Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Illinois abortion provider says it will bring mobile clinic close to Kentucky
Planned Parenthood plans to start a mobile abortion clinic in Illinois that will travel close to the borders of Kentucky and other adjoining states that have banned abortions, The Associated Press reports. “The...
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Traditional Medicare can’t cut nursing-home stays short, but Medicare Advantage plans can, and they are doing just that
“Health care providers, nursing-home representatives, and advocates for residents say Medicare Advantage plans are increasingly ending members’ coverage for nursing home and rehabilitation services before patients are healthy enough to...
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Study: Smoking increases risk of viral and respiratory infections, including one of the coronaviruses; supports tobacco control to curb Covid-19
A new study shows that smoking increases the risk of viral infections and respiratory illnesses, including one type of the coronavirus, this supporting efforts to curb tobacco use as a...
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Novaks give $15 million to Norton Children’s Hospital to create diabetes institute, 1/4 of $60 million plan
Norton Children’s Hospital and the Lift a Life Novak Family Foundation announced Oct. 5 the creation of the Wendy Novak Diabetes Institute. The foundation has given the hospital $15 million as the...
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Beshear’s Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee finds massive support for legalizing medical marijuana; drug officers opposed
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News An advisory committee appointed by Gov. Andy Beshear reported that most Kentuckians who submitted online comments support legalizing the medical use of marijuana, or...
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Kentucky gets $3.6 million federal grant for youth suicide prevention, targets five rural counties in first round of funding
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky will receive a five-year, $3,675,000 grant to help reduce suicide among Kentuckians under age 25. Kentucky is one of 10 recipients of Garrett...
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Report shows major workforce shortages in Kentucky hospitals, which they describe as ‘the most critical shortage in recent history’
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Results from Kentucky’s annual hospital workforce survey show critical labor shortages at hospitals across the state, with the highest vacancy rate among registered nurses...
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Two Kentucky hospitals, in Lexington and Prestonsburg, each lose $2.4 million in very different lawsuits over ‘patient dumping’
Two Kentucky hospitals have recently lost lawsuits that charged them with “patient dumping,” generally defined as discharging patients who are uninsured or unable to pay – or refusing to admit...
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CDC’s Ky. risk map is largely green, but 11 counties are still at high risk and the state’s infection rate ranks first in the nation
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The number of Kentucky counties at high risk of Covid-19 was cut in half last week, with only two counties moving into a higher...
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By far, most Kentucky counties don’t have enough primary-care physicians
Most of Kentucky’s rural counties and some of its metropolitan areas have too few primary-care doctors and they are leaving faster than they can be replaced, Sarah Ladd reports for the Louisville Courier...