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Insider Louisville chart —– “Jewish Hospital’s pioneering transplant program is in trouble, and its demise could produce far-reaching repercussions” on the greater Louisville area, reports Boris Ladwig of Insider Louisville. “Surgical teams have...
Photo from MedicalMarijuana.com —– Registration is now open for a statewide forum on medical marijuana to be held September 23 in Lexington. The forum is not intended to change minds...
“A panel of federal appeals court judges on Tuesday sounded likely to uphold a lower-court ruling that a central provision of the Affordable Care Act — the requirement that most...
Table from Kentucky Hospital Association letter endorsing changes in the Medicare wage index. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A Trump administration plan to change the way Medicare pays hospitals,...
WCPO.com photo —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News For about nine years, the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services used a formula to reimburse hospitals for Medicaid that two Kentucky...
“Dozens of provider groups, advocates and academics are urging a federal appeals court to rule against” Gov. Matt Bevin’s plan to require work or other “community engagement” from “able-bodied” Medicaid...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Hospital Association has been awarded a $250,000 grant to equip Kentucky’s emergency departments with software designed to help physicians have access to patient information...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One of the two insurers offering government-subsidized individual health plans in Kentucky for 2020 is asking for a 12 percent increase, while the other...
Kentucky Chamber of Commerce President and CEO David Adkisson spoke at the Chamber’s opioid summit. —– The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce is calling on the state’s business community to update its drug and...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A study led by experts at Harvard University found that work requirements in Medicaid, like those proposed in Kentucky, resulted in thousands of people in Arkansas...