Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Knox County Hospital bounces employees’ checks; blames old, bad debt and late Medicaid payments
Debt inherited from previous management and late Medicaid payments caused some Knox County Hospital checks to bounce. Most of the facility’s employees could not cash their checks last Friday afternoon. “It was...
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Legislation to fight pill mills will need to strike balance between law enforcement and medicine, panelists on TV show make clear
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News The legislation meant to crack down on so-called “pill mills” will turn on striking a balance between thwarting prescription drug abuse and making sure...
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Amid legislative action on ‘Larry’s Law,’ report says mentally ill and intellectually disabled don’t belong in personal-care homes
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News As state legislators move to change the procedure for admitting mentally ill patients to personal-care homes, a new report argues those patients shouldn’t be...
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Kentucky hospitals say they gave back $1.67 billion to their communities in 2010, mostly by absorbing losses and bad debts
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News With the downturn in the economy part of the reason, Kentucky’s hospitals say they gave back a whopping $1.67 billion to their communities in...
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How to help your child lose weight? Lose weight yourself
If parents want to help their children lose weight, they should lose weight themselves, a new study shows. “Parents are the most significant people in a child’s environment, serving as...
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A summary of what to expect when the Supreme Court hears arguments about the health-care reform law
How big a deal will it be when the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments about the constitutionality of the new federal health-care reform law later this month? Big, concludes Stuart...
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Ky. recognized for high immunization rate; up 17% since 2007
For having childhood vaccination rates considerably higher than the national average, Kentucky’s Department for Public Health was recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week. Kentucky’s childhood...
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Switch to managed care happened too fast with too little knowledge, former Medicaid commissioner says
States like Kansas are looking at Kentucky as a precautionary tale for what not to do when transitioning to managed care, former Kentucky Medicaid commissioner Shannon Turner told Ryan Alessi...
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Beshear names Audrey Haynes secretary of embattled Cabinet for Health and Family Services
Audrey Tayse Haynes, who is a social worker by training but knows her way around politics, government and the nonprofit world, will be the new secretary of the state Cabinet for...