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By Al Cross Kentucky Health News State officials reversed course Thursday and said they would resume paying dental, vision and non-emergency medical transportation costs for 460,000 Kentuckians on expanded Medicaid....
Federal officials say they will hold another round of public comment on the Kentucky Medicaid plan that was blocked by a federal judge and sent back to them for more...
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is seeking suggestions for topics and questions in the next Kentucky Health Issues Poll. The deadline for suggestions is close of business Aug. 1....
Kentucky is in the third week without dental, vision or non-emergency transportation benefits for 460,000 Kentucky adults on Medicaid, and Democratic lawmakers, health advocates and dentists are continuing to voice...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s new plan for oral health calls for the state to expand the role of public-health hygienists, find other ways to expand the dental...
Kentucky is one of the states that will get an extra federal prosecutor to fight the spread of fentanyl, a powerful opioid blamed for an increasing number of overdoses. As...
Kentucky will hold its fifth annual viral hepatitis conference, “Kentucky’s Hepatitis Epidemic: The Role of Professionals in Hepatitis Elimination” July 31 in Lexington, three days after World Hepatitis Day. The...
Editor’s note: U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has been one of the leading advocates of association health plans. By Trudy Lieberman, Rural Health News Service A new health...
It took two years, but Campbell and Kenton counties will finally launch their syringe exchange programs the week of July 23. The new mobile exchanges will be run by the Northern...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Three advocacy groups have asked the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to reject recent changes to Kentucky’s Medicaid program that took dental, vision and non-emergency...