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Veteran of Medicaid in several states named commissioner in Ky.; health cabinet creates new post to deal with health-care providers
The state Cabinet for Health and Family Serviceshas named Carol H. Steckel commissioner of the Department of Medicaid Services. Steckel is a Medicaid and managed-care expert with more than two decades of...
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Baptist Health names Dr. Jody Prather chief strategy officer
Baptist Health, Kentucky’s largest hospital company, has named Dr. Jody Prather of Elizabethtown its chief strategy officer, a job in which he will work with other executives “to create strategic...
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Sept. 18 webinar will explore why rural areas lag in getting children a vaccine that can prevent a major type of cancer
The Rural Health Information Hub will hold a webinar to discuss the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‘s recent report showing that rural teens are less likely than their urban peers to know about the human papilloma...
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U of L seeks nominations for award for Ky., S. Ind. nurses
Monday, Sept. 10 at 5 p.m. is the deadline to nominate outstanding nurses from Kentucky and Southern Indiana for the fifth annual Florence Nightingale Awards in Nursing, presented by the University of...
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At first SOAR summit session only about health, speakers agree local cooperation is needed to address Appalachia’s health issues
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News PIKEVILLE, Ky. – From top to bottom of the health-care system, speakers agreed local cooperation is essential to improving health in Appalachian Kentucky. They...
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Kentucky has very high rate of addicted mothers; rose by double-digit percentages early in decade, seemed to level off in 2015-16
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky has had a very high rate of opioid-use disorder among women delivering babies in hospitals, according to a study published...
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State health official says Ky. is considering cutting nearly 500,000 people off of Medicaid because of a $300 million program shortfall
Health officials said the state is considering eliminating Medicaid coverage to almost 500,000 Kentuckians because the program is facing a nearly $300 million shortfall. During a review of the 2018...
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Insurance expert advises: understand premiums, coverage, Obamacare subsidies and how much risk you want to assume
‘Anyone buying health insurance this fall faces a daunting task: having to choose among multiple, often-complex options that offer widely varying degrees of protection,” Trudy Lieberman of the Rural Health News...
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State sets rates for federally subsidized health insurance
The state Department of Insurance has approved the 2019 rates for federally subsidized health-insurance plans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, setting a slightly higher average rate for the...
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Senate bill, including McConnell items, would boost opioid fight
The U.S. Senate has passed an appropriations bill that “takes aim at the next wave of the opioid crisis: drug-fueled infections like HIV and hepatitis that plague Kentucky,” reports Laura...