Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Here’s a list of health-related bills in the General Assembly as legislators plan to return for their last day on March 28
Kentucky Health News When the General Assembly returns Thursday, March 28, for the final day of its session, it could pass any number of bills, including several related to health:...
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Bill on Bevin’s desk would require a malpractice lawsuit to certify that an expert has said it has a reasonable basis to be filed
Rep. Chad McCoy —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to require anyone filing a lawsuit against health-care providers to get a qualified expert to declare that the...
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Cincinnati opens a pilot program to get immediate help for people who want help with addiction
Cincinnati has started a pilot program that lets people who are seeking addiction treatment get it by simply walking into one of their six participating health centers, Terry DeMio reports for the Cincinnati...
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UK welcomes 90 scholars from 50 nations for seminar on addiction; 3 events open to public Thur. and Fri. mornings
Beth Macy, author of Dopesick, will give the keynote plenary address at 8:30 a.m. Thursday. — Ninety Fulbright scholars from about 50 countries are gathering at the University of Kentucky today to attend...
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County Health Rankings, released Tuesday, show a few big shifts
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Some Kentucky counties that are actively working to improve their community health made significant gains in the latest County Health Rankings issued by the Robert Wood Johnson...
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Bill to certify Ky. midwives OKd after years of effort, and changes that got doctors and hospitals to end longstanding opposition
Midwives and their advocates gathered for a photo after the March 6 House Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations Committee meeting. (Photo: Mhari Shaw, photojournalism student, Western Kentucky University) By Melissa...
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Rural residents appear less likely to use electronic health records, Indiana study finds; lack of broadband is one reason
Telemedicine, including online health records, is touted as a way to improve rural health. However, rural residents are less likely to use such technology, according to a study of 34...
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Outlook seems bleak for Passport Health Plan, only nonprofit among five companies than manage Medicaid for the state
The state’s only nonprofit Medicaid manager, Passport Health Plan, is “facing extinction” unless it gets a favorable court ruling or more help from the state, Passport CEO Mark Carter told Boris...
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Courier Journal examination of Ky. hospitals’ childbirth-complication rates show some ARH hospitals fare poorly; Harlan’s rate is off the chart
“Where a woman delivers her baby in Kentucky can determine whether she is seriously injured in childbirth, and even whether she lives or dies,” Laura Ungar reports for the Louisville Courier Journal and USA Today....
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Kentuckians use too many antibiotics; we’re No. 1 in the nation, and a campaign has started to reduce inappropriate use
Kentucky has the highest rate of antibiotic use in the United States, and the University of Louisville School of Medicine is trying to do something about it. The school’s Department of Pediatrics has mounted...