Tag: health care industry
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Medicare starts to overhaul the way it pays providers, rewarding them for quality, penalizing them for shortcomings
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The Obama administration on Monday set a timeline for historic changes in how it pays doctors, hospitals and other health providers under Medicare, shifting...
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UK’s Gill Heart Institute joins Appalachian Regional Healthcare to advance specialty heart care in Eastern Kentucky
Appalachian Regional Healthcare, the Appalachian Heart Center and UK HealthCare’s Gill Heart Institute announced a new collaboration to deliver cardiovascular care to Eastern Kentuckians, which will extend the UK’s sub-specialty care...
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Health Watch USA hosts chief medical director of Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Lexington and online July 31
Dr. Patrick Conway, chief medical director of the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will be presenting to Kentucky-based Health Watch USA on July 31 at 5 p.m., and...
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U.S. News gives Kosair Children’s Hospital a national ranking; 11 other Kentucky hospitals make ‘high-performing’ list
Each year, U.S. News and World Report publishes its “Best Hospitals” guide for people seeking a high level of specialty care. The only Kentucky hospital to be nationally ranked in...
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Lexington internist, Dr. Ardis Hoven, becomes president of the AMA, the nation’s largest physician organization
Ardis Dee Hoven, M.D., an internal medicine and infectious disease specialist in Lexington, was installed as president of the American Medical Association at its annual meeting Tuesday night in Chicago. The AMA...
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UK Board of Trustees OKs $31 million plan to outfit another floor of new hospital with eye toward federal certification for heart work
The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees has given UK HealthCare the green light for its $31 million plan to outfit the eighth floor of Pavilion A at UK Chandler...
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Reports show impact of health-care industry in each of Kentucky’s 120 counties
It’s not often that such detailed data is broken down to the county level, but a new report looks at the economic impact of the local health-care system in each...
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Kentucky hospitals say they gave back $1.67 billion to their communities in 2010, mostly by absorbing losses and bad debts
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News With the downturn in the economy part of the reason, Kentucky’s hospitals say they gave back a whopping $1.67 billion to their communities in...
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Cost of an MRI in America? $1,080. France? $280. Why? providers ‘largely charge what they can get away with’
Why does getting an MRI in the United States cost $1,080 when it only costs $280 in France? The answer comes down to how the prices are set, reports Ezra...
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A look at the history of U.S. health care and health insurance
Health insurance in the U.S. has some of its roots in the World War II shipyards of Henry J. Kaiser, who built 747 vessels for the Navy. The war made...