Tag: hospitals
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In Pineville, a new administrator from a Texas management firm is shaking up the local hospital in an effort to save it
Kentucky Health News The crisis in rural hospitals is driven not only by changes in federal reimbursement and patients’ increasing preference for larger hospitals, but in some towns by managerial...
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Bevin gets bill to create third-party appeals process for denied Medicaid claims, which sponsor says are all too common
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to create an independent process for Kentucky health-care providers to appeal claims denied by Medicaid managed-care organizations is on its way to...
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Bill for review of medical lawsuits dies from special elections
A bill that would create panels of experts to review lawsuits against health-care providers is going nowhere, again. State Senate President Robert Stivers said Friday that he and other leaders...
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UK HealthCare’s nursing program regains ‘magnet’ status
The University of Kentucky medical center has regained magnet status, which is the highest institutional honor for nursing care, after four years without it, according to a UK news release. The honor comes...
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UK medical school says it will establish satellite in Bowling Green, expand Morehead program, add Ashland hospital to it
Citing doctor shortages in rural areas, the University of Kentucky is starting a satellite medical school in Bowling Green and expanding its medical-education program in Morehead. UK will partner with Western...
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Glasgow hospital buys bankrupt one in Columbia, stops admitting patients, seeks behavioral-health unit; bad management blamed
The bankrupt Westlake Regional Hospital in Columbia is now called T.J. Health Columbia, after its purchase last week by T.J. Samson Community Hospital of Glasgow. The lack of the word...
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Pineville Community Hospital restructures debt and creates a geriatric psychiatric unit; 326 jobs saved and 12 new ones created
A combination of local, state and federal efforts have saved more than 300 Pineville Community Hospital jobs and created 12 new ones, according to a Kentucky Highlands Investment Corp. news release....
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Parent firm of Medical Center at Bowling Green takes over bankrupt Albany hospital, adding to its regional network
“Commonwealth Health Corp. has assumed management of Clinton County Hospital effective immediately,” Alyssa Harvey reports for the Bowling Green Daily News. The parent firm of The Medical Center at Bowling...
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KentuckyOne Health promoting whole-food, plant-based diet, named No. 1 for heart health by U.S. news panel of experts
One in every eight Kentuckians suffers from diabetes, and the state ranks 12th in adult obesity, with 31.6 percent of its adults obese and 39 percent suffering high blood pressure,...
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Stephanie Mayfield Gibson, former state health commissioner, assumes new role at KentuckyOne Health
Stephanie Mayfield Gibson Former state health commissioner Stephanie Mayfield Gibson has joined the leadership team of KentuckyOne Health to coordinate its population health initiatives, according to a KentuckyOne Health news release....