The University of Kentucky 's plan to add 120 beds to its hospital moved forward Friday as no one filed a request for a public hearing o...
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UK hospital's request to add 120 beds clears hearing phase; decision now before state officials
The University of Kentucky 's plan to add 120 beds to its hospital moved forward Friday as no one filed a request for a public hearing o...
Deaths from drug overdoses and prescriptions for opiate treatment drugs are both rising, worrying state officials
Despite measures to discourage prescription drug abuse, Kentucky health officials report overdose deaths continue to rise and opioid treatme...
Smoking ban upsets some state workers; entrepreneur starts a van to take some off Human Resources campus to smoke
Broad ban on use of tobacco on state property takes effect, except in Capitol and Annex, where law supersedes policy
"Despite a smoking ban and a tobacco-free campus policy starting Thursday for any of the more than 3,000 state buildings, legislative e...
Carrie Banahan, director of Kynect, is named one of Governing magazine's nine Public Officials of the Year
Kynect enrollment for private, subsidized insurance reopens; previous enrollees should check website and re-enroll
Kentucky meets the diabetes challenge with a comprehensive plan that 15 other states have modeled, advocates say
Kentucky has not simply accepted the dire diabetes statistics that affect so many of its citizens, but instead is meeting this challenge hea...
Millions of children on Medicaid are missing free check-ups; Kentucky is a little below the national average
Millions of low-income children across the country aren't getting free preventive exams and screenings guaranteed by Medicaid, and some ...
Second round of private insurance enrollment under Obamacare starts Nov. 15; rates estimated to rise an average of 4.6%
Public hearing to be held in Bowling Green Sept .19 to discuss fiscal health of Kentucky's rural hospitals
On Sept. 19 in Bowling Green, state Auditor of Public Accounts Adam Edelen will hold the last of 11 public hearings, which have been held ac...
Health-board smoking bans that Supreme Court struck down are still being obeyed: 'Everybody loves it,' advocate says
Grimes and McConnell lay out differences on health reform
By Al Cross and Megan Ingros Kentucky Health News U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell kept attacking federal health-care reform and challenger Alison ...
Women leading Ky. Health: With less than 16 months left, Haynes tries to 'bake in' health reform, managed care, more
Women Leading Kentucky Health: Insurance Commissioner Sharon Clark is key player in making health-reform law work
Women Leading Ky. Health: Exchange Director Carrie Banahan says getting people health insurance is highlight of her career
State gives 5 health departments money for mobile dental-hygiene teams that will examine children at schools; 5 more next year
Using new money in the state budget, the state Department for Public Health has given five local health departments grants to launch mobile...
Daytime mental-health programs shrink, citing problems with managed-care Medicaid; pastoral counselors to be licensed
Access to daytime mental-health care "is on a steep decline in Kentucky, leaving what some fear is a gap in care that isolates the ment...
As Edelen begins hearings on rural hospitals' finances, state gives figures on Medicaid expansion and reimbursement
