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As health departments face crippling pension costs, unless lawmakers intervene, health boss promotes a new model for them
Without a reprieve from pension-contribution rules, 42 county health departments will close in the next year, and 22 more will the following year, says the Department of Public Health, which...
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Medicare-Medicaid agency’s annual ratings of 94 Ky. hospitals gives the lowest score to six; only one got the highest ranking
Screenshot of Medicare’s Hospital Compare website —– The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released its Overall Hospital Star Ratings for 2019, which offer a snapshot of the quality of the hospitals...
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Judge rules foundation that pays UK doctors and bills patients is a public agency and must follow the Kentucky Open Records Act
Kentucky.com photo —– A Fayette Circuit Court judge has ruled that the Kentucky Medical Services Foundation, which bills patients and collects millions of dollars for UK HealthCare doctors, is a public agency and...
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Pineville hospital is cut off by Medicare and Medicaid, which in 2015 accounted for 93% of its patient days; city seeking rescue
A temporary banner, using the typeface of Americore Health, is draped over the sign for Pineville Community Hospital. (Photo by Anthony Cloud, Middlesboro Daily News) —– The federal government has cut...
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Evolent Health to buy 70% of Passport Health Plan; will continue to serve the company’s more than 300,000 Medicaid beneficiaries
Evolent Health, a for-profit national health management company, has agreed to purchase Passport Health Plan, the struggling, nonprofit Medicaid insurer based in Louisville. Evolent, which has provided services and staff to...
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Kentucky Hospital Association asks federal appeals court to uphold state plan for work rules in Medicaid
The Kentucky Hospital Association has filed a formal statement with the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit asking it to uphold the state’s proposed work and other “community engagement”...
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Ky. ranks in top 10 for adverse childhood experiences; $200,000 grant will address child trauma in Lake Cumberland area
The Louisville-based Bounce Coalition has been awarded $200,000 to work with Russell County Schools and the Lake Cumberland District Health Department to help children who deal with violence, addiction and other trauma. The Foundation for...
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Ky. has new tool to track the ongoing changes to its Medicaid program, including county-by-county enrollment numbers
Screenshot showing example of looking up county-by-county data on the Kentucky Medicaid Tracker —– Kentucky has a new website that shows an up-to-date timeline of all the changes in the...
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McConnell files bill to raise legal age to buy tobacco products to 21, with some provisions Kentucky health advocates wanted
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell talks tobacco. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell today introduced his promised bill to raise to...
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Most Ky. hospitals got an average patient safety score, one failed; low scoring hospitals have increased risk of “avoidable death”
The Leapfrog Group Hospital Safety Grade website is easy to use and offers information on 52 Kentucky hospitals. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News For the second grading period...