Posted January 28, 2019 KMA member physician and state Senator Ralph Alvarado, M.D. has been selected by Governor Matt Bevin as his candidate for Lieutenant Governor. Gov. Bevin is seeking re-election in 2019. Alvarado, of Winchester, was elected to the General Assembly in 2014, becoming the body’s first Hispanic member. He is the current chair of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee. A former KMA board member, Alvarado was one of two recipients of KMA’s inaugural Advocacy Award in 2018.

Posted January 3, 2019 Kentucky has contracted with the University of Pennsylvania and NORC at the University of Chicago to conduct the evaluation of the Kentucky HEALTH program. As part of the evaluation, NORC is conducting brief 40 minute telephone interviews with providers who serve Medicaid beneficiaries in order to gain an understanding of providers’ experiences with the Medicaid program, and their opinions on the Kentucky HEALTH program. NORC can scheduled around your availability and providers will receive an incentive