Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Latest bill to aid independent pharmacies stalls in Senate after running into one of the session’s heaviest lobbying campaigns
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT – The latest bill to help independent pharmacies compete with pharmacy benefit managers sailed out of the House with overwhelming support but came...
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Legislature moving bills to address health-care worker shortage
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention illustration —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In the final days of the 2022 legislative session, three bills to address Kentucky’s healthcare workforce...
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State Senate floor leader says medical marijuana bill is dead
The latest effort to legalize marijuana for medical use in Kentucky is “done for the year,” the majority floor leader of the state Senate told Austin Horn of the Lexington Herald-Leader Thursday. “I...
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After changes to appease county governments, the bill to address ambulance transfer times is raring to go for its final dispatch
Dwayne Oliver and Doug Byers of Lee County’s ambulance service refit one after a run. (Photo by Ryan C. Hermens, Lexington Herald-Leader) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After yet...
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Bill near final passage would delay lab results of cancer or genetic markers from going on electronic health records for 72 hours
Rep. Killian Timoney —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The legislature is nearing final passage of a bill that would give health-care providers a chance to contact patients to...
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Bill Wagner, who headed group of health clinics for disadvantaged in Louisville, wins Gil Friedell Memorial Health Policy Award
Wagner, left, with Foundation President and CEO Chandler —– William Wagner, retired CEO of Family Health Centers of Louisville, is the latest winner of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky‘s Gil Friedell Memorial Health Policy...
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Registration is open for April 14 conference in Bowling Green on youth vaccine that prevents certain types of cancer
Screenshot of flyer; for registration information, click here. —– By Melissa Patrick Ky. Health News The Kentucky Rural Health Association is devoting a one-day conference to discuss a vaccine that can protect against...
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House passes bill to allow APRNs to prescribe controlled substances after a four-year collaborative agreement with doctor
American Association of Nurse Practitioners map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to create a path for Kentucky’s advanced practice registered nurses to...
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Latest bill to aid independent pharmacies passes first hurdle; would ban requiring or incentivizing patients to use mail order
Rep. Steve Sheldon —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Many Kentucky lawmakers keep siding with independent pharmacies against pharmacy benefit managers, the insurance middlemen between pharmacies and drug makers....
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Closed hospital in Ashland area to become drug-treatment center
Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Russell, Ky. (Photo from Addiction Recovery Care) —– A major drug-treatment company says it has completed its purchase of part of Our Lady of Bellefonte...