Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Kentucky will hold its fifth annual viral hepatitis conference, “Kentucky’s Hepatitis Epidemic: The Role of Professionals in Hepatitis Elimination” July 31 in Lexington, three days after World Hepatitis Day. The...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Department of Insurance has issued a $1.5 million fine to a subsidiary of CVS Caremark — a pharmacy benefit manager for all but one of the...
“Most nursing homes had fewer nurses and caretaking staff than they had reported to the government for years, according to new federal data, bolstering the long-held suspicions of many families...
Editor’s note: U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has been one of the leading advocates of association health plans. By Trudy Lieberman, Rural Health News Service A new health...
It took two years, but Campbell and Kenton counties will finally launch their syringe exchange programs the week of July 23. The new mobile exchanges will be run by the Northern...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Three advocacy groups have asked the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to reject recent changes to Kentucky’s Medicaid program that took dental, vision and non-emergency...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky adults rank next to last for getting the recommended amount of exercise, followed only by Mississippi, according to a recently released Centers for Disease...
The end of dental and vision benefits for 460,000 Kentuckians on Medicaid caused some pregnant women and children to be denied care because of a reported glitch in the system....
“Kentucky’s drug crisis has affected the workforce, causing higher turnover, bringing additional costs to train new employees and fueling employee thefts,” Bill Estep reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader. Research shows that...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the Cabinet for Health and Family Services scrambles to deal with the fall-out from a court ruling that vacated the state’s new Medicaid plan, which was set...