Month: March 2023
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Get prepared now for Medicaid renewals, Kentucky
By Kennan Wethington President, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky When Covid-19 hit three years ago, the federal government responded with a series of actions made possible by...
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How to create a successful fitness plan this spring
By Dr. Robert G. Hosey University of Kentucky Scientists have found that regular participation in aerobic exercise has been shown to decrease levels of stress, stabilize mood, improve sleep and...
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Bill would address health-care workforce shortage with public-private fund to help Kentuckians enter health-related professions
In response to Kentucky’s health-care workforce shortages, the legislature has sent Gov. Andy Beshear a bill to create a fund with private and public money to help more Kentuckians pursue...
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Legislature passes bill aimed at preventing doctors’ burnout by saying they don’t have to report seeking mental-health treatment
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern A bill aimed at preventing burnout among physicians has cleared both chambers of the General Assembly. Senate Bill 12 unanimously cleared the Senate in late February and the...
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Beshear gets bill to regulate Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In response to a court decision that deemed products containing Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol to be legal, a bill to regulate products with the substance has...
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George Rawlings, who founded industry that recovers health-care costs from patients who get settlements or judgments, dies at 77
George Rawlings, who made a fortune by starting an industry that recovers health-care providers’ costs of caring for patients who later get settlements or verdicts for injuries from accidents and...
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Vast majority of Kentucky continues to have low risk of Covid-19
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News All but 10 of Kentucky’s 120 counties have a low risk of Covid-19 infection on the latest federal risk map, and Menifee County is...
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Former state health commissioner Stephanie Mayfield Gibson is the new board chair of the Trust for America’s Health
Dr. Stephanie Mayfield Gibson, who was state health commissioner in 2012-15, is the new board chair of the Trust for America’s Health, which defines itself as “a non-profit, non-partisan organization...
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Ernie Scott of Letcher County dies of rare brain aneurysm at 46; had been director of the State Office of Rural Health since 2013
Funeral services were held Friday for Ernie Scott, who was director of the State Office of Rural Health in the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health. He died of a rare...
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Bill to address postpartum depression and other maternal mental-health problems has passed and awaits the governor’s action
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to ensure greater access to information and resources for mental-health care before and after the birth of a child passed without dissent...