Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Norton Healthcare makes more families eligible for financial aid
Norton Healthcare, which has five hospitals in Louisville and is building another, it making more families eligible for its financial assistance program, raising the income limit from 300% of the...
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Feds let health insurers that overcharged for Medicare Advantage plans keep the hundreds of millions in excess profits from 2011-17
By Fred Schulte Kaiser Health News Health-insurance companies that sell Medicare Advantage to seniors dodged a major financial bullet Monday, as federal officials gave them a reprieve for returning hundreds...
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Covid-19 cases increase and flu cases decrease in Ky.; Biden says he will end public health emergencies for pandemic May 11
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New coronavirus cases in Kentucky increased by 23 percent last week, continuing an up-and-down pattern that creates a rough plateau. Meanwhile, influenza cases decreased...
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Big health-insurance company and major health-care foundation among lead investors in Invest Appalachia venture-capital fund
Kentucky Health News Two big players in health care are the major financiers of a venture-capital firm that calls itself “a regional social investment platform” for Eastern Kentucky and most...
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CDC: Only 5 Ky. counties have high risk from coronavirus; FDA panel recommends one annual Covid-19 vaccination for everyone
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Only five Kentucky counties, all but one along the Virginia border, have a high level of Covid-19 risk, according to the latest weekly map...
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Since the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline launched in July, calls from Kentucky numbers have gone up 26% and texts by 401%
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In the six months since the new, easy-to-remember 988 suicide and crisis lifeline launched, calls have increased 26 percent, Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday....
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Ky. Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission subcommittees consider five grant applications, with only two getting a yes vote
Story and photo by Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Two of the three Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission subcommittees reviewed five grant applications asking for funds to fight the opioid...
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Doctors will no longer have to take special training to prescribe opioid that is used to treat addiction but is short of prescribers
The federal government has lifted extra requirements for doctors who want to prescribe buprenorphine, a partial opioid that is used to help drug users beat addiction. That will be a...
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Covid-19 cases and deaths dropped in Ky. last week, but New York Times says state’s infection rate remains one of the highest
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After increasing for two weeks, new coronavirus cases in Kentucky dropped 35% in this week’s state report, and Covid-19-related deaths also decreased, but the...
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Governor wants firm guidelines on how to spend opioid settlement money, now up to $842 million; Cameron appointee says no
This has been updated. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s local and state governments continue to reap more millions from settlements with drug manufacturers and distributors, and are...