Day: March 11, 2024
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Emergency-room visits for respiratory illness keep declining, but flu activity remains elevated, and hospital admissions for it are up
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s influenza levels remain elevated and hospitalizations for respiratory illness remain high, even though emergency-department visits for respiratory illness have stayed on a rough...
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State and federal lawmakers say they’re still trying to rein in health-insurance middlemen, called pharmacy-benefit managers
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A day after Gov. Andy Beshear talked at a White House roundtable about Kentucky’s moving to one pharmacy-benefit manager for Medicaid, First District U.S....