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Kentucky

Name of Medicaid Program(s) and number of people participating

The Kentucky program is known as Kentucky Medicaid or KenPAC/Kentucky Partnership Program.  It is administered by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Medicaid Services. Their website can be found here.  As of June 1, 2018, there were 1,224,290 individuals enrolled in the Kentucky Medicaid program.1

Expanding Medicaid?

Yes.

Health Insurance Marketplace (if applicable)/ State based, Partnership or Federally Facilitated Exchange? 

Federally facilitated exchange: www.healthcare.gov    

Health Information Exchange (if applicable)

Kentucky has established the Kentucky Health Information Exchange (KHIE). http://khie.ky.gov/Pages/index.aspx KHIE is administered by the Division of Kentucky Electronic Health Information in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. 

APCD (if applicable) 

Strong interest, but no formal action yet.

Featured Initiatives

 

Footnotes

  • 1. Kentucky Medicaid Enrollment totals for 2018.  Available at:  https://www.kff.org/health-reform/state-indicator/total-monthly-medicaid-and-chip-enrollment/?state=KY