Tag: Kentucky Hospital Association
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Sen. Stephen Meredith named Kentucky Hospital Association Legislative Champion
The Kentucky Hospital Association has recognized state Sen. Stephen Meredith as a 2024 KHA Legislative Champion for his outstanding service and leadership in the Kentucky General Assembly. The award was...
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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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Kentucky Hospital Association will be part of a national effort to reduce infections, other acquired conditions, and readmissions
The Kentucky Hospital Association says it will again be part of a national effort to reduce preventable hospital-acquired conditions and readmissions. “Kentucky hospitals work very hard to provide the highest...
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Bevin names hospital association executive Stephen P. Miller to be Kentucky’s new Medicaid commissioner
Stephen P. Miller image from hfmaky.org Gov. Matt Bevin has appointed Stephen P. Miller, a hospital industry executive, as the state’s new Medicaid commissioner “As we work to redesign the...
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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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Bill would require Medicaid managed-care firms to pay contracted fees for ER visits; Senate hearing targets two companies
This story has been updated with comments from Wellcare of Kentucky. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — Managed care is touted as a way to achieve value-based...
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Kentucky Hospital Association backs state smoking ban
The Kentucky Hospital Association on Thursday reiterated its support of smoke-free workplaces and public places throughout the state in hopes that 2015 will be the year that legislators pass a...
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Norton Healthcare chief, Hardin judge-executive, former Lincoln coroner receive awards from Kentucky Hospital Association
The Kentucky Hospital Association gave some awards during its annual convention in Lexington on May 9, according to a KHA press release. Stephen A. Williams, chief executive officer of Norton...
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Kentucky hospitals gave $1.96 billion to communities in 2011, including $576.7 million cover of Medicare, Medicaid shortfalls
In 2011, despite economic and financial obstacles, Kentucky hospitals’ estimated value of benefits to their communities up 17 percent from the year before, to $1.96 billion. So says the Kentucky...
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100 Kentucky hospitals join network to improve patient safety, fight hospital-acquired conditions such as infections
To help hospitals reduce preventable readmissions and hospital-acquired infections, 100 of Kentucky’s 131 hospitals have joined the Kentucky Hospital Association‘s hospital engagement network. The group’s goal is to help hospitals...