Author: Al Cross
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Republican governor of Indiana wants to expand Medicaid under Obamacare and existing state program; federal OK needed
Approximately 24 states still have not participated in health reform’s Medicaid expansion, which provides coverage for adults who earn up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. Some Republican-controlled...
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Feds investigating possibility that Humana overbilled taxpayers for Medicare Advantage; firm says it reported information
Louisville-based “Humana Inc. faces multiple federal investigations into allegations that it overbilled the government for treating elderly patients enrolled in its Medicare Advantage plans, court records reveal.” So reports Fred...
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Public forum on nursing homes set Friday at 2 in Lexington
A public forum on nursing-home care will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Lexington Senior Citizens Center on Nicholasville Road next to the University of Kentucky campus. The...
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More treatment needed to deal with painkiller abuse, expert witness tells Senate caucus; McConnell says jail helps, too
Addiction to prescription painkillers, and increased addiction to heroin by people originally hooked on prescription medicine, is “a public health disaster of catastrophic proportions” that “was caused by the medical...
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Carlisle hospital closes, making Nicholas County the 40th Kentucky county without a hospital
Fully one-third of Kentucky’s counties will not have a hospital, following the closure of Nicholas County Hospital in Carlisle. That will make Nicholas the 40th county without a hospital, according...
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Poll finds contrasting views of Obamacare and Kynect
Most registered voters in Kentucky have an unfavorable view of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act when it is called Obamacare, but a plurality think favorably of Kynect, the...
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Schools keep adjusting to national nutrition guidelines
Paducah-area school districts “continue to adjust school meals to ensure students are fed complete, healthy meals every day,” Kathleen Fox reports for The Paducah Sun. The revised National School Lunch...
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Kosair sues Norton over use of donations to Children’s Hospital; Norton says charity weaseling out of obligation
Kosair Charities, which gives more than $6 million a year to Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville, has sued the hospital’s parent, Norton Healthcare, accusing it of misusing some of the...
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Dudley Conner, longtime leader in public health in Kentucky, dies
Dudley J. Conner of Frankfort, former executive director of the Kentucky Public Health Association and the Kentucky Health Department Association, died May 3 in Louisville at the age of 77....
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Paducah Sun editorial criticizing Medicaid expansion was off base; Beshear sends the newspaper a response
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The Paducah Sun relied on incomplete and inaccurate information for an editorial Thursday that criticized Gov. Steve Beshear’s expansion of the Medicaid program under federal...