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Kissner, six Medicaid directors from other states picked for national institute
Judge refuses to stop Kentucky Spirit from leaving the state, saying health cabinet has had plenty of time to prepare
A Kentucky Court of Appeals judge refused on Monday to stop Medicaid managed-care firm Kentucky Spirit from leaving the state on Friday, Ju...
Kentucky Spirit still plans to leave state July 5; judge rules that state can't require company to stay for two-month transition
In the latest development in the saga of the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services and Medicaid managed-care firm Kentucky Spirit , ...
The school health services gamble: Ky. health departments could win on the state's bet against Kentucky Spirit's appeal of ruling
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s health departments may soon get money for school nurses, based on a court ruling in May th...
Kentucky Spirit appeals court ruling that it can't quit Kentucky early
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Centene Corp. announced Monday that it has appealed the Franklin Circuit Court ruling in May that sa...
Free HIV testing available from health departments and community-based health groups in June; key to AIDS prevention
In honor of National HIV Testing Day on June 27, community-based organizations and local health departments are hosting free HIV testing thr...
Website eases application process for SNAP, formerly food stamps, and promotes healthy food
Three Kentucky health departments in first group up for national accreditation; requires local health assessment, improvement plan
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Three Kentucky health departments are among the first in the nation to be considered for national acc...
Health-care law addresses the most common chronic health problem in children, tooth decay, by requiring coverage for kids
Tooth decay is children's most common chronic health problem, and the 2010 federal health-care law addresses this problem by requiring i...
Medicaid managed-care firm files suit, alleging the state's rush job resulted in unreliable financial information for bidders
Medicaid managed-care company Kentucky Spirit alleges in a lawsuit filed Monday that Gov. Steve Beshear so hurriedly privatized the service...
Breast cancer awareness: Testing urged, guidelines explained, misconceptions explored
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By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Part of the sales pitch for the federal health-care reform law was that people could keep their do...
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Part 1 is here . This is the second a series of posts I plan on the issue of "See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil" regarding... -
Responding to a letter from Kentuckians for Nursing Home Reform , which cited a low ranking for the state's nursing homes, Gov. Steve B...
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Jennifer Tolbert After The Rural Blog published an item ( see below ) yesterday that said 80 percent of people who could benefit from insur... -
Many hunter-gatherer groups employed various methods of drying to preserve meats. Drying also increases significantly the protein content ... -
Almost a fourth of the inmates in Kentucky's prisons and jails have a mental-health issue, and it's part of a growing national probl...
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The title of this post is the exact title of a recent editorial in the American Journal of Cardiology ( 1 ). Investigators calculated the ...
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Humana , one of the three insurance companies offering individual health policies on the state's insurance exchange, will allow Kentuck...
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I've read a number of reports in recent days gushing over the progress Covered California is making leading the nation in signing up peo...
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FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health director Jeffrey Shuren MD JD voiced the opinion a few years ago that what FDA knows a...
