Author: Al Cross
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UK hospital’s request to add 120 beds clears hearing phase; decision now before state officials
The University of Kentucky‘s plan to add 120 beds to its hospital moved forward Friday as no one filed a request for a public hearing on its application for a...
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USDA makes grants to expand Farm to School in Ky.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is sending nearly $313,000 to Kentucky in grants under the Farm to School program, which encourages the use of fresh, local food in schools. Two...
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U of L plans to create statewide health institute with $4 million, three-year grant from KentuckyOne Health hospital firm
The University of Louisville is creating an institute to improve Kentucky’s health through research, education and advocacy of health policies. KentuckyOne Health is giving the university $4 million over three...
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St. Joseph London, doctors and others win the first of a dozen trials over allegations of unnecessary procedures at hospital
A jury has decided for the St. Joseph London hospital, several of its doctors and other defendants in a lawsuit that accused them of conspiring “to perform unnecessary, risky and...
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Kynect policyholders get premium notices, are urged to check website to see if a better deal is available
The 80,000-plus Kentuckians who bought private health insurance during the first open enrollment period under the federal health-reform law are getting letters notifying them of their new premium and subsidy...
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Ky. Rural Health Association backs statewide smoking ban
The Kentucky Rural Health Association is asking Kentuckians to contact their legislators and advocate passage of a statewide smoking ban in the 2015 session of the General Assembly. KRHA Executive...
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Broad ban on use of tobacco on state property takes effect, except in Capitol and Annex, where law supersedes policy
“Despite a smoking ban and a tobacco-free campus policy starting Thursday for any of the more than 3,000 state buildings, legislative employees working at the Capitol Annex can still light...
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Hospitals, plagued by bad debt, ask or even require patients with high-deductible insurance plans to pay in advance
Irene Qdemat of Baptist Health enterspatient data. (C-J photo by Alton Strupp) Kentucky hospitals are so plagued by bad debts that they are asking some patients to pay in advance,...
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Second round of private insurance enrollment under Obamacare starts Nov. 15; rates estimated to rise an average of 4.6%
Enrollment reopens Saturday, Nov. 15, for health insurance under the federal health-reform law and the state insurance exchange, known as Kynect. In the second year of what is typically called...
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Generals say obesity is a national-security issue, and the main medical reason 73% of Ky. young adults can’t join the service
“Obesity is the leading medical reason why 73 percent of our young adults cannot qualify for military service” in Kentucky, two former state adjutants general write in The Courier-Journal. They...