Author: tara_kaprowy
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Health exchange could cost up to $34 million in Ohio; Kentucky still biding its time — until after the election?
As 27 states, including Kentucky, bide their time in setting up a health care exchange — a key component of the federal health-reform law — Ohio officials have said setting...
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$45 million renovation complete at U of L School of Dentistry
The University of Louisville announced the completion of a $45 million renovation to its School of Dentistry last week. The two-year project added 20,000 square feet and renovated another 211,000....
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Hospitals merging to shore up finances and, as federal health-reform law encourages, improve patient outcomes
With one expert calling it “merger mania,” Robert Hadley of The Lane Report looks at how Kentucky hospitals and hospital systems are banding together as they brace for reimbursement changes...
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Funds awarded to educate East End Lexingtonians about food, health
Getting community elders to talk to youth about gardening and cooking is one of the missions to be accomplished in Lexington’s East End neighborhood from a $52,000 grant. The funds...
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Child abuse rates have risen significantly since the economy went into recession, survey in Ky. and 3 other states shows
Child abuse rose as the economy went into recession, shows a study of reported abuse to children under 5 in Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington. From 2004 to December 2007, before...
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Lexington council turns to wellness center to cut insurance costs
Following a national trend to improve employee health so companies can cut health-insurance costs, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council agreed Tuesday to set up a wellness center for city employees....
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A million more young adults have health coverage; law cited
One million more young adults ages 19 to 25 had health insurance in the first quarter of 2011 than in the same period a year ago, data from the National Health...
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Feds give Ky. $3 million to hold health insurers accountable
Kentucky will receive more than $3.2 million in federal grants to help state officials track health-insurance premium increases and make insurers more accountable. The funds are part of guidelines set...
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Some worry that patient care will get shortchanged as Kentucky Medicaid moves to managed care
While moving Kentucky’s Medicaid patients to managed care for will likely reduce costs to the taxpayers, patient care shouldn’t be shortchaged in the effort to save a buck, Deb McGrath...
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Medicaid’s move to managed care delayed until Nov. 1; hospitals need more time to sign contracts
The move to managed care, which the state has touted as the answer to improve the quality of its Medicaid system and solve a budget deficit, has been delayed by...