Category: YOUR HEALTH
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New rule allows Medicare to drop doctors for irresponsible prescribing
Medicare physicians who prescribe drugs in abusive ways can now be expelled by the federal government, Charles Ornstein reports for ProPublica. This increased oversight of Medicare Part D prescribers could help decrease...
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Ashland hospital agrees to pay $40.9 million to settle charges it defrauded Medicare and Medicaid for six years
“King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland has agreed to pay $40.9 million to settle allegations that it fraudulently billed federally-funded health care programs for hundreds of unnecessary heart procedures” from...
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Tobacco heritage blocks smoking bans in rural Kentucky
“A mural showing a tobacco harvest has been on display high in the second-floor rotunda of the Bourbon County Courthouse for than 100 years,” Mary Meehan writes. (Herald-Leader photo) Bourbon County’s strong...
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Louisville VA hospital defends itself after veteran claims she waited six months for care
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2014/05/23/louisville-va-defends-care-vet-claims-month-wait/9508979/
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Centers for Disease Control honors Lexington physician for her work in promoting immunizations in Kentucky
Grace F. Maguire Grace F. Maguire, medical director of the Thomas H. Pinkstaff Medical Home Clinic in Lexington, has been named 2014 Childhood Immunization Champion in Kentucky by the federal Centers for...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky seeks nominations for its board and Community Advisory Committee by June 30
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is accepting nominations for qualified persons to join its board of directors and its Community Advisory Committee. The 15-member board is responsible for preserving...
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McConnell presses Democratic foe Grimes to say how she feels about Obamacare, but won’t bite on questions about Kynect
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News At his first press conference after winning the Republican nomination for a sixth term, U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell pressed Democratic nominee Alison Lundergan Grimes...
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Summer and water recreation offer fun and risk at the same time; prevention is the key to decrease the risk
One of the best parts of summer is splashing in a pool, playing in the back yard sprinkler or swimming in a lake or stream, but recreational water activity always...
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Most Kentucky Medicaid members are allowed to switch managed-care organizations until June 18
Kentucky citizens with traditional Medicaid coverage may switch to a different managed-care organization (MCO) until June 18, Kentucky Voices for Health Board Chair Sheila Schuster notes in a press release....
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Psychiatric patients’ demand for emergency-room care presents a problem the Affordable Care Act won’t solve
Psychiatric patients’ demand for emergency-room care has been a concern in hospitals, and it’s going to get worse. Even though ERs are not properly equipped to help psychiatric patients, people...