Day: June 28, 2016
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KentuckyOne under state investigation for critical staff cuts
U of L Hospital (Photo from WDRB-TV) The state is investigating whether patient care is unsafe at University of Louisville Hospital because of staff cuts, particularly in nursing, made...
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Madisonville program aims to develop home-grown doctors
Photo from overseastraineddoctors.com Rural areas are too often underserved by the medical community, but a Madisonville program targeting high-school seniors as prospective health-care providers is helping change that. There are...
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Lexington, Paducah newspapers’ editorials take diametrically opposing sides on Bevin’s proposed changes to Medicaid
Governor Matt Bevin (Photo from politicususa.com) By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s most reliably liberal editorial voice and one of its most reliably conservative are, not surprisingly, on opposite...
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Health business group opens its forum with state Medicaid officials after first denying Courier-Journal reporter access to it
A forum on Medicaid, featuring the officials who oversee it and are trying to change it, was made public after The Courier-Journal was first denied admittance to it. The 90-minute...