Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Kentucky gets a ‘D’ grade on second annual report card on maternal mental health, a bit worse than the national average
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky received a D grade on the second annual report from the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health, moving up from a D-minus in...
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Health-care industry is most at risk from cyberattack, study says
Health care is increasingly more at risk of cyberattacks than other industries, according to a recent study by Soax, a data-collection platform, reports Cara Smith of Inside Health Policy. As cyberattacks against Change...
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AMA president-elect, from Louisville, lays out his ideas for getting more physicians in rural areas, reforming prior authorization
With about 46 million people in the U.S. living in rural areas and new research showing they are more likely to die early from the five leading causes of death...
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Most Kentucky hospitals in national patient-safety ratings got ‘C’ grades again; state is 35th in share of hospitals with ‘A’ ratings
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Most of the Kentucky hospitals graded on a nonprofit group’s twice-a-year report card for patient safety again got a C in the latest report....
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Online vision retailer Warby Parker will pay Ky. civil penalty for letting 69 Kentuckians to take its online vision test, illegal in Ky.
Kentucky Health News Warby Parker, an online retailer of prescription glasses, contact lenses and sunglasses, has agreed to pay at least $55,200 to the Commonwealth of Kentucky for allowing 69...
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Kentucky Center for Smoke-Free Policy honors communities, groups and individuals who help create smoke-free communities
The Kentucky Center for Smoke-Free Policy at the University of Kentucky and the Kentucky Department for Public Health’s Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Program honored communities, groups and individuals from across...
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2% fewer Ky. children were on Medicaid a year after pandemic re-enrollment began; total enrollment, including adults, dropped 9.5%
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Medicaid enrollment of Kentucky’s children fell 1.6 percent since the continuous-coverage protections of the pandemic were lifted last year. That was one of the...
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Industry says Biden administration’s rule mandating staffing levels for nursing homes is ‘impossible’ for them to meet
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A new law that sets minimum staffing requirements for federally funded long-term care facilities will require many of them to hire more nurses and...
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Legislative lobbying reports for last session rank pharmacy-benefit managers fifth, hospitals sixth, Altria 11th, Anthem 17th, docs 18th
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The trade association for pharmacy benefit managers, which acts as middlemen between drug and health-insurance companies, was the fifth largest reported spender on lobbying...
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University of Kentucky will buy St. Claire Hospital in Morehead
The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees voted Friday to approve plans to acquire St. Claire HealthCare in Morehead. The targeted date for UK’s takeover is July 1. The move...