Tag: state government; General Assembly
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More complaints lodged about Medicaid managed care; lawmakers demand answers
Complaints continue to pile up about the state’s new Medicaid managed care plans, which cover about 560,000 Kentuckians. Lawmakers are hearing gripes from providers who say they are not getting...
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Shocking realities of prescription pill abuse drive another summit to get everyone in harness to fight it
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News Prescription drug abuse has become so prevalent in parts of Kentucky, people are buying Mason jars of clean urine at flea markets and under...
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Prescription pill abuse summit Wednesday at UK hospital
A prescription pill abuse summit will be Wednesday at the University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital, featuring many notable speakers. They will include: Gov. Steve Beshear; Wilfredo Ferrer, U.S. attorney...
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Home-health industry is the latest to complain about late payments since state switched to managed-care Medicaid
Kentucky’s new Medicaid managed-care system is three months late in making payments to home-health agencies, officials told the House Health and Welfare Committee Thursday. Nurses Registry and Home Health has...
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Lawmakers hear testimony about state’s pill mill problem, discuss whether to put all prescription-drug issues into one bill
With a raid on a pain clinic in Paintsville making headlines yesterday morning, state legislators heard from community leaders and officials telling them to pass legislation to curb the proliferation...
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Meds-for-meth bill could lead to overcrowding at doctors’ office, Hopkinsville hospital official says
Making pseudoephedrine available only by prescription has led to fears of packed waiting rooms in doctors’ offices, Dennis O’Neil writes for Hopkinsville’s Kentucky New Era. (Photo of Sudafed pills by...
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Opponents of meds-for-meth bill hold teleconference
Since they were not given the opportunity to speak at last week’s legislative hearing about a move to make pseudoephedrine available mainly by prescription, opponents held a teleconference yesterday to...
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Require all to have a prescription for pseudoephedrine, or just meth criminals? Officials debate the issue on KET
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News If something isn’t done now about the prevalence of methamphetamine in Kentucky, “We’re going to lose a generation.” That was one of the jarring...
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“Stop Meth, Not Meds,” ad sponsored by drug industry advises
With some legislators saying a law is needed to make the decongestant pseudoephedrine available only by prescription, the Kentucky Healthcare Products Association has launched an advertising campaign to fight the...
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Herald-Leader endorses Sen. Higdon’s pill-mill legislation
A pre-filed bill that would require background checks for people planning to open pain clinics, prohibit convicted felons from running them, and require that a physician in such a clinic...