Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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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...
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Ambulance runs for rural patients are 76% longer when their hospital closes, and for seniors, it’s 98% longer, study finds
When a rural hospital closes, it’s logical to assume that patients in its former service area will spend more time in ambulances getting to an emergency room farther away. A University...
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Report on Medicaid pharmacy managers confirms they make a profit at the expense of pharmacies; calls for new payment model
Sen. Max Wise has been outspoken in his criticism of pharmacy benefit managers. A “long-awaited state report” on how pharmacy benefit managers are paid seems to confirm the suspicion that...
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Poll finds those with dental insurance are more likely to visit the dentist, and insurance often depends on income
Nearly 60 percent of Kentucky adults saw a dentist in the past year, but 26 percent said they delayed dental care because it cost too much, according to the latest...
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Apply by March 1 for expenses-paid rural-health fellowship to attend Association of Health Care Journalists conference
The Association of Health Care Journalists is offering fellowships to attend its May 2-5 conference in Baltimore, including one for reporters and editors working in rural towns and counties or who work for...
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U of L publicly seeks partner to buy Jewish Hospital and affiliates
Map from U of L request for proposals for joint venture involving facilities of KentuckyOne Health — The University of Louisville has gone public with its search for a partner to buy Jewish Hospital and its...
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Passport sues state over reduced reimbursements, says officials are trying to kill Ky.’s only nonprofit Medicaid managed-care firm
Kentucky’s only nonprofit manager of Medicaid filed suit Friday against the state health secretary, alleging that he and the Medicaid commissioner are trying to put it out of business. Passport...
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Poll: Reported heroin, methamphetamine and painkiller use has increased; 44 percent of those needing treatment didn’t get it
Nearly a third of Kentucky adults reported having a family member or friend with a drug problem in the past 12 months, and just over half of those with problems...