Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Kentucky Health News graph, based on unadjusted initial daily reports —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear’s hope for a stabilization in coronavirus cases was crushed Wednesday as he...
Kentucky Health News map, based on CareSource information. It will offer all of its 12 health-insurance plans in other counties; Anthem will offer at least one of its 13 plans...
White House Clinics operates in five counties. —– A group of community health centers in east-central Kentucky will participate a national pilot project to transform at-home health care. The National Association of...
The Commonwealth of Kentucky will get $82,345 as part of a nearly $5 million multi-state settlement with Tennessee-based Community Health Systems for a 2014 data-security breach that affected the personal information of...
State health cabinet map; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The federal government has revised its coronavirus staff testing rules for nursing...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has added more than 250,000 people to its Medicaid rolls since the coronavirus pandemic came to the state in early March, bringing the...
Grant will help three southeastern regions, highlighted by roughly patterned area. —– Kentucky is getting a $7 million federal grant to expand behavioral-health services in 21 Appalachian counties to help...
Kentucky will get $1,929,942 from Anthem Inc. as part of a 43-state settlement for a data security breach that “compromised the personal information of 78.8 million Americans,” said a news release from...
King’s Daughters Hospital has 465 beds, making it one of Kentucky’s largest hospitals. —— By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As a smaller share of Kentuckians tested positive for the...
By Lisa Gillespie Kentucky Health News Kentucky hospitals say they have had collective financial losses of $1.34 billion due to the covid-19 pandemic, with the biggest hit from elective procedures...