Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Lawmakers say drug stores’ issues with Medicaid pharmacy benefit managers will be a key issue in the next legislative session
L to R: Reps. Russell Weber, Joni Jenkins and Danny Bentley and Sens. Stephen Meredith and Morgan McGarvey —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News State Rep. Danny Bentley didn’t mince...
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Feds will remind doctors to ask people with respiratory illness whether and how much they use electronic cigarettes
Federal health agencies are about to warn doctors that they need to ask “every patient with an apparent respiratory infection” about their history of using electronic cigarettes, Julie Steenhuysen of Reuters reports. The Centers...
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States crack down on opioid treatment scams that can kill
An opioid treatment scam is snaring young adult victims across the nation, sometimes leading to patients’ deaths after enrolling in programs that provide poor or nonexistent treatment. The scam hasn’t...
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Rising drug prices put more pressure on Congress to act; advocates are optimistic, but drug makers are a powerful lobby
By Trudy Lieberman Community Health News Service Maybe – just maybe – Americans will get some relief from the relentlessly rising prices of pharmaceuticals. That, of course, depends on Congress...
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Ky. Rural Health Association 21st annual conference will be Nov. 14-15 in Bowling Green; discounted registration fees until Nov. 1
The 21st annual Kentucky Rural Health Association conference will be held in Bowling Green Nov. 14-15 at Western Kentucky University‘s Knicely Center, 2355 Nashville Rd. Through Friday, Nov. 1, the registration fee is $125...
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Study concludes 16 rural hospitals in Ky. at high risk of closing; another found 35 in poor financial health; remedies proposed
Table from Navigant Consulting report —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Many rural hospitals across Kentucky are struggling to keep their doors open. And though the numbers vary on just...
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Rural hospitals, already cut by Medicare, are about to get their Medicaid payments reduced, too; here’s a partial Kentucky list
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Hospitals in Kentucky and across the nation are getting a reprieve, maybe a short one, from a new formula cutting the money the...
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Burkesville hospital open, similar one 24 miles away in Tenn. is closed; big differences: Medicaid expansion and diversification
OpenStreetMap contributors, via The Daily Yonder, adapted by Ky. Health News —– Along the Cumberland River in Southern Kentucky and Middle Tennessee are two towns 24 miles apart by road....
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Sellout crowd at first major Ky. forum on medical cannabis hears there’s no scientific literature to back it, but research is sparse
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The health benefits of medical marijuana haven’t been proven and more research is needed, according to a leading researcher on the topic, but that...
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Trump ‘stunned’ electronic cigarette industry with plan to ban almost all flavorings, The Washington Post reports
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump listened as acting FDA Commissioner Ned Sharpless talks about a plan to ban most flavored e-cigarettes. (Associated Press photo) —– President Trump stunned the electronic-cigarette...