Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Medically unnecessary procedures are part of culture of disability in Eastern Kentucky, professor writes
St. Joseph London Hospital is taking heat over accusations of performing medically unnecessary cardiac catheterizations and other invasive cardiac procedures, and a look at the health data by a Kentucky...
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Herald-Leader says state running out of time to fix Medicaid managed care, with decision on expansion looming
A recent editorial in the Lexington Herald-Leader called for swift legislative action to fix the problems of Medicaid managed care. Timely action is even more necessary since the state is considering expanding the program,...
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Beshear endorses statewide smoking ban as bill moves to the House floor; Williamsburg adopts its own ban
Gov. Steve Beshear endorsed a statewide smoking ban yesterday at a Frankfort rally to push the bill that would enact the ban. “Beshear, who later acknowledged that he smoked in...
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Frontier Nursing University in Hyden helps bring better family health care to rural America with distance learning
Midwives and nurse practitioners who recently graduated from Frontier Nursing University in Hyden address the unique challenges of rural areas, including shortages of health care providers, by bringing local health care to...
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Senate advances bill to allow Christian heath coverage cooperative back into Kentucky
Without dissent, the state Senate approved a bill Wednesday, Feb. 13, that would grant Christian health cost-sharing organization Medi-Share an exemption from the state’s insurance laws and enable it to...
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28% of Ky. adults 18-64 say they lack health coverage; 41% lacked it sometime in last year; employer coverage down since ’08
Nearly three in 10 working-age adults in Kentucky are not covered by any form of health insurance, and the number who get health insurance from their employer, or their spouse’s...
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Kentucky ranks 10th in nation for injury-related deaths
Injuries are the third leading cause of death nationally, the leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of 1 and 44. Kentucky is among the nation’s most problematic...
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Tips to help avoid a preventable return trip to the hospital
Patients too often leave the hospital without knowing how to care for themselves, leading to a preventable return. Here are tips to improve your chances of a successful recovery at...
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Beshear will expand Medicaid, Democrat and Republican say; D says governor believes the state can opt out if it’s not affordable
State legislators in both parties say they expect Gov. Steve Beshear to expand Medicaid to cover several hundred thousand more Kentuckians who earn up to 138 percent of the federal...
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Nursing homes push for lawsuit protection with fast-moving bill and broadcast ads; newspaper editorials excoriate sponsor, industry
A state Senate committee has approved a bill that would require lawsuits against nursing homes to clear a review panel before going to court, a move that has drawn very...