Kentucky Medicaid Plan Gets Federal Approval

• {Kentucky}...The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services said Friday that the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services have granted approval for Kentucky's proposal to use a managed care model to provide Medicaid services to the poor, elderly and disabled. The state had awarded contracts to four managed care groups to handle Medicaid services statewide, but the state needed the federal approval to proceed. State Health Secretary Janie Miller says the move to managed care is expected to save $1.3 billion over the next three years.