Author: Al Cross
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Veteran of Medicaid in several states named commissioner in Ky.; health cabinet creates new post to deal with health-care providers
The state Cabinet for Health and Family Serviceshas named Carol H. Steckel commissioner of the Department of Medicaid Services. Steckel is a Medicaid and managed-care expert with more than two decades of...
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Baptist Health names Dr. Jody Prather chief strategy officer
Baptist Health, Kentucky’s largest hospital company, has named Dr. Jody Prather of Elizabethtown its chief strategy officer, a job in which he will work with other executives “to create strategic...
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Sept. 18 webinar will explore why rural areas lag in getting children a vaccine that can prevent a major type of cancer
The Rural Health Information Hub will hold a webinar to discuss the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‘s recent report showing that rural teens are less likely than their urban peers to know about the human papilloma...
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U of L seeks nominations for award for Ky., S. Ind. nurses
Monday, Sept. 10 at 5 p.m. is the deadline to nominate outstanding nurses from Kentucky and Southern Indiana for the fifth annual Florence Nightingale Awards in Nursing, presented by the University of...
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At first SOAR summit session only about health, speakers agree local cooperation is needed to address Appalachia’s health issues
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News PIKEVILLE, Ky. – From top to bottom of the health-care system, speakers agreed local cooperation is essential to improving health in Appalachian Kentucky. They...
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Kentucky has very high rate of addicted mothers; rose by double-digit percentages early in decade, seemed to level off in 2015-16
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky has had a very high rate of opioid-use disorder among women delivering babies in hospitals, according to a study published...
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State health official says Ky. is considering cutting nearly 500,000 people off of Medicaid because of a $300 million program shortfall
Health officials said the state is considering eliminating Medicaid coverage to almost 500,000 Kentuckians because the program is facing a nearly $300 million shortfall. During a review of the 2018...
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Grant program for children’s health enters final year; foundation plans to create a video and report to share with other communities
As a $3 million Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky grant program that focuses on children’s health moves into its fifth and final year, the foundation says it will conduct the final evaluations...
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State is moving ahead with regulations for its new Medicaid plan though it’s still vacated by a federal court
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Though Kentucky’s proposed Medicaid plan was vacated by a federal judge just days before it was set to go into effect on July 1,...
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Paducah Mayor Brandi Harless and Dr. Van S. Breeding of Whitesburg named Healthy Kentucky Policy Champions
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has named two new Healthy Kentucky Policy Champions: Paducah Mayor Brandi Harless for her leadership in enacting a stronger city smoking ban, and Dr. Van Breeding...