Tag: prevention
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Beshear vetoes prompt-pay bill but takes several steps to address problems in Medicaid; he and Haynes say it’s working
Gov. Steve Beshear has vetoed the bill designed to make Medicaid managed-care firms pay health-care providers more quickly, but is taking administrative steps to address the issue. Beshear said he...
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State Health Department gets diabetes prevention funding; will focus on prediabetes detection and lifestyle changes
The state Department for Public Health has been awarded a $134,380 federal grant to help reduce high rates of prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes in Kentucky. “Diabetes is a tremendous public health...
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‘Incredible Colon’ to march across the state in Colon Cancer Awareness Month; more than a dozen stops scheduled
A special tour throughout the state of the Incredible Colon — an inflatable model of a human colon, large enough for visitors to walk through it — will promote education...
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Tips to help avoid a preventable return trip to the hospital
Patients too often leave the hospital without knowing how to care for themselves, leading to a preventable return. Here are tips to improve your chances of a successful recovery at...
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It’s not too late to get your flu shot, and getting it could not only help yourself and your family but your neighbors
It’s not too late to get your flu shot, even though the flu has hit earlier and more broadly than usual, experts say. It generally takes about two weeks for...
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Wellness programs looking good as business investments
Businesses should like these numbers a lot: Invest $1, get $3 back. That’s the latest math on the return on employee wellness programs and experts are saying that may just...
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Government says health-reform law to save average Kentuckian with Medicare coverage $5,000 through 2022
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will likely save the average person with traditional Medicare coverage $5,000 from 2010 to 2022,...
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Almost half of Americans did not receive routine preventive care before 2010, study finds
Los Angeles Times graphic by Mel Melcon Though preventive medicine is considered a cornerstone in improving health, nearly half of Americans did not receive routine preventive care before 2010, a...
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First showing of ‘Remaking Rural Health’ is tonight on KET; focuses on people who are making a difference
The spotlight often shines on rural Kentuckians’ alarming health problems, but far less attention goes to the people in those communities who are making a difference. “Remaking Rural Health: A...
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Health reform means millions more will be covered and more illness will be prevented, federal health official says at UK
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News What will the healthvcare system look like in 2020? Assistant Secretary of Health Dr. Howard Koh told a packed house in Lexington Monday that...