Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
“Kentucky’s drug crisis has affected the workforce, causing higher turnover, bringing additional costs to train new employees and fueling employee thefts,” Bill Estep reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader. Research shows that...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the Cabinet for Health and Family Services scrambles to deal with the fall-out from a court ruling that vacated the state’s new Medicaid plan, which was set...
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News One of the major objections to Gov. Matt Bevin’s changes in Medicaid was that people who are covered by the program’s...
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News A federal judge has blocked Kentucky’s new Medicaid plan, which was to go into effect Sunday, July 1. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg of...
State health officials say the hepatitis A outbreak in Kentucky is the worst ever, and the crisis isn’t over. “It’s the worst on record across the nation and in Kentucky,”...
Kentucky’s cigarette tax just went up 83 percent, from 60 cents per pack to $1.10 a pack. Anti-smoking and health advocates hope the 50-cent increase, effective Sunday, will prompt smokers...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state’s new health secretary moved from a policy job that he loved to one that puts him squarely into a position of delivering...
A doctor, a psychiatrist, a chiropractor, a medical assistant and six other people in Louisville and Cave City have been indicted as part of a federal crackdown on health-care fraud...
As Kentucky continues to struggle with the health and economic impacts of the opioid epidemic, the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky‘s 16th annual health policy forum will explore medical marijuana...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Fireworks are often synonymous with the Fourth of July 4, but they are also a common cause of injury, so the state Division of Fire...