Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Had trouble with a health-insurance claim? An appeal? National, nonprofit newsroom ProPublica wants you to help its reporting
ProPublica, the national, nonprofit, investigative newsroom, wants Americans to help it report why health insurance claims are denied, what the consequences are for patients, and how the appeal process works. It says...
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Federal government signals that President Biden will extend the public-health emergency for Covid-19 beyond Jan. 12
The U.S. Department for Health and Human Services “on Friday signaled it will extend the Covid-19 public health emergency beyond Jan. 12,” the scheduled date for its expiration, Inside Health Policy reports. “Health and...
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National Rural Health Day is Nov. 17; Kentucky Rural Health Association’s annual conference is Nov. 16 and 17
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Thursday, Nov. 17 is 12th annual National Rural Health Day, a day set aside to bring an increased awareness of rural-health related issues. “National...
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Map estimates how ready your county is to help with recovery
By Liz Carey The Daily Yonder When officials in Vine Grove put out a vending machine filled with free opioid-overdose reversal medication, they expected people in the 7,000-person strong community...
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Voters reject attempt to keep Ky. courts from finding a right to abortion in state constitution; Supreme Court hearing next week
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky courts will still be able to find a right to abortion in the state constitution, following voters’ rejection of a proposed constitutional amendment...
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State’s opioid-settlement money should be used for housing and transportation, other needs, speakers tell commission
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More than 100 people attended the fifth town hall of the Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission to suggest how to spend the state’s $478 million...
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Health officials in counties with high and low Covid-19 death rates point to vaccination rates, residents’ underlying health status
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Health officials from Kentucky counties with some of the state’s highest and lowest Covid-19 death rates both cited vaccination rates as a contributor, but...
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Nurse practitioners’ drug-prescribing power was expanded in Covid-19 emergency; they’re still trying to make it permanent
Kentucky law requires advanced practice registered nurses to have a collaborative agreement with a medical doctor to prescribe controlled substances. It’s a requirement that they have worked for years to...
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Don’t forget to turn your clock back one hour Nov. 5-6; sleep experts say standard time is the better one for health and safety
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News It’s almost time to “fall back” one hour into standard time, which sleep specialists say is better for our health because it more closely...
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Enrollment for subsidized health insurance begins Nov. 1 on Kynect; ‘family glitch’ fix makes plans available to many more
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Open enrollment for federally subsidized health insurance plans starts Nov. 1 and runs through Jan. 15, for coverage that begins Jan. 1. Kentuckians can...