Dr. Hiram Polk Dr. Hiram Polk, a prominent surgeon from Louisville, has been appointed as the commissioner for the state Departm...
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Medicaid hearings in Bowling Green and Frankfort elicit nearly incessant criticism; third and final hearing in Hazard next Wed.Healthy Care
Supporters of the current Medicaid expansion sat on the front row of a packed hearing room in Frankfort. By Al Cross Kentucky H...
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Insurance firm's study found Kentucky's costs for long-term, in-home care dropped this year, even as nation saw an increaseHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The cost of in-home, long-term care in Kentucky is less than it was a year ago, an insurance comp...
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Campaign seeks to build support for, and action to make, Kentucky communities more walkable for better community healthHealthy Care
Still No Questions Asked - Journalists Fail to Challenge Talking Points Used to Justify Million Dollar Plus Executive Compensation at New York Non-Profit HospitalsHealthy Care Renewal
It's deja vu all over again. I even get to reuse the introduction of a post from one month ago. As I wrote in May, 2016 ,... The pro...
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KentuckyOne under state investigation for critical staff cutsHealthy Care
U of L Hospital (Photo from WDRB-TV ) The state is investigating whether patient care is unsafe at University of Louisville Ho...
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Madisonville program aims to develop home-grown doctorsHealthy Care
Photo from overseastraineddoctors.com Rural areas are too often underserved by the medical community, but a Madisonville program ...
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Lexington, Paducah newspapers' editorials take diametrically opposing sides on Bevin's proposed changes to Medicaid Healthy Care
Governor Matt Bevin (Photo from politicususa.com ) By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News Kentucky's most reliably liberal ...
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Health business group opens its forum with state Medicaid officials after first denying Courier-Journal reporter access to itHealthy Care
A forum on Medicaid, featuring the officials who oversee it and are trying to change it, was made public after The Courier-Journal was firs...
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Kentucky ranks 48th among states in percentage of kids getting summer meals from schools, but participation grew last yearHealthy Care
Fewer than 8 percent of the Kentucky children who qualify for a summer meal program got such meals last summer, despite the availability of ...
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There's a vaccine for young people that prevents cancer, but most don't get it because most doctors fail to recommend itHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The human papilloma virus vaccination is proven to prevent cervical cancer and genital warts, but...
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Public hearings to be held Tuesday in Bowling Green, Wednesday in Frankfort and next week in Hazard plan for Medicaid changesHealthy Care
Public hearings on Gov. Matt Bevin's plan to change the Medicaid program will be held Tuesday in Bowling Green, Wednesday in Frankfort a...
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...an existential blunt force traumaHealthy Research
Without doubt, I am suffering the consequences of an existential blunt force trauma. Last week I bleated uselessly about the lack of black...
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Northern Ky. doctor who treats 300 addicts says many doctors don't treat them because it's not easy and often frustratingHealthy Care
"The sooner everyone understands that addiction needs to be treated as a disease, the sooner communities will make progress in battling...
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California insurance chief opposes Humana-Aetna merger, but state agency with actual authority approves it after commitmentsHealthy Care
"Shares of Aetna and Humana plunged Thursday afternoon after the insurance commissioner of the country’s most populous state said he ...
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Work-oriented requirements in Medicaid plan could hit a snag; feds haven't approved a plan with such requirements yetHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Matt Bevin's plan for Medicaid might not be approved by the Centers for Medicare and Med...
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New AMA President Andy Gurman, MD on EHRs: " I don't have one, and no one can make me use one."Healthy Care Renewal
The love-fest with EHRs continues, to the great chagrin of the believers in fairies, unicorns and cybernetic utopia. Andy Gurman, MD, Take...
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Reaction to Medicaid plan is predictably mixed; critics predict federal officials won't approve work-oriented requirements Healthy Care
Rogers, other Republicans agree on $1.1 billion to fight Zika, but Democrats don't like where the money would come fromHealthy Care
U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers of Somerset and other Republican leaders in Congress "are closing in on a $1.1 billion funding deal to combat the ...
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Bevin proposes to feds a 'transformative' Medicaid program with premiums, incentives, work-oriented requirementsHealthy Care
"It's not about the money for the premiums, it's about the learning experience." --Mark Birdwhistell, Medicaid adv...
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