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Ky. Hospital Association defends 'critical access' designation that gives small, rural hospitals a federal financial boost
The Kentucky Hospital Association came out strongly for continued federal support of small, rural hospitals Thursday, objecting to a propos...
Scammers taking advantage of new health-insurance system
Scammers are using the new health-insurance system "as an opportunity to try to collect consumers’ personal information or to make fals...
A Ky. guide to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Physicians say they dislike regulations on use of electronic health records, but they don't want to go back to paper records
Smokers shouldn't get Medicaid or Medicare, says freshman Republican lawmaker who grows tobacco
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Kentucky poverty rate is fifth highest in U.S., but a larger share of Kentuckians had health insurance in 2012 than in 2011
Ashland hospital lays off another 4 percent, citing lower revenue
Federal report says many hospitals wouldn't keep critical-access designation if distance rules were strictly enforced
More than two dozen Kentucky communities still have hospitals because of the critical-access hospital program, in which small, isolated hosp...
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Critics say new Medicare rate-setting board has too much power; former budget chief says new system requires it
Critics as diverse as Republican state Rep. Addia Wuchner and former national Democratic chairman and Vermont governor Howard Dean, a physic...
Obama and allies tout preventive-services and drug benefits of health-reform law to Medicare beneficiaries in Ky.
The federal health-reform law has made drugs more affordable for seniors, broadened coverage for preventive services and made Medicare more ...
Another Attempt to Show the RUC Behind the Curtain
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AMA calls obesity a disease; could spur coverage for treatment
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UK Board of Trustees OKs $31 million plan to outfit another floor of new hospital with eye toward federal certification for heart work
The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees has given UK HealthCare the green light for its $31 million plan to outfit the eighth floor of...
Could Medicare Part D be an inadvertent enabler of prescription drug abuse?
Medicaid expansion would have 'a big health impact,' and critical-access hospitals need to change, rural-health expert says
W. Va. plans private-public model to provide school breakfast, improve child health, fight obesity; could this approach help Ky.?
Survey shows most rural doctors in Southern Kentucky aren’t ready for electronic health records; grant will help them switch
A recent survey found that 63 percent of rural health providers in Southern Kentucky have not installed electronic health records software, ...
Death rates for heart and pneumonia patients at critical-access hospitals are rising nationally, study finds
Death rates are rising at rural critical-access hospitals for Medicare patients who have heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia, accordi...
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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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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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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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Obamacare is impacting the small group insurance market in many of the same ways as the individual health insurance market. While employers ...
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I think you can guess who said that. Actually, here is what the President said at the American Medical Association Meeting in July, 2009––an...
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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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Gov. Steve Beshear continues to be a major national cheerleader for the federal health-reform law, citing Kentucky examples in an op-ed piec...
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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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Humana , one of the three insurance companies offering individual health policies on the state's insurance exchange, will allow Kentuck...
