Tag: open government
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Attorney general, stiffed again by UK’s refusal to let it examine heart-clinic records, says university violated Open Records Act
Attorney General Andy Beshear has ruled that the University of Kentucky violated the state Open Records Act by not giving the Lexington Herald-Leader records about a Hazard heart clinic that...
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UK appeals attorney-general rulings that say doctors’ foundation and compensation committee are public agencies
The University of Kentucky has appealed to Fayette Circuit Court two attorney general’s rulings that the foundation that bills for and pays UK doctors and the UK HealthCare Compensation Planning...
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UK pays big to settle a health-care debacle but keeps almost all details under wraps; Herald-Leader says trustees should worry
“The University of Kentucky has spent more than $5 million in the last year to fix federal billing issues involving a Hazard cardiology practice it acquired three years ago, but...
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Medicare ratings for nursing homes rely heavily on self-reported data; recent inspection data are available elsewhere
Next time you look at Medicare’s ratings for nursing homes, be aware that most of the information used to make the ranking is based on self-reported data and is not...
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Courier-Journal editorial says Beshear must set Cabinet for Health and Family Services right on child-abuse records
The Courier-Journal published a remarkable editorial Sunday excoriating the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for the high level of secrecy in which it has enveloped cases of children who...
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Herald-Leader blasts UK for secrecy surrounding children’s heart program and its efforts to rebuild it despite nearby competition
The Lexington Herald-Leader blasted the University of Kentucky in an editorial Sunday for “stonewalling questions about the decision to halt pediatric cardiothoracic surgeries and the mysterious sidelining of Dr. Mark...
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Petition drive from parents asks UK Healthcare to release mortality rates for cardiothoracic surgeries on children
More than 250 people have signed a petition asking the University of Kentucky hospital “to make public the mortality rates for pediatric cardiothoracic surgery patients from 2010, 2011 and 2012,”...
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Chief of cardiothoracic surgery and pediatric heart program at UK, suspended from surgeries, takes job in Florida
Dr. Mark Plunkett, the chief University of Kentucky cardiothoracic surgeon whose surgery program was suspended last year for unspecified reasons, has accepted a new job a the University of Florida....
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Attorney general says UK should hand over records on children’s heart surgeries, which have been suspended pending review
Attorney General Jack Conway has ruled that the University of Kentucky hospital violated the state Open Records Act by refusing to give a reporter for the university-owned radio station records...
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Judge rules University of Louisville’s hospital is public and subject to Open Records Act; it may appeal
The University of Louisville‘s hospital is a public entity, a Jefferson Circuit Court judge has ruled in a lawsuit filed to get access to the university’s deals with other health...