Tag: hospitals
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Medicaid’s move to managed care delayed until Nov. 1; hospitals need more time to sign contracts
The move to managed care, which the state has touted as the answer to improve the quality of its Medicaid system and solve a budget deficit, has been delayed by...
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Is University Hospital public? Attorney general will decide; merger proposal raises question of church-state separation
Attorney General Jack Conway has been asked to decide “whether University Hospital is a public institution — an issue in the controversial plan to merge the University of Louisville’s main...
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Frontier Nursing Service sells Mary Breckinridge Hospital to Appalachian Regional Healthcare
Following the nationwide trend of independent hospitals joining larger organizations in order to stay viable, and ending an era, Hyden’s Mary Breckinridge Hospital has been acquired by Appalachian Regional Healthcare....
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UK Hospital gets below average marks on patient satisfaction, infections; data on your local hospital are available online
Despite $900 million being invested in expanding the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital, its patients at do not seem all that happy with the care they receive there. In an...
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Markey Cancer Center at UK says its patients have higher survival rates than those treated elsewhere in Ky. and the nation
“Patients at the University of Kentucky‘s Markey Cancer Center who have certain types of cancer have higher rates of survival than patients with the same cancers treated elsewhere in the...
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The Courier-Journal, continuing to explore Louisville hospital merger, says many more questions still need answering
The proposed merger of the University of Louisville hospital with Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Healthcare and with St. Joseph Health System of Lexington, which follows the teachings of the...
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At Nov. 11 conference in Lexington, Health Watch USA will focus on health-care transparency, patient advocacy
Health-care transparency and patient advocacy will be the focus at the 2011 Health Watch USA 2011 conference Nov. 11 in Lexington. Topics will include hospital-acquired infections and the importance of...
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Baptist Hospital East would allow U of L docs to perform tubal ligations there after merger with Catholic system
Since the merger between Jewish Hospital, University Medical Center and Saint Joseph Health Systems will prevent female patients from getting their tubes tied there — because St. Joseph is owned...
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Jewish Hospital cuts 155 jobs, reflecting national trend of patients deferring treatment for economic reasons
In the face of a bad economy and people putting off health care to save money, Jewish Hospital is cutting 155 positions at its downtown Louisville facility. The move is...
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U of L physicians’ group drops open-records appeal, but C-J may still not get records
An organization representing University of Louisville doctors who were trying to keep their financial records private dropped its lawsuit appealing an adverse open-records decision Tuesday. In April, Attorney General Jack...