States with top 10 average yearly per-capita expenditure on prescriptions. ( The Senior List) A new analysis shows how much the ...
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Judge rules foundation that pays UK doctors and bills patients is a public agency and must follow the Kentucky Open Records Act -HEALTHYLIVE
A Fayette Circuit Court judge has ruled that the Kentucky Medical Services Foundation , which bills patients and collects millions of dollar...
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Pineville hospital is cut off by Medicare and Medicaid, which in 2015 accounted for 93% of its patient days; city seeking rescue-HEALTHYLIVE
A temporary banner, using the typeface of Americore Health, is draped over the sign for Pineville Community Hospital. (Photo by Ant...
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Nine Johnson County Middle School students get Healthy Policy Champion award for efforts to curb youth use of e-cigarettes-HEALTHYLIVE
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has named nine Johnson County Middle School students as the latest Healthy Kentucky Policy Champions...
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Evolent Health to buy 70% of Passport Health Plan; will continue to serve the company's more than 300,000 Medicaid beneficiaries -HEALTHYLIVE
Evolent Health , a for-profit national health management company, has agreed to purchase Passport Health Plan , the struggling, nonprofit Me...
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Study finds flavors in e-cigs can damage cells that are critical for a healthy heart; cinnamon and menthol flavors were the most toxic-HEALTHYLIVE
Healthline.com photo Flavors used in electronic cigarettes damage the cells that line the inside walls of blood vessels, which ul...
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Kentucky Hospital Association asks federal appeals court to uphold state plan for work rules in Medicaid-HEALTHYLIVE
The Kentucky Hospital Association has filed a formal statement with the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit asking it to ...
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Doctors worry FDA can't ensure quality of foreign generics; 80% of active ingredients in U.S. drugs come from India or China-HEALTHYLIVE
Adobe illustration adapted by The Boston Globe Some U.S. doctors worry that the federal government is not doing a good job of pol...
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Ky ranks in top 10 for adverse childhood experiences; $200,000 grant will address child trauma in Lake Cumberland area-HEALTHYLIVE
The Louisville-based Bounce Coalition has been awarded $200,000 to work with Russell County Schools and the Lake Cumberland District Heal...
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Most women with heart disease don't get enough exercise; heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women in U.S. -HEALTHYLIVE
More than half of women in the United states with heart disease aren't getting enough physical activity, and that number has increased o...
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Health cabinet says it will revise proposed rule that would have banned tattooing over scars, due to 'unintended consequences'-HEALTHYLIVE
WFPL photo After almost two weeks of mystery, speculation and complaints, the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services has e...
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Kentucky dropped one spot in latest America's Health Rankings Report for seniors, to 49th; ranked last in health outcomes-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A new report shows that Kentucky continues to be one of the worst states in which to grow old, wh...
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Kentucky schools lack immunization certificates for thousands of children, worry about immuno-compromised students and staff-HEALTHYLIVE
American Academy of Family Physicians photo A Louisville Courier Journal analysis found that as of March, the Jefferson County P...
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Bevin and Trump agencies argue work requirements in other public-assistance programs pave the way for likewise in Medicaid-HEALTHYLIVE
The administrations of President Trump and Gov. Matt Bevin argue that Kentucky's proposed Medicaid program, which includes work and othe...
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Chronic disease can lead to mental-health issues, especially among seniors in isolated rural areas like Casey County-HEALTHYLIVE
"Rural America has some of the highest rates of chronic disease in the nation – the more remote a community, the more heart disease, c...
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Ky. has new tool to track the ongoing changes to its Medicaid program, including county-by-county enrollment numbers-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky has a new website that shows an up-to-date timeline of all the changes in the state's Medicaid program since 2014; provides lin...
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Ky. has new tool to track the ongoing changes to its Medicaid program that includes county-by-county enrollment numbers-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky has a new website that shows an up-to-date timeline of all the changes in the state's Medicaid program since 2014; provides lin...
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McConnell files bill to raise legal age to buy tobacco products to 21, with some provisions Kentucky health advocates wanted-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell today introduced his promised bill to raise t...
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McConnell introduces bill to lower legal age for buying tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to 18 from 21-HEALTHYLIVE
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell today introduced his promised bill to raise to 21 from 18 the legal age to buy tobacco products in th...
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Study suggests kids with hypertension more likely to have heart disease as adults; Ky. teens 3rd in U.S. in top risk factor, obesity-HEALTHYLIVE
Parents.com photo By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Just like adults, children can have high blood pressure. The only w...
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Most Ky. hospitals got an average patient safety score, one failed; low scoring hospitals have increased risk of "avoidable death" -HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News For the second grading period in a row, a nonprofit group that rates hospitals has given Cs to mo...
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