Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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As more lack health insurance and signups lag, Modern Healthcare editor worries what will happen if economy slows
The share of Kentucky children without health insurance rose last year. — “This shouldn’t be happening,” Editor Merrill Goozner writes in a Modern Healthcare editorial titled, “The canary in the...
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U of L withdrawal of some services from Jewish Hospital puts Louisville’s only adult organ transplant center at risk
Jewish Hospital has a prominent place along Interstate 65. (Courier Journal photo by Sam Upshaw) — “The University of Louisville may soon stop providing important medical services at Jewish Hospital...
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UK College of Dentistry fighting oral cancer in Eastern Ky. with help of $1 million grant from United Health Foundation
“The University of Kentucky’s College of Dentistry is launching a project to eradicate oral cancer in Eastern Kentucky,” Dr. Stephanos Kyrkanides, dean of the college, writes in an op-edfor the Lexington Herald-Leader. “It’s an initiative...
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Jewish Hospital’s finances remain shaky, increasing worries in the Louisville area that it can’t be sold and will close
Jewish Hospital in downtown Louisville has 462 beds. — Louisville’s Jewish Hospital continues to lose money, apparently raising the chances that it could be closed rather than sold. The hospital and St. Mary’s...
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Deadline to sign up for health insurance on Healthcare.gov is Dec. 15, but most who qualify didn’t know that last month
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With just two weeks left to sign up for federally subsidized health insurance for 2019, time is running out. The deadline for open enrollment...
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‘It’s not about losing coverage, it’s about having fewer members enrolled in Medicaid,’ state health secretary says of new plan
Health Secretary Adam Meier and Deputy Health Secretary Kristi Putnam speaking about the state’s new Medicaid plan, Kentucky HEALTH — By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The administration of Gov....
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Pikeville Medical Center creating children’s hospital, expanding heart-care center, adding other facilities; total cost $52 million
Pikeville Medical Center announced Tuesday that it would spend $7 million to relocate and expand its inpatient pediatrics clinic into a children’s hospital, and establish, expand or improve nine other...
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Beshear sues 9th opioid maker, says it makes him the most aggressive attorney general, based on number of suits
Filing his ninth lawsuit against a maker of drugs that have contributed to the opioid epidemic, Attorney General Andy Beshear said “This lawsuit makes Kentucky the most aggressive state in...
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State Supreme Court strikes down medical review panels for suits against health-care providers; backers eye constitutional change
Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd (Courier Journal photo by David Lutman — Filtering medical-malpractice lawsuits through panels of health-care professionals is unconstitutional, a unanimous Supreme Court of Kentucky ruled Thursday....
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Institute taking applications through Dec. 18 for assistance to health-related research projects in Kentucky
The Community Leadership Institute of Kentucky, which provides research and leadership training, funding and technical support for health-related research projects, is accepting applications for its 2019 class. Among other things,...