Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Beshear vetoes prompt-pay bill but takes several steps to address problems in Medicaid; he and Haynes say it’s working
Gov. Steve Beshear has vetoed the bill designed to make Medicaid managed-care firms pay health-care providers more quickly, but is taking administrative steps to address the issue. Beshear said he...
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Confused or concerned about the impact of health reform on Kentucky businesses? There’s a seminar for that.
To address possible confusion or concern of business people and the public about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare,” health-care reform experts will address its impact on...
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Death rates for heart and pneumonia patients at critical-access hospitals are rising nationally, study finds
Death rates are rising at rural critical-access hospitals for Medicare patients who have heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia, according to a study published in the Journal of the American...
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It’s Autism Awareness Month; do you know the warning signs?
The University of Kentucky hosted the state’s first Light It Up Blue event by illuminating Memorial Hall with blue lights on April 2nd, and this event is a unique global initiative that...
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UK Healthcare says it must get even bigger, and expand its market area, to provide needed services to Kentucky
By Molly Burchett and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The University of Kentucky‘s health-care system has grown by leaps and bounds in the last decade, becoming one of the state’s...
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Attorney general says UK should hand over records on children’s heart surgeries, which have been suspended pending review
Attorney General Jack Conway has ruled that the University of Kentucky hospital violated the state Open Records Act by refusing to give a reporter for the university-owned radio station records...
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Kentuckians tell pollsters they are concerned about air quality, but don’t seem to put their concern into action
A recent poll shows that more than half of Kentucky adults, especially women, are concerned about air quality in their community, but only 48 percent say they change their behavior...
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Public Health Week theme: It’s a good investment, saving lives and money
April 1-7 is National Public Health Week, and the Kentucky Department for Public Health is working to raise awareness and help people live longer, healthier lives by promoting the 2013...
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Will Kentucky expand Medicaid, and if so, how?
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Kentucky is one of the last states to decide whether to expand Medicaid under federal health reform, and now that the General Assembly has...
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Senate sends bill for prompt payment by managed-care firms to Beshear, who won’t say whether he will sign or veto it
A bill aimed at resolving payment disputes between medical providers and Medicaid managed-care companies passed unanimously Monday in the Senate, and has been sent to Gov. Steve Beshear for his...