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Sunday, January 17, 2016

If you're having surgery, there are things you can do to make sure it's successful; topic of online discussion Wednesday, Jan. 20

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Will you be having surgery soon? Did you know that you can help make sure it is completely successful? "How Patients Can Make Their ...
Saturday, January 16, 2016

Seeing statewide smoking ban unlikely, Grayson County group asked Fiscal Court for a local one; only one magistrate favored it

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By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The efforts to pass smoking bans in Kentucky continue on three fronts: in the General Assembly, for a s...
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Bill requiring high-school students to learn CPR goes to Senate floor; House has passed similar legislation in previous sessions

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UPDATE: SB33 passed the state House on consent March 28 and now heads to the governor's desk for his signature.  UPDATE:     SB33 pas...

Medicaid revision will involve the old struggle between personal responsibility and how to care for the poor, C-J reporters write

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Kentucky has been a national testing ground for federal health reform, but "may soon test something more fundamental – the age-old str...
Friday, January 15, 2016

Bevin gives much lower estimate for ending Kynect, says Medicaid expansion depends on agreement with federal officials

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Gov. Matt Bevin (Photo via www.bizjournals.com) Gov. Matt Bevin said it will only cost the state "one to two million dollars at t...

Unique clinic at Anderson County Health Department, started to help Medicaid patients, risks closing due to Medicaid's slow pay

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The Anderson County Health Department 's walk-in clinic, the only one of its kind in the state and maybe the nation, might have to clos...

Kindred agrees to pay $125 million for Medicare fraud claims against subsidiaries it bought after most wrongdoing occurred

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Louisville-based Kindred Healthcare Inc. has agreed to pay $125 million to settle federal allegations that it knowingly submitted false...
Thursday, January 14, 2016

Humana says claims from Obamacare plans will exceed premiums paid; still determining size of loss

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Louisville-based Humana Inc. said it expects its medical claims will exceed the premiums collected on its Affordable Care Act plans in 201...

Attorney General Andy Beshear says dismantling Kynect, which his father created as governor, would be 'really bad policy'

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Attorney General Andy Beshear Attorney General Andy Beshear, whose father former Gov. Steve Beshear implemented Kynect , the state...
Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Deadline to buy health insurance and avoid penalty is Sunday, Jan. 31; a relative few people may qualify for exemptions

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By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentuckians have until Jan. 31 to sign up for subsidized health insurance through Kynect , the s...

January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month; here are some lifestyle tips to help avoid them

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Kentucky's Department of Public Health is working to raise awareness to help prevent birth defects this January during National Birth D...
Monday, January 11, 2016

Bevin gives feds required one-year advance notice that he will shut Kynect health-insurance exchange, move to federal site

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Bevin (Photo: Alton Strupp, C-J) Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has given federal officials the required one-year notice needed to shut do...