Day: March 8, 2011
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As meds-for-meth bill dies, backer asks colleagues to find solution
The bill that would have required prescriptions for three popular decongestants used to make methamphetamine “was buried today, but not without a eulogy and a promise to resurrect it,” Renee...
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Three Florida women put pressure on Sunshine State’s “pill mills,” legislators, governor
As Kentucky officials ask Florida legislators to crack down on pill mills, three Florida women have started a grassroots effort to spread awareness about the problem. Nurse Renee Doyle, respiratory...
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UK loses branding for high-quality nursing care
The University of Kentucky hospital has lost magnet status, a designation given to facilities that offer high-quality nursing care, the Lexington Herald-Leader‘s Mary Meehan reports. The recent review says UK,...
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Kentucky’s state health plan receives $30 million from federal health reform to offset costs of covering early retirees
Kentucky’s state employee health plan received nearly $30 million from a federal program established under the new health care law meant to help pay for early retiree benefits. Nationwide, $535...