Month: November 2013
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Feds say reform law has saved Kentuckians on Medicare an average of $928 this year on prescription drugs
The federal health reform law has saved seniors and the disabled millions of dollars on their Medicare prescription-drug coverage, says the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CMS said 65,040...
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Irvine hospital’s Susan Starling wins American Hospital Association’s award for leadership in small or rural hospitals
Susan L. Starling, president and CEO of Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital in Irvine, is the 2013 winner of the American Hospital Association’s Shirley Ann Munroe Leadership Award. The award...
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Humana, United and Assurant allow non-compliant policies to be extended; Anthem and Bluegrass offer sort of half a loaf
Some health-insurance companies won’t give Kentucky customers the opportunity to renew polices that don’t comply with the federal health-reform law, under the conditional extension granted by President Obama, state Insurance...
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Not only may you not get to keep your plan under Obamacare, you might not be able to keep your doctor; there are reasons
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Part of the sales pitch for the federal health-care reform law was that people could keep their doctors, but many Americans and some Kentuckians won’t...
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Humana allows policyholders to keep old plans without paying more; Anthem is still deciding
Humana, one of the three insurance companies offering individual health policies on the state’s insurance exchange, will allow Kentuckians to keep their insurance coverage for another year without charging them...
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Beshear to study nursing-home staffing minimums, suggests homes’ high liability costs are related to poorly ranked care
Responding to a letter from Kentuckians for Nursing Home Reform, which cited a low ranking for the state’s nursing homes, Gov. Steve Beshear said he is “committed to taking steps toward...
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Life Lessons from Cancer encourages those with cancer to build a network of support
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The fight against cancer requires not only a personal commitment to mind, body and soul; it also requires the support and physical help of...
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Doctors give nurse practitioners more leeway on prescriptions; senator says tort-reform lobbies should play hardball with money
“Concerns about a growing doctor shortage, especially in rural Kentucky, is fueling the urgency for lawmakers and medical groups to agree on an approach to allow nurse practitioners to be...
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First diabetes educator license is issued in Kentucky
Kim DeCoste (photo via AADE) Kentucky is the first state to issue a diabetes educator license, according to a press release from the Kentucky Board of Licensed Diabetes Educators. Kim...
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Haynes asks hospitals for a truce as they and state work through problems with managed-care Medicaid
Health and Family Services Secretary Audrey Haynes won a smattering of applause from Kentucky hospital officials Thursday as she called for “not a surrender, but a truce” as her cabinet...