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Eula Hall, one of the best friends the poor in Eastern Kentucky ever had, dies at 93; one of the region’s saints, Rep. Rogers says
Hall is the subject of this 2013 book. In the cover photo, she stands in her clinic’s ruins after a fire destroyed it. —– Eula Hall, who founded a clinic...
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Medicare-Medicaid agency rated 74 Kentucky hospitals this year; 20 got one of the top two grades, 28 got one of the bottom two
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released its Hospital Quality Star Ratings for 2021, with new methodology that includes fewer Kentucky hospitals. Of the 74 Kentucky...
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Ky. poll: Most trusted sources for Covid-19 vaccine information are physicians, pharmacists and health-department directors
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News When it comes to information about coronavirus vaccines, polling in late winter showed Kentucky adults overwhelmingly trust their physicians or other health-care providers, followed...
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Rural clinics welcome fix in Medicare change that left some out
Kentucky’s rural health clinics say they welcome a recent fix to a Medicare payment change that was made unexpectedly in the American Rescue Plan Act, the pandemic relief bill passed...
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Fewer than 1,000 Covid-19 vaccinations administered Saturday; groups for and against Beshear’s pandemic orders rally at Capitol
Andrew Cooperrider, a Lexington coffee-shop owner who has led protests against Gov. Andy Beshear’s emergency orders, spoke to a group of his allies in front of a “Don’t Tread on...
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Most Ky. hospitals in patient-safety survey for national nonprofit’s twice-a-year report card again get grade of C; fewer got As
Screenshot of Leapfrog page for Harrison Memorial Hospital in Cynthiana, which moved to a C from an A, shows detail for infection issues and tabs for other issues. For a larger version, click...
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It’s Nurses Month, recognizing the largest segment of health-care workers and the professionals that Americans say they trust most
Donna Meador and Delanor Manson (L-R) —– By Donna Meador and Delanor Manson Kentucky Nurses Association A little more than a year ago, none of us could have imagined anything...
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For second time, judge throws out Medicaid contracts that govern care for 1 in 3 Kentuckians, faulting state bidding process
For the second time, a Frankfort judge has thrown out the state’s $8 billion in Medicaid managed-care contracts, saying many irregularities in the second round of bidding “cast a cloud...
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New federal guidelines will let almost all providers prescribe buprenorphine for opioid-use disorder, a boon to rural Kentucky
Photo by Oregon Health & Science University —– The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday that it will allow most medical providers to prescribe buprenorphine for opioid-use disorder without being...
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Ky. had 3rd highest percentage rose in drug-overdose deaths in the 2020 federal fiscal year; jumped after pandemic hit in March
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention graph, labeled by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Drug-overdose deaths in Kentucky rose 50 percent in 2020, the third...