Author: molly_burchett
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In its colorful Kynect costume, Obamacare hits the streets in Kentucky and attracts national news coverage
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act takes effect Jan. 1, many Kentuckians may have signed up for the health coverage it mandates...
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Kentucky nursing homes rank 40th in the nation in new survey; reformers ask governor to create special task force for action
Kentucky got a D grade and a rank of 40th among the states in a new national survey of nursing-home care, and reform advocates are calling on Gov. Steve Beshear...
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Obamacare hearing highlights employers’ worry and uncertainty; Yarmuth says repeal and defunding bids block needed changes
Three of Kentucky’s congressmen agreement at a field hearing in Lexington Tuesday that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act needs changing, but had no a consensus on how it should be...
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Kentucky expands list of permanent locations for safe disposal of unneeded or expired prescription medications
Gov. Steve Beshear announced today that Kentucky now has 149 permanent prescription drug disposal locations in 97 counties where Kentuckians can safely dispose of unused or expired medications in order...
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New survey shows physicians feel need to limit health-care costs but make that secondary to the interests of their patients
A new survey about health-care costs reveals that 85 percent of U.S. physicians feel a responsibility to address costs but say other professionals have more of a responsibility to do...
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Health Watch USA hosts chief medical director of Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Lexington and online July 31
Dr. Patrick Conway, chief medical director of the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will be presenting to Kentucky-based Health Watch USA on July 31 at 5 p.m., and...
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As prescription painkillers become harder to get and abuse, heroin replaces them in Eastern and Southern Kentucky
Heroin use, which has been a problem in Northern and then Central Kentucky after the state began cracking down on prescription painkillers last year, has been spreading to the Southern...
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School boards across Ky. realign school-nurse programs, squeezed by budget cuts and Medicaid payment issues
School districts in Kentucky have long relied on county health departments for school nurses, but state budget cuts and problems with Medicaid reimbursements have squeezed the health agencies, and they...
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Kentucky, insurance companies are applying lessons learned in state’s hurried transition to managed-care Medicaid
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Gov. Steve Beshear rushed to transplant Medicaid into a new bed called managed care, hoping the new medium would save money and improve health,...
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Seven Ky. communities get grants to reduce risks for chronic diseases among children and ‘Invest in Kentucky’s Future’
Seven diverse Kentucky communities are getting money to reduce the risk of chronic disease among Kentucky’s youth. The initial grants announced Thursday are part of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky’s new Investing...