Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Ky. is 43rd in annual health rankings, with high rates of cancer deaths, smoking, physical inactivity, mental distress and more
Even though Kentucky moved up two spots in this year’s America’s Health Rankings, at 43rd, it remains one of the 10 unhealthiest states. That’s where the Bluegrass State has been since...
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Pharmacies could help get more teens vaccinated for a virus that causes sex-related cancers, in which Kentucky leads the nation
Alabama Department of Public Health —– There’s a vaccine for a virus that causes sex-related cancer, but rural teens are less likely to get it or know about it. Rural pharmacies could...
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New state Medicaid contracts drop Passport and Anthem, which say they will appeal; top Beshear aide voices concern
On its way out, the administration of Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has given five health-insurance companies new, five-year deals to manage the care of Kentuckians on Medicaid — and dropped...
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Report says Kentucky Medicaid could save nearly $240 million by cutting middlemen between drug makers and pharmacists
Kentucky’s Medicaid program could save nearly $240 million a year by eliminating pharmacy benefit managers and returning to its old “fee for service” system of reimbursing pharmacists for each prescription,...
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Employer-sponsored insurance health plans in Ky. more costly in 2018; high premiums and deductibles leave many underinsured
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A recent analysis by The Commonwealth Fund, a foundation interested in the health-care system, shows that the overall cost of employer-sponsored insurance plans keeps going up, and...
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‘Stop using this criminal-justice hammer to address a public-health nightmare,’ state justice and public safety secretary says of drugs
Justice Secretary John Tilley at workshop —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News ASHLAND, Ky. – At a day-long workshop for journalists on covering substance abuse and recovery, state Justice...
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March of Dimes gives Ky. D-minus for high rate of pre-term births; maternal deaths spike; new collaborative will work on such issues
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Childbirth, which should be one of life’s most joyous occasions, has become more deadly for Kentucky mothers, and remains problematic for many Kentucky babies...
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Celebrate National Rural Health Day with a week of events starting Monday
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy is planning a week of events to observe National Rural Health Day on Nov. 21. Nov. 18 From 9:30 a.m. ET to 12:30 p.m., the National Institutes of Health will hold a...
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More action needed to protect patients from antibiotic-resistant infections, which kill an American every 15 minutes, CDC says
The University of Louisville Hospital got a D overall in the Leapfrog Group’s patient-safety ratings and was rated poorly in dealing with one of the major antibiotic-resistant infections, Methicillin-resistant staphlycoccus areus (MRSA), and C. diff, an infection related...
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50 Kentucky hospitals get semi-annual ratings on how well they protect patients from infections, injuries and other safety issues
One tab rating The Medical Center at Bowling Green, which got a C overall, breaks down how it did on infections. (For a larger version of the chart, click on the image.)...