Day: March 18, 2024
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Bill to protect independent pharmacies from benefit managers moves after changes; insurers say it would increase premiums
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to set new controls on commercial pharmacy-benefit managers was approved by a Senate committee on March 14 as a measure scheduled to...
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ED visits, hospitalizations for respiratory disease decline in state
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s influenza levels remain elevated, but are declining, and hospitalizations for overall respiratory illness are moderate and declining, according to the state Department for...
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U of L’s new hospital in Bullitt County is now open
Kentucky Health News The University of Louisville opened its UofL Health–South Hospital Monday, March 18, with a community breakfast, open house, and a ceremonial ribbon-cutting with Gov. Andy Beshear at...
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Events, trends, issues, ideas and independent journalism about health care and health in Kentucky, from the Institute for Rural Journalism at the University of Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In what the sponsor calls a bill to “clean some things up,” more restrictions are being added to the state’s medical-marijuana law and provisions...
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Kentucky Children’s Hospital at UK opens center to treat children who are harmed by abuse and neglect, in which Ky. ranks 14th
By Hilary Brown University of Kentucky Representatives from Kentucky Children’s Hospital and the nonprofit foundation Kosair for Kids cut the ribbon recently on the Kosair for Kids Center for Safe &...