Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Annual health-policy forum Oct. 8 in Frankfort will focus on how a civic engagement approach can change health outcomes in Ky.
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News What if the way to improving the health of Kentuckians is to create a culture where every person shares the same goal? That will...
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Lawmakers join Ky’s largest addiction treatment provider to oppose Medicaid payment cuts; centers trying to negotiate cuts
By Deborah Yetter and Tom Loftus Kentucky Lantern The state’s largest provider of drug and alcohol treatment is warning that looming cuts in Medicaid reimbursement to some providers could damage...
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State judge dismisses constitutional challenge to anti-vaping law
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a 2024 law banning the sale of some vaping products. Wingate sided...
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New state health laws are in effect; one to regulate herbal drug kratom is in limbo due to lack of funding, Beshear says
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A number of new state health laws took effect July 15, ranging from measures on maternal health to improved access to a commonly used...
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Cigarette tax collections in Ky. jumped, then dropped, after the last two tax increases; the state’s smoking rate has also been on the decline
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Increasing state cigarette taxes has proven to be an effective policy to decrease smoking rates, and it appears that is also true in Kentucky....
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Kentucky is a national leader in lung-cancer screening, but still has a long way to go to get all eligible people screened
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky ranks second among states for lung-cancer screening, but experts say many more Kentuckians need to be screened. Only 10.6% of those at high...
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Kentucky can soon provide Medicaid coverage to people nearing release from prison or juvenile detention; jails might come later
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky is one of five additional states that will soon provide Medicaid health coverage for people nearing release from prison or juvenile detention, according...
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Parkinson’s support group hails law requiring a federal plan for it
Kentucky Health News The leader of a Kentucky support group for sufferers of Parkinson’s disease is hailing President Biden’s Tuesday signing of a law that requires the Department of Health...
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State accepting applications for medical-cannabis licensing lottery and prescribing authority; patient cards not available until Jan. 1
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Kentuckians can now begin applying for a cannabis business license, and medical providers can apply to the state Board of Medical Licensure and Board of Nursing...
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Some Ky. counties using settlement money to make new opioid-withdrawal treatment available to a small number of residents
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Three Kentucky counties are making a new treatment to reduce opioid-withdrawal symptoms available free to a few of their residents, using money from the...