Without dissent, the state Senate approved a bill Wednesday, Feb. 13, that would grant Christian health cost-sharing organization Medi-Share an exemption from the state’s insurance laws and enable it to...
Kentucky Senate Health and Welfare Committee Chair Julie Denton, R-Louisville, left, said yesterday that she would file legislation that would block Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear from setting up a health-insurance...
In July, Kentucky started making long-time holders of certain controlled-substances prescriptions submit to urine tests to determine if they were actually taking the drugs, rather than selling them. Because insurance companies...
With lawmakers set to review the regulations of the “pill mill bill” Wednesday, doctors are saying some legitimate patients are having trouble getting access to prescription drugs as a result...
Ambien and Ritalin are among the drugs that will be tracked through the state’s drug monitoring system, with medical licensure boards issuing emergency regulations that are more expansive than originally...
As Gov. Steve Beshear issued an executive order to establish a state insurance exchange this afternoon, lawmakers voted along party lines against a lease that would have housed employees of...
Kentucky is the first state to require diabetes educators to be licensed, a move Gov. Steve Beshear that said will “raise the standards for diabetes management and care.” Beshear signed...
The biggest spender to lobby the Kentucky legislature in the 2012 session was the Consumer Healthcare Products Association, which represents the over-the-counter drug industry. Of the $8.8 million spent in...
Photo by iStockphoto Research from the University of North Carolina indicates drug databases like the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting system do reduce doctor shopping and change prescribing behavior....
As expected, finding a way to fight prescription drug abuse was back on the legislative agenda as lawmakers gathered for Day 1 of their special session. House Speaker Greg Stumbo...