Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Kentucky Spirit can’t terminate its Medicaid contract with the state a year early without facing fines, judge rules
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News A Frankfort circuit judge ruled Friday that Kentucky Spirit, one of three companies hired by the state in November 2011 to manage health care...
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New report ranks Kentucky 45th in overall senior health
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Everyone dreams about retirement being a happy, healthy time to finally settle down, take time for yourself, travel and count your blessings, but a...
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Judge orders Medicaid managed-care firm to pay for school health services, including $8 million in claims; appeal possible
Medicaid managed care company Kentucky Spirit must cover preventive care services provided by local health departments in schools, a judge has ruled. Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd of Frankfort said the...
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Sick of all the bad facts about Kentucky’s health? Here’s encouraging news about oral health and drug treatment
Despite the plethora of bad news about Kentucky’s poor health status, there are many positive initiatives for Kentucky’s oral health and substance abuse treatment, which were stories buried under health...
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Pikeville Medical Center joins Mayo Clinic Care Network
Pikeville Medical Center President Walter May and Dr. Stephen Lange, Mayo Clinic’s Southeast medical director Pikeville Medical Center joined the Mayo Clinic Care Network last week, extending the clinic’s knowledge...
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Religious business owners and corporations have filed half the lawsuits over health reform mandate to cover contraception
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Some religious business owners are filing suit against the government, saying the health-reform law violates the constitutional freedom of religion by mandating employee contraceptive...
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Website eases application process for SNAP, formerly food stamps, and promotes healthy food
With a federal grant, the state Department for Community Based Services has launched a customer service website to promote healthy foods by assisting the families receiving food benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition...
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Health insurers could exclude one in four Americans from coverage because they don’t have bank accounts
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. graphic A new study says if corrective action isn’t taken, health-insurance companies could exclude 27 percent of qualifying Americans now...
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Fort Campbell works to address post-traumatic stress disorder, common ailment of Afghanistan-Iraq veterans
Research shows almost 14 percent of veterans returning home from Iraq and Afganistan suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and as an estimated 2 million veterans are coming home, Fort...
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Ky. is already short of doctors, dentists; how will its health-care system handle expansion of Medicaid and private insurance?
By Molly Burchett and Al Cross Kentucky Health News In the wake of Gov. Steve Beshear’s recent decision to expand Medicaid under federal health reform, there is concern that Kentucky’s...