http://www.kyvoicesforhealth.org/ Kentucky Voices for Health Online News en-us Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:29:43 -0500 Copyright: (C) 2012 Kentucky Voices for Health KVH Launches New Video Advocacy Campaign KYvoices.com to provide real stories of Kentucky healthcare from patients advocates and providers Kentucky Voices for Health launched a video advocacy channel today to further awareness of critical healthcare issues impacting Kentuckians. Kentucky Voices: Promoting Better Health in the Commonwealth (www.kyvoices.com) features videos from real Kentuckians telling their healthcare stories in their own words. KVH, a coalition o... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:29:43 -0500 http://www.kyvoicesforhealth.org/news/kvhlaunchesnewvideoadvocacycampaign.html New Consumer Health Insurance Notices Announced Consumers will soon begin receiving notices that provide unprecedented information on the value of their health insurance coverage, and some will receive rebates from insurance companies that spend less than 80 percent of their premium dollars on health care. The Affordable Care Act requires that insurance companies this year begin notifying customers how much of their premiums they have spent on medical care and quality im... Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:42:46 -0500 http://www.kyvoicesforhealth.org/news/newconsumerhealthinsurancenoticesannounced.html New KVH Issue Brief Outlines New Options to Provide Care to Elderly and Disabled Kentuckians in Their Homes Thousands of elderly and disabled Kentuckians could receive long-term care services at home if Kentucky would take advantage of new options available under the federal health reform law. Although seniors vastly prefer receiving care at home instead of in a facility, Kentucky relies more than most other states on nursing homes to provide long-term care. The Affordable Care ... Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:10:39 -0500 http://www.kyvoicesforhealth.org/news/newkvhissuebriefoutlinesnewoptionstoprovidecaretoelderlyanddisabledkentuckiansintheirhomes.html KVH Board Chairperson Appointed to Tax Reform Commission Kentucky Voices for Health Board Chairperson Sheila Schuster has been appointed to the Tax Reform Commission recently announced by Governor Steve Beshear. The twenty-three member Commission, to be led by Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson, will work over the coming months to develop recommendations to make the state’s tax code more responsive to the ups and downs of the economy, as well as to make taxes more equitable for Kentucki... Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:27:43 -0500 http://www.kyvoicesforhealth.org/news/kentuckyvoicesforhealthboardchairsheilaschusterhasbeenappointedtothetaxreformcommissionrecentlyannoun.html New Federal Rules Require Insurers to Use Plain Language to Describe Coverage On February 9, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury jointly released the final regulations for the Summary of Benefits and Coverage requirements in the Affordable Care Act. The new rules, effective for all plans issued on or after September 23, 2012, will require all private insurers to provide consumers with understandable and straightforward information on what health p... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:21:21 -0500 http://www.kyvoicesforhealth.org/news/newfederalrulesrequireinsurerstouseplainlanguagetodescribecoverage.html