Month: January 2016
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West Virginia researcher says mountaintop-removal mining correlates with poor health in Central Appalachia, including Ky.
Michael Hendryx By Tim Mandell Kentucky Health News No apparent health disparity exists in Appalachia except in areas where mountaintop removal is occurring, said Michael Hendryx, professor at the School...
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CDC is starting new round of ‘Tips from former smokers’ ads, mainly targeting Kentucky and other heavy-smoking states
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is starting a new round of anti-smoking advertisements, aimed primarily at Kentucky and other heavy-smoking states: West Virginia, Ohio, Mississippi and Louisiana. West...
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More in state say they know someone hurt by use of heroin, especially in Northern Kentucky
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky chart; click on it for larger version Northern Kentucky is the hotbed of heroin addiction in Kentucky, but use of the narcotic appears to be...
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If you’re having surgery, there are things you can do to make sure it’s successful; topic of online discussion Wednesday, Jan. 20
Will you be having surgery soon? Did you know that you can help make sure it is completely successful? “How Patients Can Make Their Surgery Safer” is the topic of...
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Seeing statewide smoking ban unlikely, Grayson County group asked Fiscal Court for a local one; only one magistrate favored it
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The efforts to pass smoking bans in Kentucky continue on three fronts: in the General Assembly, for a statewide ban; with local governments, for...
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Bill requiring high-school students to learn CPR goes to Senate floor; House has passed similar legislation in previous sessions
UPDATE: SB33 passed the state House on consent March 28 and now heads to the governor’s desk for his signature. UPDATE: SB33 passed the state Senate on Jan. 28 by...
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Medicaid revision will involve the old struggle between personal responsibility and how to care for the poor, C-J reporters write
Kentucky has been a national testing ground for federal health reform, but “may soon test something more fundamental – the age-old struggle to balance personal responsibility with the obligation to...
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Bevin gives much lower estimate for ending Kynect, says Medicaid expansion depends on agreement with federal officials
Gov. Matt Bevin (Photo via www.bizjournals.com) Gov. Matt Bevin said it will only cost the state “one to two million dollars at the most” to dismantle Kynect, the state’s online...
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Unique clinic at Anderson County Health Department, started to help Medicaid patients, risks closing due to Medicaid’s slow pay
The Anderson County Health Department‘s walk-in clinic, the only one of its kind in the state and maybe the nation, might have to close its doors if it doesn’t resolve...
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Kindred agrees to pay $125 million for Medicare fraud claims against subsidiaries it bought after most wrongdoing occurred
Louisville-based Kindred Healthcare Inc. has agreed to pay $125 million to settle federal allegations that it knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare for rehabilitation therapy, according to a U.S. Department...