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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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Posted by Admin | 2:17 PM

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Doctors are often aware of their colleagues' medical errors, but fail to report them because of ...

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Posted by Admin | 11:58 AM

Attorney General Jack Conway says he wants  Purdue Pharma to settle for $100 million or more after it missed a deadline to respond to his ar...

Labels: Appalachia, courts, drug abuse, pain management, prescription drug abuse, prescription drugs, state governments

Posted by Admin | 7:54 PM

In a move perhaps unprecedented in Kentucky, the Adair County Hospital District has voted to file for protection under Chapter 9 of the fed...

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Posted by Admin | 11:29 AM

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Posted by Admin | 3:23 PM

Dr. Mark Plunkett, the chief University of Kentucky cardiothoracic surgeon whose surgery program was suspended last year for unspecified rea...

Labels: attorney general, cardiac care, cardiovascular disease, children, children's health, courts, doctors, heart disease, open government, open records, surgery, University of Kentucky

Posted by Admin | 3:10 PM

A Kentucky Court of Appeals judge refused on Monday to stop Medicaid managed-care firm Kentucky Spirit from leaving the state on Friday, Ju...

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Posted by Admin | 3:45 PM

In the latest development in the saga of the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services and Medicaid managed-care firm Kentucky Spirit , ...

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Posted by Admin | 2:15 PM

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...

Labels: Cabinet for Health and Family Services, county health departments, courts, health departments, managed care, Medicaid, school health, school nurses, state government, state law

Posted by Admin | 2:20 PM

By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News A Frankfort circuit judge ruled Friday that Kentucky Spirit, one of three companies hired by the st...

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Posted by Admin | 1:47 PM

Medicaid managed care company Kentucky Spiri t must cover preventive care services provided by local health departments in schools, a judge ...

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Posted by Admin | 5:37 AM

A state Senate committee has approved a bill that would require lawsuits against nursing homes to clear a review panel before going to cour...

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Posted by Admin | 12:25 PM

A state court will hear the Kentucky attorney general's 2007 lawsuit against OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma , against the wishes o...

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Posted by Admin | 7:54 AM

The University of Louisville 's hospital is a public entity, a Jefferson Circuit Court judge has ruled in a lawsuit filed to get access ...

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