Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Nursing homes say they need more help from the state; their residents have accounted for 58.6% of covid-19 deaths in Ky.
WKYT-TV image —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As they remain the main sites for deadly infections of the novel coronavirus, Kentucky’s nursing homes are asking for more help...
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Poll: 3 of 4 Kentuckians say they worry about affording health care
Chart from poll report; for a larger version, click on it —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More than half of Kentucky adults struggled to pay for health care...
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Ky. campaigning in seven counties to get more of Black and Hispanic populations, hard-hit by covid-19, on Medicaid
Image from Diversity Nursing Blog —– Kentucky is launching a “1-2-3 No Cost to Me” campaign to get more Black and Hispanic residents enrolled in health coverage, Deborah Yetter reports for the...
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Health Watch USA to host ‘Covid-19 Vaccines’ webinar Aug. 19
Health Watch USA will host a webinar on vaccines for the novel coronavirus at 7 p.m. ET Aug. 19. “Covid-19 Vaccines” will focus on the current status of advocacy related to...
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Telehealth is improving access to health care; digital interactions emerge as a silver lining to the pandemic’s dark cloud
Max Coyne does telehealth. (Photo provided to the University of Kentucky) —– By Shannon Clinton The Lane Report Amy Coyne noticed her 9-year-old son Max wasn’t feeling well and booked a...
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Attorney general has online form to report Medicaid fraud, abuse
Kentuckians have a new tool for reporting suspected Medicaid fraud and patient abuse to the Office of the Attorney General. They can now electronically report abuse, neglect, and exploitation by completing...
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Latest White House report has fewer Kentucky counties in danger zones, drops two points of preventive advice from previous report
Table from White House Coronavirus Task Force report; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky got a better report this week from...
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July 26 federal report said that in most of Ky., nursing-home visits should stop, and obese, diabetics, hypertensive should stay home
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The latest weekly report to states from the White House Coronavirus Task Force contains many recommendations for state and local officials that Kentucky officials have not implemented or...
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Hospitals overall are losing money, and it’s likely to get worse; Cynthiana hospital says it’s ‘at a negative 25% margin’
A report prepared for the American Hospital Association predicts half of the nation’s hospitals will be losing money by the end of the year unless Congress gives them more relief money, and...
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UK HealthCare again best Ky. hospital in U.S. News & World Report rankings; Baptist Health has two of seven on state list
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Seven Kentucky hospitals are included in the nation’s “Best Regional Hospitals” in the latest annual rankings by the magazine U.S. News & World Report. They...