Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Addiction Recovery Care says it’s cooperating with FBI investigation into possible fraud
By Deborah Yetter Kentucky Lantern Kentucky’s largest provider of addiction treatment services, Addiction Recovery Care, or ARC, is the subject of an FBI investigation into possible health care fraud, according...
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Lawmakers join Ky’s largest addiction treatment provider to oppose Medicaid payment cuts; centers trying to negotiate cuts
By Deborah Yetter and Tom Loftus Kentucky Lantern The state’s largest provider of drug and alcohol treatment is warning that looming cuts in Medicaid reimbursement to some providers could damage...
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EMS staffing shortages are at crisis level, says Kentucky EMS board chair
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s Emergency Medical Services are facing severe staffing shortages, with low pay, “abysmal” reimbursement rates and high turnover identified as the key reasons for...
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State judge dismisses constitutional challenge to anti-vaping law
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a 2024 law banning the sale of some vaping products. Wingate sided...
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Kentucky’s first emergency psychiatric unit opens in Lexington
By Allison Perry University of Kentucky State officials, community leaders and UK HealthCare officials celebrated Tuesday’s opening of a new emergency unit in Lexington dedicated to the treatment of patients experiencing...
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UK expands heart and vascular care to hospitals across the state
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One of the many ways that UK HealthCare strives to improve the heart health of Kentuckians is through its Gill Heart and Vascular Institute...
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Why millions are trying FDA-authorized alternatives to Big Pharma’s weight-loss drugs, exceedingly popular in Kentucky
By Arthur Allen KFF Health News Pharmacist Mark Mikhael has lost 50 pounds over the past 12 months. He no longer has diabetes and finds himself “at my ideal body...
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Mental-health care access can be a challenge in Eastern Kentucky; on top of that, the subject still carries stigma for some
By Stan Ingold WEKU Experts are concerned about a growing mental-health crisis nationally. This story looks at the struggles faced by those dealing with access to mental-health care in Eastern...
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As part of resetting its relationship with rural hospitals, UK will not build a new hospital at interstate junction in southeast Lexington
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — The University of Kentucky will not build a hospital in southeast Lexington because it wants to do what its network of...
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UK is again the top Ky. hospital in U.S. News rankings, followed by St. Elizabeth in Northern Ky. and Baptist Health Louisville
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Three Kentucky hospitals, in the state’s three largest metripolitan areas, have been named among the nation’s “Best Regional Hospitals” in the annual ranking by...