Tag: state government
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Here’s latest quarterly report of Ky. nursing homes’ deficiencies
In the second quarter of 2011, inspectors found 291 deficiencies in 49 Kentucky nursing homes, nine of which had 10 or more. Rosewood Health Care Center in Bowling Green had...
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State health commissioner retiring after seven years in the job, fighting for public health and expanding its role
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News After dealing with the aftermath of 9/11, an anthrax scare, H1N1 flu, the worst ice storm in Kentucky’s history and a series of budget...
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Louisville’s University Hospital limits care for non-local patients
University Hospital in Louisville has been forced to stop providing some free or deeply discounted care to patients who live outside Jefferson County. The number of low-income patients coming to...
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Fight is on against mosquitoes, West Nile virus after flooding
The fight is on to rid Western Kentucky of a mosquito infestation worsened by recent flooding. Treatment to kill adult mosquitoes began Wednesday night, The Gleaner of Henderson reports. The effort...
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Bidders to manage Medicaid unknown; contracts July 1?
It is not known who bid on taking over the work, but Kentucky is advancing plans to turn Medicaid over to managed-care organizations. The move, which will allow the organizations...
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Counties not allowed to ban pain clinics, attorney general says
County governments are not allowed to prevent pain-management clinics from opening within their limits, the state attorney general’s office has found. “Because such local ordinances infringe on the state’s right...
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New website shows how federal health reform will affect Kentucky
The state has launched an official website containing information about how Kentucky will implement the federal health care reform law, also called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The site...
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State and school employees and retirees hit obstacles when seeking mental health treatment; doctor blames Humana
State government and school employees in Kentucky have trouble seeing a psychiatrist because of Humana Inc.‘s low reimbursement rates and unrealistic requests for paperwork, an op-ed piece in the Lexington...
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State gives six residential substance-abuse centers federal money for operating costs
First Lady Jane Beshear Tuesday presented $1.5 million in funding for six Recovery Kentucky substance-abuse centers, further securing the program started in Republican Ernie Fletcher’s administration, and attending a ceremonial...
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Cabinet seeks proposals for managed-care Medicaid services
Acting on Gov. Steve Beshear’s promise to moved to managed care for Medicaid recipients in order to lower costs, implemented by the recent special session of the General Assembly, the Cabinet...