Kentucky’s serious oral-health problems are getting worse because fewer dentists are participating in the Medicaid program — a result of “new paperwork issues compounding Medicaid’s reputation” for low payments to...
A recent survey found that 63 percent of rural health providers in Southern Kentucky have not installed electronic health records software, so more than 280 of the small and rural...
Almost every hour in this country, on average, a veteran commits suicide. The Department of Veterans Affairs reported that 22 veterans per day took their own lives in 2010, up...
Even though most of the hospital industry wasn’t happy with the fiscal-cliff deal that will only pay half the $30 billion needed to avoid a 27 percent Medicare fee cut...
By the middle of 2013, most of Dollar General‘s 10,000 U.S. stores will carry cigarettes and other tobacco products.. The company has made the decision in response to “competitive pressures”...
When the Journal of Rural Health recently reported that 40 percent of adults living in rural areas are obese, compared with 33 percent of adults living in urban areas, the...
Those almost 60 million Americans who live in rural America do not have as much ready access to health care or to the vast number of health care providers than...
A health-care study in Tennessee, which started with the premise that people in rural areas have less access to care than urban dwellers, ended with a rather surprising conclusion: They...
By Amy Wilson Kentucky Health News LOUISVILLE, July 25 – There was no whitewashing the ruinous state of the state’s teeth Wednesday when the Kentucky Oral Health Coalition formally reorganized...
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...