Tag: hospitals
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Women leading Kentucky health: State health commissioner sees ‘stars aligned’ for Kentucky to finally get healthier
Health Commissioner Stephanie Mayfield Gibson This is the third in a series of stories about four high-ranking female state officials who have guided the state’s embrace of the Patient Protection...
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Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation and Verizon team up to help certain patients with chronic diseases monitor their health
Verizon and the Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation have teamed up to help select patients who have a chronic disease manage their condition from home, according to a press release from KentuckyOne...
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Medicaid expansion has dramatically reduced share of uninsured in most counties; some legislators worry about future cost
The expansion of Medicaid under federal health reform has greatly reduced the number of Kentuckians without health insurance, but state legislators are wary of its future cost. Medicaid Commissioner Lawrence...
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Hospitals say too many of the newly insured are using emergency rooms for primary care; state says it’s working on the problem
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More people with health insurance, a shortage of primary-care physicians and a steep learning curve for the newly insured all add up to more...
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As Edelen begins hearings on rural hospitals’ finances, state gives figures on Medicaid expansion and reimbursement
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The expansion of the federal-state Medicaid program funneled $284 million to Kentucky health-care providers in the first quarter of the year, the state Cabinet...
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Paducah Baptist and Ashland hospitals ‘above average’ in Consumer Reports’ ratings of hospitals for heart surgery
Baptist Health Paducah(formerly Western Baptist Hospital) By Melissa Landon Kentucky Health News Consumer Reports has reported ratings of hospitals for heart-valve and coronary artery bypass surgery based on hospitals’ reports to...
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Doctors in emergency rooms say they are busier since Obamacare began; hospitals struggle to handle extra patients
Nearly half of emergency-room doctors say their ERs have seen an increase in patients since health reform went into effect, and 86 percent say they expect the increase to continue,...
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Elizabethtown cancer clinic pays $3.7 million to resolve claims it diluted drugs, prolonged chemotherapy to make more money
Elizabethtown Hematology Oncology PLC and its owners has paid $3,739,325 to settle claims “that they submitted false claims for payment to the Medicare, Medicaid and the military’s medical provider for extending...
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Louisville VA hospital defends itself after veteran claims she waited six months for care
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2014/05/23/louisville-va-defends-care-vet-claims-month-wait/9508979/
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Psychiatric patients’ demand for emergency-room care presents a problem the Affordable Care Act won’t solve
Psychiatric patients’ demand for emergency-room care has been a concern in hospitals, and it’s going to get worse. Even though ERs are not properly equipped to help psychiatric patients, people...