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Agency that handles Medicare and Medicaid says it will propose a rule next spring for minimum levels of staffing in nursing homes
Photo from RTI.org —– Efforts to require minimum levels of nursing-home staffing, which have failed in Kentucky and some other states, are now focused on the federal level, where the...
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Seven Healthy Kentucky Champions named by Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky; finalists for Friedell Award to be given Oct. 17
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has announced its 2022 class of Healthy Kentucky Champions. The awards recognize individuals dedicated to improving the health of Kentuckians at a community level or state...
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Judge says UK should repay money to patients whose debts it ‘improperly’ referred to state Revenue Department for collection
Judge Thomas Wingate —– A judge has ruled that the University of Kentucky “improperly used the Kentucky Department of Revenue and state tax statutes to collect unpaid bills from patients,” reports Monica Kast of the Lexington Herald-Leader:...
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Health insurers offer $25 gift card and unlimited-ride wristbands to people getting a Covid-19 shot at the Kentucky State Fair
At the Kentucky State Fair, the Kentucky Association of Health Plans is giving free, unlimited-ride wristbands and $25 gift cards (while supplies last) to attendees who go to booth B419 in the...
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Cameron urges Louisville schools to end their mask mandate
Daniel Cameron —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Daniel Cameron is urging Jefferson County school officials to end their mask mandate and telling them that he is...
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Meth use dramatically increases odds of nonfatal overdose among rural drug users, whether used with opioids or by itself
Nearly 80 percent of recreational drug users in rural areas have taken methamphetamines in the past month, according to a newly published study that included Kentucky. That’s concerning, because meth use greatly...
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Kentucky continues have the nation’s highest rate of new Covid-19 cases, even though case numbers dropped 7.9% last week
New York Times map shows Kentucky continues to be the national hot spot. Click to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New coronavirus cases in Kentucky have gone up...
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Keynote speaker at harm-reduction summit calls for not requiring abstinence for drug users to get access to ‘recovery capital’
Alex Elswick —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Helping people in addiction recovery meet their basic needs should not focus on abstinence, but instead should be provided along the...
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Broad symposium on rural-health issues to be held at UK Aug. 26
Health-care practitioners and people interested in rural health policy are invited to attend a wide-ranging symposium on rural health issues Friday, Aug. 26, at the University of Kentucky. UK’s Rural and...
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CJ visits Illinois abortion clinic; Bristol clinic closer to much of Ky.
Supporters post signs at the Tennessee Clinic, above, and the new Virginia clinic. (Photo by Sam Whitehead, Kaiser Health News) —– With almost all abortions illegal in Kentucky, at least for...