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Study for hospital association says 38% of Ky. hospitals at risk of closure due to losses; bill would have Medicaid pay for outpatients

By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Citing “inflation, record-high operating costs, and lower volumes,” a new report prepared for the Kentucky Hospital Association says 38% of Kentucky’s hospitals are at risk...

By Heather Close Published March 13, 2023 FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

House sends Senate a bill to regulate Delta-8 THC as Senate prepares to give medical-marijuana bill its first hearing and vote

By Liam Niemeyer Kentucky Lantern After a court decision last year legalized an intoxicating compound derived from hemp, a bill to regulate Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol sped through the state House on...

By Heather Close Published March 13, 2023 DRUGS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Bill to let advanced-practice registered nurses prescribe controlled substances on their own after four years passes, at long last

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to create a path for Kentucky’s advanced-practice registered nurses to prescribe controlled substances independently has finally passed and is on its way...

By Heather Close Published March 13, 2023 DRUGS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

FDA proposes new requirements for makers of tobacco products aimed at minimizing contamination, protecting public health

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing new rules that are aimed at minimizing contamination of tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, and that would...

By Heather Close Published March 13, 2023 FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, TOBACCO

Freestanding birth center bill hits roadblock: Senate floor leader

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Even though a Senate bill to remove the state’s certificate of need requirements from freestanding birthing centers has passed out of the same committee...

By Heather Close Published March 10, 2023 FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

In first gubernatorial debate, Cameron says he could sign a medical-cannabis bill; Keck favors exceptions to abortion law

By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Attorney General Daniel Cameron said Tuesday night that he could sign a medical-marijuana bill as governor if it law-enforcement and medical experts “can get...

By Heather Close Published March 8, 2023 EVENTS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

On the third anniversary of the pandemic’s arrival in Ky., the virus continues to infect and kill; state’s new-case rate still 3rd in nation

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Today, March 6, marks the third anniversary of the announcement of Kentucky’s first case of Covid-19, a disease that has infected more than 1.7...

By Heather Close Published March 7, 2023 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

With pandemic benefits long gone, and inflation pushing up food prices, lines for free food can stretch for a mile in Hazel Green

By Tim Craig The Washington Post HAZEL GREEN, Ky. — As he claimed the first spot in a mile-long line for free food in the Appalachian foothills, Danny Blair vividly...

By Heather Close Published March 7, 2023 FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Bill to exclude fentanyl test strips from legal definition of drug paraphernalia awaits initial passage by the Kentucky House

By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Fentanyl test strips would no longer be considered drug paraphernalia in Kentucky under a bipartisan bill that the House Judiciary Committee approved Wednesday, on a...

By Heather Close Published March 6, 2023 DRUGS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Bill would create phone app for confidential mental-health texting for Ky. youth; 9.5% of Ky. high-schoolers have attempted suicide

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to create a free mobile-phone application for confidential crisis intervention for Kentucky youth, parents and their teachers is poised to pass the...

By Heather Close Published March 6, 2023 FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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