Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Beshear, McConnell release list of 54 Ky. hospitals getting $383 million, 3/4 of it federal, settling their suit over state Medicaid rates
Gov. Andy Beshear and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have released a list of 54 hospitals in Kentucky that will get $383 million in state and federal money from the settlement...
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Rural stroke survival rates worse, partly because rural hospitals don’t quickly transfer patients to bigger hospitals
Pictured is an MRI of blood vessels in the brain. (Washington University) —– Rural stroke patients have less access to newer treatments and substantially higher mortality rates than their urban...
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Covid-19 update: Estimated coronavirus transmission rate in Kentucky stable at safe level; state’s rate is 30th highest in nation
Estimates of coronavirus transmission rates by the RT.live website illustrate Kentucky’s differences with two bordering states to the north and one of the states in the South, where cases and estimated rates are...
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As state nears final phase of reopening, Beshear and state’s health commissioner say its success will depend on Kentuckians continuing to follow guidelines, especially mask wearing
Kentucky Health News Chart shows daily cases trending slightly downward in the last two weeks. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced 90...
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Primary Care Association chief says racial injustice must end
By David Bolt CEO, Kentucky Primary Care Association I can’t breathe! I can’t breathe! That phrase is much more than the last words of a dying black man in Minneapolis....
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Beshear calls state’s covid-19 situation ‘very fragile,’ and tells the many not wearing masks in public, ‘We need you to reconsider’
State map labeled by Kentucky Health News shows Shelby County as new hotspot. Click to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced 234 new cases of...
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Baptist Health gets pandemic-relief money to expand telehealth
Baptist Health has received $873,982 from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act to expand telehealth services at its hospitals. It can use the money for technology, software and network...
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Beshear says he will restart Kynect, the health-insurance marketplace his father launched as part of embracing Obamacare
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear said Wednesday that he will restart the state health-insurance exchange that his father, then-Gov. Steve Beshear, began in 2013 under the...
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As cases remain on a plateau, Beshear says virus is manageable, as long as Kentuckians follow the rules for preventing its spread
KHN chart shows two-week decline in May followed by a 10-day rise and a plateau higher than before. —– As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this...
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Beshear reports 203 new coronavirus cases and 7 more deaths; guidance up for pools and gatherings up to 50, allowed June 29
As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item may be updated. Official state guidance is at kycovid19.ky.gov By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After announcing 203 new...