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Some schools let kids with live head lice stay; policy change has some Kentucky parents scratching their heads

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By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News School districts across the country are adopting policies that say students diagnosed with live head ...

School nurses are an unfunded mandate for schools, which are picking up more of their cost as health department budgets shrink

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Marion County nurse Renee Schooling helps Levi Hardin, a Marion County first grader with diabetes, check his blood sugar. (Lebanon Enterpris...

School boards across Ky. realign school-nurse programs, squeezed by budget cuts and Medicaid payment issues

Posted by | 11:33 AM
School districts in Kentucky have long relied on county health departments for school nurses, but state budget cuts and problems with Medica...

LaRue County High School collaborates with university and nursing home to offer nurse-aide training course

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Fifteen students at LaRue County High School have signed up for a new nurse's aide class offered in coordination with Campbellsville Un...

The school health services gamble: Ky. health departments could win on the state's bet against Kentucky Spirit's appeal of ruling

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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...

Judge orders Medicaid managed-care firm to pay for school health services, including $8 million in claims; appeal possible

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

School nurses start getting scarcer, due to Medicaid problems

Posted by | 11:36 AM
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Students in many Kentucky counties will find it harder to see a school nurse due to changes in the st...