Book on Appalachian health gets good review from doctor
A new book discusses the health disparities that affect rural and urban Appalachians and has won the praise of a Kentucky physician, who calls its impact “profound.” Appalachian Health and...
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A new book discusses the health disparities that affect rural and urban Appalachians and has won the praise of a Kentucky physician, who calls its impact “profound.” Appalachian Health and...
Conventry Cares must continue its contract with Appalachian Regional Healthcare through Nov. 1 so the 25,000 Eastern Kentucky Medicaid patients affected don’t get “thrown under the bus,” a federal judge...
A national study has found a narrow gap between the quality of health care in rural and urban settings, but it does recognize the “significant differences” differences between urban and...
“Appalachian Regional Healthcare argued for a federal injunction against Medicaid contractor Coventry Cares on Tuesday as negotiations for a new agreement between the two have stalled,” reports Mike Wynn of...
This weekend, about 1,000 people will get free dental, medical and vision care in Pike County. The effort is sponsored by Kentucky’s Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps, which hosts a...
While rural Americans have less access to primary care and have worse health outcomes, the care at rural hospitals is equal to, if not better, than that at urban hospitals,...
Journalists who have reported about rural health in the past year should start sifting through their clippings. The Kentucky Rural Health Association is awarding four writers $100 each for their...
Albert Delaney waits for his wife Agnes in Hopkinsville.(Photo by Kentucky New Era’s Tom Kane) Nick Tabor of the Kentucky New Era examines Christian County’s doctor shortage, with the area...
Kentucky will be the 17th state to opt out of a federal requirement that requires nurse anesthetists to be supervised by a physician, a move that Gov. Steve Beshear said...
Appalachian Regional Healthcare, a hospital chain in Eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia, is seeking an emergency injunction by a federal judge ordering Coventry Cares to let its Kentucky members...