Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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St. Joseph is only Kentucky hospital in Healthgrades’ Top 250
Saint Joseph Hospital of Lexington is the only Kentucky facility to get the America’s 250 Best Hospitals Award from Healthgrades, an online source for information about physicians and hospitals, owner Catholic Health Initiatives announced...
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Bevin signs bill setting deadlines for insurers to authorize medications prescribed by health-care providers
Gomerpedia.org —– Gov. Matt Bevin has signed into law “a bill that’s expected to ease the process for getting some medications and treatments pre-approved by insurers,” Darla Carterreports for Insider Louisville. Senate Bill...
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Beshear says he’s investigating pharmacy benefit managers for possible overcharging, and discrimination against independents
Republican Gov. Matt Bevin and Attorney General Andy Beshear are the most likely nominees for governor in the Nov. 5 election. —– Attorney General Andy Beshear announced March 21 that he...
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Here’s a list of health-related bills in the General Assembly as legislators plan to return for their last day on March 28
Kentucky Health News When the General Assembly returns Thursday, March 28, for the final day of its session, it could pass any number of bills, including several related to health:...
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Bill on Bevin’s desk would require a malpractice lawsuit to certify that an expert has said it has a reasonable basis to be filed
Rep. Chad McCoy —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to require anyone filing a lawsuit against health-care providers to get a qualified expert to declare that the...
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Cincinnati opens a pilot program to get immediate help for people who want help with addiction
Cincinnati has started a pilot program that lets people who are seeking addiction treatment get it by simply walking into one of their six participating health centers, Terry DeMio reports for the Cincinnati...
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UK welcomes 90 scholars from 50 nations for seminar on addiction; 3 events open to public Thur. and Fri. mornings
Beth Macy, author of Dopesick, will give the keynote plenary address at 8:30 a.m. Thursday. — Ninety Fulbright scholars from about 50 countries are gathering at the University of Kentucky today to attend...
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County Health Rankings, released Tuesday, show a few big shifts
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Some Kentucky counties that are actively working to improve their community health made significant gains in the latest County Health Rankings issued by the Robert Wood Johnson...
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Bill to certify Ky. midwives OKd after years of effort, and changes that got doctors and hospitals to end longstanding opposition
Midwives and their advocates gathered for a photo after the March 6 House Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations Committee meeting. (Photo: Mhari Shaw, photojournalism student, Western Kentucky University) By Melissa...
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Rural residents appear less likely to use electronic health records, Indiana study finds; lack of broadband is one reason
Telemedicine, including online health records, is touted as a way to improve rural health. However, rural residents are less likely to use such technology, according to a study of 34...