Tag: health care access
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New outpatient psychiatric clinic in Louisville will accepts most insurance, including some Medicaid, which is not the norm
A new mental health clinic is opening in Louisville that will accept most forms of health insurance, including some Medicaid patients, which most smaller, outpatient psychiatric providers don’t accept, Joe...
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Ky. pharmacists can now fill orders for a lifesaving anti-overdose drug without a doctor’s order, but at greater expense
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Pharmacists across Kentucky can now fill orders for naloxone, including the nasal-spray Kentucky-developed version, used to treat opioid and heroin overdoses, without a prescription....
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Huge infographic offers facts about Kentucky’s oral health
The Kentucky Oral Health Coalition, a project of Kentucky Youth Advocates, recently released an infographic “Word of Mouth: The Importance of Oral Health in Kentucky” to offer some general awareness...
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Law requires equal access to mental-health and drug-abuse treatment, but is not always obeyed; Ky. says it’s working on issue
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News By law, mental health benefits must be offered equally to medical and surgical benefits if the plan offers them, but this isn’t always the...
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KentuckyOne Health is offering mobile screenings for risk of heart attack and stroke, and cancer prevention, for a price
For a price, KentuckyOne Health is offering a new, mobile, preventive screening program at various locations around the state. Screening packages range from $179 to $347 and are designed to...
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Fate of rural hospitals rests in the hands of community members, writes publisher of weekly Crittenden Press in Marion
Just like country grocery stores in rural areas often have to close because community members drive past them to chain stores to save a few cents, rural hospitals will also...
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Plight of woman needing lung transplant, who has fallen through the cracks of the health-care system, gets attention from CNN
Update: CNN reports that Kentucky issued a Medicaid provider number to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and the hospital confirmed that they now have enrolled in Kentucky Medicaid and...
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Poll illustrates how having insurance and access to a health care provider doesn’t mean you can afford the care
Just because a person has appropriate access to a health care provider doesn’t mean they can afford to pay for their services, according to the latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll....
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Most rural hospitals in Kentucky are struggling financially and looking for ways to survive
Most rural hospitals in Kentucky are loosing money, putting them at risk of closing if they don’t find another way to do business, Miranda Combs reports for Lexington’s WKYT-TV. More than 65 percent...
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Regan Hunt, executive director of Kentucky Voices for Health, named national Consumer Health Advocate of the Year
Regan Hunt Regan Hunt, the executive director of Kentucky Voices for Health, has been named Consumer Health Advocate of the Year by Families USA, which calls itself “the national organization for...