Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Group of primary-care clinics in east-central Kentucky picked for national pilot project to improve at-home health care
White House Clinics operates in five counties. —– A group of community health centers in east-central Kentucky will participate a national pilot project to transform at-home health care. The National Association of...
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State gets $82,000 and safeguards in settlement for 2014 data breach at hospitals in Paintsville, Louisa, Jackson and Fulton
The Commonwealth of Kentucky will get $82,345 as part of a nearly $5 million multi-state settlement with Tennessee-based Community Health Systems for a 2014 data-security breach that affected the personal information of...
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Federal guidelines for staff testing in nursing homes change again to account for low numbers of coronavirus tests in rural counties
State health cabinet map; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The federal government has revised its coronavirus staff testing rules for nursing...
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More than 1 in 3 Kentuckians are on Medicaid, after many lost their jobs and the state made enrollment easier due to pandemic
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has added more than 250,000 people to its Medicaid rolls since the coronavirus pandemic came to the state in early March, bringing the...
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Feds give state $7 million to help deal with lingering behavioral-health impacts of 2019 flooding in 21 Eastern Kentucky counties
Grant will help three southeastern regions, highlighted by roughly patterned area. —– Kentucky is getting a $7 million federal grant to expand behavioral-health services in 21 Appalachian counties to help...
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Anthem settles states’ lawsuit over data breach that affected 2.3 million Kentuckians; state will get more than $1.9 million
Kentucky will get $1,929,942 from Anthem Inc. as part of a 43-state settlement for a data security breach that “compromised the personal information of 78.8 million Americans,” said a news release from...
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Ashland hospital says surge in covid-19 cases has it full; feds allow indoor visitation at nursing homes without recent cases
King’s Daughters Hospital has 465 beds, making it one of Kentucky’s largest hospitals. —— By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As a smaller share of Kentuckians tested positive for the...
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Kentucky hospitals say pandemic has cost them $1.34 billion, net
By Lisa Gillespie Kentucky Health News Kentucky hospitals say they have had collective financial losses of $1.34 billion due to the covid-19 pandemic, with the biggest hit from elective procedures...
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Baptist Health Corbin gets $1 million grant to help fight substance abuse by pregnant women and youth in Whitley, Knox counties
Baptist Health Corbin has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to fight opioid and substance abuse, mainly among pregnant women, in Whitley and Knox counties. The...
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Morehead hospital says covid-19 surge came from patients who delayed treatment for other conditions; telehealth is here to stay
St. Claire Regional Hospital (Youtube photo, from The Daily Yonder) —– At the end of 2019, St. Claire Regional Healthcare System restructured its finances after finishing the fiscal year about $9 million...