Month: July 2012
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Safety-net hospitals could get hit hardest in Oct. when patient ratings will influence Medicare and Medicaid payments
When hospitals start getting paid based on the perceived quality of care they provide to their Medicare and Medicaid patients, so-called “safety net” hospitals, a last resort for the poor,...
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Hospitals are not reporting cases of harm to patients; electronic health records may be key to solving the problem
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News Hospitals aren’t reporting cases in which medical care harmed a patient, making it difficult for providers to identify problems and fix them, according to...
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More breakthroughs lately in fight against HIV/AIDS
It has been an inspiring season of breakthroughs in the fight to prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS. Earlier this week, the Food and Drug Administration approved the pill...
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Forums set to explain state insurance exchange and its new opportunities for coverage, little known to most who will be eligible
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News Now that Gov. Steve Beshear has issued the order to create a state health insurance exchange, the state is scheduling public forums to explain...
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Being sedentary is just as deadly as smoking, series finds
Getty Images photo by George Doyle Physical inactivity is such a problem worldwide it has become as deadly as smoking, a series of studies has found. Lack of exercise causes...
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Infant mortality, pre-term birth, teenage pregnancy, children living in smokers’ homes all drop even as as child poverty goes up
Nationwide, the rates of infants who die, babies who are born prematurely, teens who are having babies, and the percentage of young children who live in a home where someone...
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Beshear says he will expand Medicaid if state can afford it, says ‘If we’ve got a healthier Kentucky, we’re all better off’
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov. Steve Beshear said today that he would expand Kentucky’s Medicaid program under the federal health-reform law if the state can afford the cost....
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Are fallacies about health reform becoming accepted wisdom? Former New York Times editor Bill Keller says he fears so
“A number of fallacies seem to be congealing into accepted wisdom” about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, former New York Times editor Bill Keller writes for the paper....
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Beshear issues order to create insurance exchange as GOP legislators carry symbolic vote against lease to house it
As Gov. Steve Beshear issued an executive order to establish a state insurance exchange this afternoon, lawmakers voted along party lines against a lease that would have housed employees of...
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Beshear to have outside panel review cases of children killed or life-threatened by abuse
An independent panel of experts will review cases of children who have been killed or severely hurt by child abuse or neglect, Gov. Steve Beshear announced Monday. The panel will have...