Author: tara_kaprowy
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Don’t let food take control of your Valentine’s Day!
Trying to avoid, or at least over-indulging in, chocolate and candy on Valentine’s Day? Steer clear of making the day about food, experts say. “Focus on spending quality time with...
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Obama changes health-insurance rule to placate religious groups that oppose birth control
In an effort to quell a firestorm of controversy, President Obama announced today that his administration change its new rule that requires employers to offer free birth-control coverage in their...
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Trans fat levels in white adults have fallen by more than half since FDA started requiring labeling of the unhealthy food ingredient
After the Food and Drug Administration required food manufacturers to label how much trans fat is in their products, levels of the unhealthy ingredient in the bloodstream dropped by 58...
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Legislators hear about serious problems in managed-care system
The switch to the new Medicaid managed-care system is proving to be a nightmare, health officials told lawmakers Wednesday, with long delays in payment to providers and treatment for patients....
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More children are victims of abuse than of SIDS, study finds
As the state’s major newspapers and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services battle over how public records pertaining to child abuse and neglect should be handled, children continue to...
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As with health care reform, dentistry should move from volume to value, report urges
Dentists should be paid according to the outcomes of their patients and should be monitored more closely given that there is great variability and expense when it comes to dental...
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Judge rails against state’s handling of child-abuse records, Beshear’s defense of cabinet
The judge who handled the case of 9-year-old Amy Dye, who was beaten to death last year by her adoptive brother, sent an op-ed piece to several newspapers criticizing Gov....
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Funding substance-abuse treatment for Medicaid recipients could help 6,000 people, official says
If the budget proposed by Gov. Steve Beshear is passed, 6,000 Kentuckians on Medicaid could be treated for substance abuse, ultimately saving the tax system hundreds of thousands of dollars....
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Health departments face more cuts as demand for services grows
More cuts to Kentucky’s public-health system have been proposed at a time when the demand for services is growing, officials say. In his state budget proposal, Gov. Steve Beshear suggested...
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Miller steps down as secretary of embattled state Cabinet for Health and Family Services
The head of the much-beleaguered Cabinet for Health and Family Services has resigned. One of the first appointments of Gov. Steve Beshear, Secretary Janie Miller will step down Feb. 29...