News: Medicaid plans seeking out people most at risk if they contract COVID-19
Amid concerns about people considered vulnerable to the illness — especially African Americans, who are experiencing higher rates of infection and death from COVID-19 — Passport and other Medicaid health insurers are using their trove of medical records to identify and reach out to members.
Outside managed care companies handle coverage for most of the 1.4 million Kentuckians covered by Medicaid, a federal-state health plan for low-income individuals or those with disabilities.