Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Biden reopens marketplace for subsidized health insurance under Affordable Care Act, from Feb. 15 to May 15, citing pandemic
President Biden is reopening enrollment for federally subsidized health insurance policies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for three months, giving Kentuckians another chance to get help from...
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Primary Care Association builds out new data system to become more efficient, with help of $250K grant from UnitedHealthcare
The Kentucky Primary Care Association is developing a new data system for its member clinics, with the help of a $250,000 grant from UnitedHealthcare, a major insurance company. “The Centralized Healthcare And Revenue...
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State records 58 Covid-19 deaths today, a record, but Beshear cites state’s low death rate, says more masking may be helping
Gov. Andy Beshear, at top near right, and Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman, at bottom near left, in a vaccination video with counterparts in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota. —– By Melissa...
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Hospitals agree to follow higher quality standards to get more money from Medicaid, which covers 1/3 of state’s population
Friedlander and interpreter Virginia Moore announced the new hospital payment program. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With up to 28 rural Kentucky hospitals vulnerable to closure if their financial situation...
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Beshear ‘cautiously optimistic’ vaccine rollout will get up to speed and meet first goal; Stack says feds made unrealistic projections
Walgreens pharmacist Tera Hayes gave licensed practical nurse Angela Williams a coronavirus vaccine at Somerset Nursing and Rehabilitation Dec. 22. (Photo: Caleb Lowndes, Commonwealth Journal) —– Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday...
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16 Ky. counties lack pharmacies in HHS vaccine distribution plan
Nonmetropolitan county HHS vaccination partnership pharmacy availability RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy and Analysis map; click on the image to enlarge it. —– Almost one-third of America’s rural counties, including...
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Plans made to increase pace of vaccinations and who’s next in line to get it; meanwhile, cases and positive-test rates increase
Revised version of chart presented by Gov. Andy Beshear during press conference Monday —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear and the state’s top doctor announced Monday...
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Pandemic shows the picture of health in America is not so rosy
By Trudy Lieberman Community Health News Service For end-of-the-year columns, it’s customary to recap the events of the past 12 months, usually highlighting a mix of the good and the...
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Kentucky Primary Care Association announces directors, officers
Jack Miniard The Kentucky Primary Care Association has installed a new board of directors. Members serve three-year terms, officers for one year. The new president of the board of Jack Miniard, CEO...
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Omnibus relief bill includes ban on mail sales of e-cigarette products; FedEx will not handle shipments after March 1
The catch-all bill to keep the government open, provide pandemic relief and do many other things includes a ban on mail shipments of electronic-cigarette products, and apply federal laws on...