Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Bank buys bankrupt Pineville hospital, says it will probably lease it back to local group to keep it operating
Pineville Mayor Scott Madon and others celebrated the takeover and renaming of the hospital during its bankruptcy proceedings. (File photo by Ray Welch, Middlesboro Daily News) —– A Tennessee-based bank has...
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13 Ky. hospitals are suing over 40 opioid makers and sellers, alleging they misrepresented painkillers as safer than they were
NPR.org photo —– Thirteen Kentucky hospitals are suing more than 40 opioid manufacturers, distributors and sellers for using “a false narrative marketing scheme” that understated the risks associated with opioids...
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Dr. Angela Tackett Dearinger, UK physician, appointed commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Public Health
Dr. Angela Tackett Dearinger —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Cabinet for Health and Family Services has named Dr. Angela Tackett Dearinger commissioner of its Department for Public Health. Dearinger,...
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Skyrocketing cost of insulin examined by legislative committee and research showing cost makes patients ration the hormone
Advocates called on state lawmakers to find a way to make insulin more affordable, with several of them telling an all-too-common story of how they must ration their supplies because...
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U of L moves to maintain heart transplants at Jewish Hospital
The heart-transplant program at Jewish Hospital in Louisville may continue after all, now that the University of Louisville plans to take over the facility on Nov. 1. KentuckyOne Health, which is selling the hospital and...
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State approves lower overall rates and expanded area for one Obamacare insurer, lowers rate-hike request of the other one
Insurance Department maps, adapted by Kentucky Health News; click on either for a larger version. —– Federally subsidized health insurance in Kentucky next year will cost more or less than...
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State denies Planned Parenthood abortion-clinic permit
Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration has denied an abortion-clinic license to Planned Parenthood in Louisville, saying it performed abortions without proper authorization from the previous administration, as Democrat Steve Beshear was leaving...
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Rural hospitals are likely to be hurt by limit on payments to those with large shares of Medicaid and uninsured patients
Many if not most rural hospitals are likely to take a hit from an Aug. 13 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. “Hospitals...
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Baby born fine after mother monitors fetal heartbeat for doctors, to make sure he doesn’t develop deadly disease in the womb
Tim and Greta Wright and family (UK photo by Hilary Brown) —– By Hilary Brown University of Kentucky In 2018, Greta Wright and her husband Tim, of Lexington, received two surprises....
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University of Louisville is buying Jewish Hospital after all, with the help of an unusual $50 million loan to be backed by Ky. taxpayers
The University of Louisvilleis buying Jewish Hospitaland associated facilities after all, with help from the state and two foundations, to head off a threatened closure of the hospital, which is an important transplant...