Author: Melissa Patrick
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Kentuckians who work for small employers in the state aren’t likely to be offered health insurance; most large employers do
Most of Kentucky’s small employers don’t offer health insurance, while almost all of the state’s larger employers do, according to the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. Percentage of Kentucky private-sector...
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Feds allow Bevin to dismantle Kynect and use federal exchange, but express concerns echoed by health-reform advocates
It’s official. Kentuckians will sign up for health insurance on HealthCare.gov instead of Kynect during this year’s open enrollment, which begins Nov. 1. But there are questions about how smooth...
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Baptist Health Plan will no longer sell individual health plans in Kentucky; about 7,000 people will be affected
Baptist Health Plan is withdrawing from the individual health insurance market in Kentucky for 2017, according to a state Department of Insurance news release. Baptist is the state’s fourth largest...
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Bevin administration says syringe exchanges funded by state grants must be one-for-one after initial supply to a user
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News image: lexingtonhealthdepartment.org The administration of Republican Gov. Matt Bevin is requiring syringe exchanges funded by state grants to be limited to one-for-one trading of...
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Baptist Health Corbin and Mountain Comprehensive Health, Whitesburg, get USDA grants to treat addiction via telemedicine
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $720,000 grant to Baptist Health Foundation Corbin Inc. and Mountain Comprehensive Health Corp. in Whitesburg for telemedicine programs...
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Study finds that anti-smoking ordinances help social smokers stop smoking and discourage young people from starting
www,drugfree.org By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Young people who live in areas with smoking bans are less likely to ever smoke, and young males who are light smokers who...
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Passport Health Plan named Kentucky’s top Medicaid plan by National Committee for Quality Assurance; others rate lower
Passport Health Plan has again been named the top Medicaid plan in Kentucky, getting a 4 rating on the 5-point scale of the National Committee for Quality Assurance. The NCQA...
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Lexington will host two health conferences in November: one on immunization, one on health-care associated infections
Lexington will host two health conferences in November, one focusing on immunizations and the other on health-care transparency and patient advocacy. The 2016 Kentucky Immunization Conference, titled “Educate, Immunize, Protect:...
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Drug-resistant infections are a grave threat but are loosely monitored; Ky. health facilities must now report them electronically
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Antibiotic-resistant infections are considered one of the gravest threats to humanity, but such infections and the deaths they cause are not routinely reported, hindering...
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Study finds Kentucky hospitals had 77% less charity care in first two years of Obamacare; ER visits were about the same
An ongoing report of federal health reform’s effect on Kentucky says hospitals have significantly less charity care and care to the uninsured than they did before the reform was implemented....