Kentucky Gov. Beshear announces renewed funding for Lee Specialty Clinic after outpouring of support
Gov. Andy Beshear said he had found alternate funding to support the state-owned clinic that serves more than 1,000 Kentuckians with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Weeks after the state stripped $4.5 million in funding from the Lee Specialty Clinic, Kentuckians with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their caregivers demanded a reversal in a legislative hearing.
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Medicaid providers across Kentucky learned their reimbursement rates would take a 4% hit starting in August, according to a letter from Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration.
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