Tag: Medicare
-
Physicians say they dislike regulations on use of electronic health records, but they don’t want to go back to paper records
Doctors say use of electronic health records is one factor contributing to physician dissatisfaction because it interferes with patient care, says a new study. Surveyed physicians blame EHRs for reduced...
-
Smokers shouldn’t get Medicaid or Medicare, says freshman Republican lawmaker who grows tobacco
State Rep. Jonathan Shell of Lancaster, a young Republican who grows tobacco, is against a statewide smoking ban. No surprise there, but how about this: He also says people who...
-
Kentucky poverty rate is fifth highest in U.S., but a larger share of Kentuckians had health insurance in 2012 than in 2011
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News In 2012, as U.S. incomes remained lower and poverty rates higher than in 2007, the year before the recession, Kentucky poverty rates increased and...
-
Ashland hospital lays off another 4 percent, citing lower revenue
King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland is laying off another 4 percent of its payroll and closing satellite centers in Pikeville and Russell, citing lower numbers of patients and reduced...
-
Federal report says many hospitals wouldn’t keep critical-access designation if distance rules were strictly enforced
More than two dozen Kentucky communities still have hospitals because of the critical-access hospital program, in which small, isolated hospitals get higher Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements in return for limiting...
-
Critics say new Medicare rate-setting board has too much power; former budget chief says new system requires it
Critics as diverse as Republican state Rep. Addia Wuchner and former national Democratic chairman and Vermont governor Howard Dean, a physician, are criticizing the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a panel...
-
Obama and allies tout preventive-services and drug benefits of health-reform law to Medicare beneficiaries in Ky.
The federal health-reform law has made drugs more affordable for seniors, broadened coverage for preventive services and made Medicare more solvent, the Obama administration and its allies are pointing out...
-
AMA calls obesity a disease; could spur coverage for treatment
The American Medical Association now recognizes obesity as a disease, which may make it easier for Kentuckians to fight the state’s obesity epidemic by gaining insurance coverage for necessary medical treatment....
-
UK Board of Trustees OKs $31 million plan to outfit another floor of new hospital with eye toward federal certification for heart work
The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees has given UK HealthCare the green light for its $31 million plan to outfit the eighth floor of Pavilion A at UK Chandler...
-
Could Medicare Part D be an inadvertent enabler of prescription drug abuse?
UPDATE, Jan. 7: Medicare proposes giving itself authority to ban abusive prescribers, ProPublica reports. By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News An examination of the Medicare Part D program that Congress...