If you have a health problem, even if it is just an imaginary one, some giant pharmaceutical company out there is probably making a pill for it. According to shocking new research published in the Journal of the American Medical … Continue reading →
Source: Drugged Into Oblivion: Nearly 60 Percent Of All U.S. Adults Are On Prescription Drugs –
There are 14 ways, in all, to avoid paying the Obamacare tax penalty. This fee hits people who don’t carry health insurance that conforms to the government regulations. Based on the latest revision to the Obamacare regulations, people can avail themselves of these different off ramps all the way through 2016. Many of […]
Source: 14 Ways To Avoid The Obamacare Tax (Actually 15 if you include ‘brief incarceration’) – Forbes
Faced with financial difficulties, Kentucky Health Cooperative, Inc. has become the latest state-based consumer operated and oriented health plan to fail, as the health plan announced it will discontinue selling policies at the end of the year.
Source: Another CO-OP shuts down: Kentucky Health Cooperative won’t offer plans in 2016
Source: Sanders-Brown Center on Aging | Sanders-Brown Center on Aging
5th Annual MARKESBERY SYMPOSIUM ON AGING AND DEMENTIA
Community Session
Saturday, November 21, 2015
8:30 am – 12 noon
Lexington Convention Center
Bluegrass Room
430 W Vine
Lexington, KY 40507
The University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging presents the 5th Annual Markesbery Symposium on Aging and Dementia (flyer attached). The public is invited to attend this free informational program on Alzheimer’s disease to be held on Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at the Lexington Convention Center. The symposium will kick off at 8:30 AM with check-in and continental breakfast. Dr. Ronald Petersen of Mayo Clinic, who treated former President Ronald Reagan and singer/songwriter Glenn Campbell, will be the keynote speaker. The program will also include several presentations designed to highlight research and promote normal, healthy brain aging, and conclude with a question and answer session on memory and brain health issues.
The events are free and open to the public; however, you must register to attend. For more information or to register visit www.centeronaging.uky.edu, phone 859.323.6040 or email paula.thomason@uky.edu. Complimentary parking will be available in the High Street parking lot.
Source: New Alzheimer’s treatment fully restores memory function
Excellent article on ALZ research and how close they are to curing it!
August 20, 2015
We at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield (Anthem) are committed to providing our members with access and choice for their medical care. One way we do this is by contracting with hospitals and physicians to participate in our provider networks. We have been in negotiations with St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Northern Kentucky, and they have decided to end their participation in our Medicare Select network effective January 1, 2016.
There will no longer be Medicare Select facilities in the Kentucky counties of Boone, Campbell, Grant and Kenton. St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a part of the extensive network for over 15 years, and we are clearly disappointed that they have made this decision. We will continue to talk with St. Elizabeth Healthcare in hopes of reaching an agreement.
St. Elizabeth Healthcare operates six facilities in Covington and other parts of Northern Kentucky:
| St. Elizabeth Covington 1500 James Simpson Jr Way Covington KY 41011St. Elizabeth Edgewood 1 Medical Village Dr. Edgewood, KY 41017 St. Elizabeth Falmouth |
St. Elizabeth Florence 4900 Houston Road Florence, KY 41042St. Elizabeth Ft. Thomas 85 N. Grand Ave. Fort Thomas, KY 41075 St. Elizabeth Grant |
We will be notifying our members by letter the first of September, which will include several options regarding their health coverage. We will also include in the mailing a listing of other Medicare Select plan facilities in KY and OH.
The health coverage options listed in the letter for the member are:
Anthem has participating facilities in the Metropolitan Cincinnati area that your clients might consider using for elective inpatient admissions. Emergency admissions do not require network use for maximum benefits. See the links above for those providers in close proximity to the Metropolitan Cincinnati area.
At Anthem, we’re committed to helping you succeed. We know you are a huge part of our strength and success, and we value your trust and partnership.
Source: Bluegrass ADD – Pathways Resource Guide 2014 – 2015
A wonderful guide for seniors. Providers, services, ideas… all in there to assist.
Click and Contact the Medicare NINJA! today for assistance during the Medicare & ACA enrollment seasons.
Source: Enrollment Assistance FAQs by The “Medicare NINJA!” – The “Medicare NINJA!” | 859.533.5195
