
- Login to review all comments submitted by KHA on various issues
- KHA hosts a forum for hospitals to meet with Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) on a monthly basis to discuss ongoing issues. Login to access issue logs and recordings of each meeting.
State Policy Papers
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Protect Patients with Sepsis
HB 477 would require Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) to follow the same guidelines for Medicaid the federal government has already established for Medicare. (2024)
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Support SB 27: Protect Private Money Providing Patient Access
Please support SB 27 – to protect contract pharmacies, hospitals, and most importantly, the patients we serve. (2024)
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Phantom Damages
Legislation in Kentucky is needed to bring fairness to the calculation of damages in general liability and medical malpractice litigation – doing so will also help to reduce liability and health care costs. (2020)
Federal Policy Papers
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Federal Surprise Billing Law
The federal “No Surprises Act” was designed to address the concerns surrounding out-of-network billing. (2021)
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COVID-19 Stimulus Legislation Key Provisions
This report offers a summary of the key provisions in the COVID-19 stimulus legislation. (2021)
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Stop Medicaid DSH Cuts
KHA and Kentucky hospitals request the Kentucky congressional delegation to support restructuring state Medicaid DSH allotments. (2020)
- Establishing an independent dispute resolution process to determine out-of-network payment amounts between providers (including air ambulance providers) or facilities and health plans.
- Requiring good-faith estimates of medical items or services for uninsured (or self-paying) individuals.
- Establishing a patient-provider dispute resolution process for uninsured (or self-paying) individuals to determine payment amounts due to a provider or facility under certain circumstances.
- Providing a way to appeal certain health plan decisions.
- Overview of rules & fact sheets
- Provider requirements and resources
- Complaint Submission (For providers to submit complaints regarding health plans)
- What to expect when a patient starts payment dispute resolution
- KHA Policy Positions (Summer 2020)
- KHA Policy Positions At-A-Glance (Summer 2020)
- Kentucky Hospitals’ Requests Regarding U.S. House Surprise Billing Legislation (2020)
- Kentucky Hospitals’ Requests Regarding U.S. Senate Surprise Billing Legislation (2020)
- COVID-19 Federal Relief for Kentucky’s Hospitals (2020)
- Kentucky Hospitals Support Medicaid DSH Reform (2020)
- Kentucky Hospitals Support Medicare Payment Adequacy (2018)
- Price Transparency