Day: December 4, 2023
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Ky. ranks low in benefits for the poor; health secretary says he reminds legislators of the impact programs have on communities
Update, Dec. 4: This story has been updated with additional information from state Health and Family Services Secretary Eric Friedlander’s office. One number has been corrected. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky...
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Rural trauma deaths could be reduced if ambulances could bill insurance companies for delivering blood en route to the hospital
Kentucky Health News In 2020, a traumatic injury killed an American every 31½ minutes, and such injuries are the top killer of children and adults under 45. Those statistics could...
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Baptist Health is headed out of network with UnitedHealthcare and Wellcare Medicare Advantage plans, after losing Humana
If negotiations this month don’t find agreement that has been elusive so far, Louisville-based Baptist Health will no longer be in the Medicare Advantage networks of UnitedHealthcare and WellCare. It has...
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Emergency-room visits for respiratory illness went up 10% in latest weekly report; hospitalizations for flu and RSV inched up
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Department for Public Health‘s latest weekly respiratory report shows Covid-19 virus activity is moderate, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity is increasing, and...
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11 Kentucky nonprofits get grants to work on substance-use-disorder awareness and prevention in underserved communities
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Eleven nonprofit organizations have been selected to receive as much as $50,000 each from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky‘s Funding for Recovery Equity...