Month: March 2012
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Book about Appalachian health reveals region and culture-specific issues for researchers, region’s residents
Editors of a new book hope it will shed light on the health problems facing Appalachia while debunking myths about the culture. Robert Ludke and Phillip Obermiller, both of the...
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Norton and UK HealthCare formalize the collaboration they announced almost a year and a half ago
UK HealthCare and Norton Healthcare have formalized the collaboration they announced almost a year and a half ago and will “focus on creating collaborations with hospitals across the state in...
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Conflicting interpretations abound regarding CBO’s report about cost, coverage of Affordable Care Act
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News Since the Congressional Budget Office released a report with revised estimates about how many people the Affordable Care Act will cover and how much...
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Affordable Care Act helping families, seniors in rural areas, agriculture secretary says on its second anniversary
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is already making an impact, including for people who live in rural America. That was the message from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today...
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Reform act good for kids, Kentucky Youth Advocates head says
This week marks the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act and debate about its cost and benefits continues to be vigorous. But one thing that can’t be denied “is...
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Knox County Hospital bounces employees’ checks; blames old, bad debt and late Medicaid payments
Debt inherited from previous management and late Medicaid payments caused some Knox County Hospital checks to bounce. Most of the facility’s employees could not cash their checks last Friday afternoon. “It was...
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Legislation to fight pill mills will need to strike balance between law enforcement and medicine, panelists on TV show make clear
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News The legislation meant to crack down on so-called “pill mills” will turn on striking a balance between thwarting prescription drug abuse and making sure...
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Amid legislative action on ‘Larry’s Law,’ report says mentally ill and intellectually disabled don’t belong in personal-care homes
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News As state legislators move to change the procedure for admitting mentally ill patients to personal-care homes, a new report argues those patients shouldn’t be...
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Kentucky hospitals say they gave back $1.67 billion to their communities in 2010, mostly by absorbing losses and bad debts
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News With the downturn in the economy part of the reason, Kentucky’s hospitals say they gave back a whopping $1.67 billion to their communities in...