Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Bill to protect independent pharmacies from benefit managers moves after changes; insurers say it would increase premiums
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to set new controls on commercial pharmacy-benefit managers was approved by a Senate committee on March 14 as a measure scheduled to...
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ED visits, hospitalizations for respiratory disease decline in state
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s influenza levels remain elevated, but are declining, and hospitalizations for overall respiratory illness are moderate and declining, according to the state Department for...
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U of L’s new hospital in Bullitt County is now open
Kentucky Health News The University of Louisville opened its UofL Health–South Hospital Monday, March 18, with a community breakfast, open house, and a ceremonial ribbon-cutting with Gov. Andy Beshear at...
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Events, trends, issues, ideas and independent journalism about health care and health in Kentucky, from the Institute for Rural Journalism at the University of Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In what the sponsor calls a bill to “clean some things up,” more restrictions are being added to the state’s medical-marijuana law and provisions...
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Kentucky Children’s Hospital at UK opens center to treat children who are harmed by abuse and neglect, in which Ky. ranks 14th
By Hilary Brown University of Kentucky Representatives from Kentucky Children’s Hospital and the nonprofit foundation Kosair for Kids cut the ribbon recently on the Kosair for Kids Center for Safe &...
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State Senate restores most Medicaid cuts made in the House
By Deborah Yetter Kentucky Lantern The state Senate has largely eliminated cuts to Medicaid that were proposed in the House budget. A top state official had warned the House plan...
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Anthem loses court fight to keep managing Medicaid for 172,000
Kentucky Health News Anthem Kentucky has failed in its attempt to remain as the manager of Medicaid coverage for about 170,000 Kentuckians, because the Kentucky Supreme Court deadlocked on the insurance...
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Baptist settles dispute with Humana but not United and WellCare
By Deborah Yetter Kentucky Lantern Baptist Health and Humana have ended a months-long standoff over Kentuckians with health coverage through Medicare Advantage and commercial insurance plans, the companies said Thursday,...
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Physician who treats only seniors endorses CDC recommendation that everyone over 65 should get a Covid-19 booster this spring
By Laurie Archbald-Pannone Associate professor of medicine and geriatrics, University of Virginia In my mind, the spring season will always be associated with Covid-19. In spring 2020, the federal government...
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Website that helps Kentuckians find addiction treatment now helps them find naloxone, the drug that reverses opioid overdoses
Kentucky Health News The state’s FindHelpNowKy.org website, which helps Kentuckians find addiction treatment, now also can help them find places to get naloxone, which reverses opioid overdose. The website, which...