Tag: hospitals
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Kentucky hospital workforce is rebounding, but remains a “critical issue”
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Kentucky’s non-doctor health care workforce is on the mend, though state hospitals still have thousands of unfilled positions. That’s according to an August report released...
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Louisville’s Our Lady of Peace opens first retail pharmacist-operated, long-acting injection clinic; will mostly treat opioid abuse
Insider Louisville photo Kentucky is again leading the nation in finding ways to combat the...
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Baptist Health lays off 288, loses its CEO amid losses
Steve Hanson Kentucky’s biggest hospital operator, Baptist Health, is going through a shakeup. The not-for-profit firm said last week that it would lay off 288 employees, most of them at...
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KentuckyOne Health parent firm’s debt rating downgraded again; explores merger that would create largest not-for-profit chain
Flaget Memorial Hospital at Bardstown is part of the chain. S&P Global Ratings has cut its debt rating for Catholic Health Initiatives, a nonprofit with KentuckyOne Health hospitals in Louisville, Lexington,...
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Study analysis by Ky. critic of hospital safety estimates more than 200,000 preventable hospital-associated deaths each year
An analysis of two well-controlled studies estimates that the number of preventable hospital-associated deaths are over 200,000 each year, argues a commentary in the Journal of Patient Safety. In an...
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Comparing national ratings that compare Kentucky hospitals
A federal agency, magazines and a consulting group have compiled ratings that allow comparison of hospitals. Now Dr. Kevin Kavanagh of Somerset-based Health Watch USA has compiled the ratings, allowing...
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As patient-safety penalties hit hospitals, expert wonders why they aren’t improving more; could be eliminated by Obamacare repeal
This is the third year federal government will apply penalties to hospitals that fall short of patient safety standards, leading one Consumers Union leader to wonder why hospitals aren’t working...
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Medicare cuts 11 Ky. hospitals for patient-safety issues; repeaters in Louisville, Danville, Hopkinsville, Lexington, Paducah, Florence
The federal government is penalizing 11 Kentucky hospitals for falling short on patient safety in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, two more than last year. Medicare has imposed...
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KentuckyOne Health will no longer manage U of L hospital; executive that helped do the deal gets $1.5 million to go away
The University of Louisville and KentuckyOne Health are ending the joint operating agreement under which KentuckyOne has managed the University Hospital and the James Graham Brown Cancer Center. “The decision...
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Hospitals warn of big hit if Obamacare repeal send them lots more uninsured patients; rural hospitals at more risk
The two big lobbies for hospitals are telling Congress and President-elect Donald Trump, who are planning to repeal and replace President Obama’s health-reform law, that “the government should help hospitals...