Tag: hospitals
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KentuckyOne Health names new board chair and vice chair
KentuckyOne Health has named Richard A. Schultz chair of its board of directors and Jane J. Chiles as vice chair. Schultz succeeds Bob Hewett, who served as chair since KentuckyOne’s...
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U of L gets patents for new cancer treatments, spinal cord treatments and a new bone graft product
The University of Louisville Research Foundation has recently been awarded patents for improved cancer treatments, a new bone graft material, and therapies for spinal cord damage, and two of the...
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Report says hospitals could fund improvements in Ky.’s health
A focus on population health, prevention and wellness is how Kentucky will become a healthier state, and one source for funding these efforts is hospitals, because most nonprofit hospitals are...
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Another rural Ky. hospital will become part of a new group to stay afloat; Glasgow’s hospital is buying Columbia’s bankrupt one
ColumbiaMagazine.com Another rural Kentucky hospital is merging with a larger hospital system in order to keep its doors open. T.J. Regional Health, the parent company of T.J. Samson Community...
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Ky. Rural Health Assn. names state Auditor Adam Edelen “Rural Health Champion” for report on finances of rural hospitals
State Auditor Adam Edelen The Kentucky Rural Health Association has named state Auditor Adam Edelen its first “Kentucky Rural Health Champion” for his special examination of the financial strength of...
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Medicaid expansion brings increased revenue to hospitals, but has also created different financial challenges
Kentucky’s hospitals have seen a $1 billion increase in revenues since the expansion of Medicaid and the launch of Kynect, the state’s health insurance exchange program, but the influx of...
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Clinton County Hospital in Albany gets most of its USDA debt forgiven, but is still in bankruptcy and is seeking a buyer
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has forgiven more than half the debt owed it by the Clinton County Hospital, which has been operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection since last...
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Beshear keeps up defense of Obamacare, McConnell gives only a short rebuttal at State Fair breakfast
Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear and Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell traded views on health-care reform at the Kentucky Farm Bureau‘s country-ham breakfast at the Kentucky State Fair, but McConnell made...
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Patient portals at Leitchfield hospital are breached in cyber attack; officials say it did not involve any data in state system
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center‘s patient portals were the target of a sophisticated cyber attack earlier this year, which may have breached protected patient...
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Man with heavy chicken pox and recent foreign travel prompts Danville hospital to close ER, say very little to local newspaper
Police guard emergency area. (Advocate-Messenger photo) An adult patient with a heavy case of chicken pox and a recent history of international travel prompted Ephraim McDowell Memorial Hospital in Danville...