Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Bill would let Medicaid to pay certified community health workers
Rep. Kim Moser speaking at a Feb. 17 news conference about HB 525. (Photo from news release) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to require Medicaid reimbursement...
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Under new masking guidance, CDC says people in all but 18 Kentucky counties should still wear masks in indoor public spaces
Centers for Disease Control map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has relaxed...
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Pandemic state of emergency would end March 7 under a resolution the state Senate sent to the House on a party-line vote
Sen. Donald Douglas (Legislative photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Senate has sent the House a resolution to end the Covid-19 state of emergency in Kentucky on March...
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Drug companies’ settlement with states and local governments will bring Kentucky $483 million over the next 18 years
Atty. Gen. Daniel Cameron —– The state has finalized a $483 million settlement with four drug companies over their roles in the opioid epidemic, and payments should start in the...
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Senate bill to address the state’s nursing shortage passes its first hurdle, but some say it wouldn’t do enough
Photo illustration via Nolan Group Media —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to address the nursing shortage in Kentucky passed out of a legislative committee Wednesday, but...
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Latest Covid-19 surge seems over in Kentucky, but state still has second highest infection rate among states, well into the red zone
Ky. Health News graph from state data; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s pandemic metrics have largely returned to where they were before...
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House passes bill to add incentives and expand Rural Hospital Loan Program to include closed hospitals that reopen
Graphic from Gov. Andy Beshear’s December press conference —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to update the Kentucky Rural Hospital Loan Program to add incentives and include...
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Herd immunity from Covid-19? Not likely. Herd resistance? Yes.
Modern Healthcare illustration —– A recent report estimated that 73 percent of Americans have immunity to the coronavirus, either from being infected by it or by getting vaccinated against it. That has made...
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Most Covid-19 numbers in Kentucky continue to trend down, but our infection rate still ranks second among the states
Ky. Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New coronavirus cases and the percentage of...
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Health advocates say state government needs to do a lot more about tobacco, including letting local governments regulate sales
Map by Bridging Research Efforts & Advocacy Toward Healthy Environments, University of Kentucky —– As the state legislature ponders allowing local governments to again regulate tobacco sales, the Lexington Herald-Leader has produced a...