Category: YOUR HEALTH
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As with health care reform, dentistry should move from volume to value, report urges
Dentists should be paid according to the outcomes of their patients and should be monitored more closely given that there is great variability and expense when it comes to dental...
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Judge rails against state’s handling of child-abuse records, Beshear’s defense of cabinet
The judge who handled the case of 9-year-old Amy Dye, who was beaten to death last year by her adoptive brother, sent an op-ed piece to several newspapers criticizing Gov....
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Funding substance-abuse treatment for Medicaid recipients could help 6,000 people, official says
If the budget proposed by Gov. Steve Beshear is passed, 6,000 Kentuckians on Medicaid could be treated for substance abuse, ultimately saving the tax system hundreds of thousands of dollars....
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Health departments face more cuts as demand for services grows
More cuts to Kentucky’s public-health system have been proposed at a time when the demand for services is growing, officials say. In his state budget proposal, Gov. Steve Beshear suggested...
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Miller steps down as secretary of embattled state Cabinet for Health and Family Services
The head of the much-beleaguered Cabinet for Health and Family Services has resigned. One of the first appointments of Gov. Steve Beshear, Secretary Janie Miller will step down Feb. 29...
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First showing of ‘Remaking Rural Health’ is tonight on KET; focuses on people who are making a difference
The spotlight often shines on rural Kentuckians’ alarming health problems, but far less attention goes to the people in those communities who are making a difference. “Remaking Rural Health: A...
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2 out of 3 Kentuckians disposing of prescription drugs improperly, poll finds
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News At a summit on prescription drug abuse last week, Attorney General Jack Conway spoke of experiences he’s had talking to middle schoolers about prescription...
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Broad front of officials, health-care leaders hold press conference to promote fighting Rx drug abuse
Representing a united front, policymakers from both sides of the political aisle, law enforcement, medical officials and other leaders stood by Gov. Steve Beshear Monday in support of attacking the...
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Paducah woman went to veterinarians with dog to get pain pills for herself, police say; new twist in prescription drug abuse narrative
Law enforcement agencies are dealing with yet another way drug seekers are trying to get their hands on prescriptions pills — through their pets. In McCracken County, Tonya Rolison, 46,...
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Responding to complaints about new managed-care companies, state auditor asks for claims data; lawmakers threaten subpoena
With complaints piling up about the three Medicaid managed-care companies that coordinate care for 560,000 poor and disabled Kentuckians, lawmakers and officials are taking action to get to the bottom...