Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Jewish Hospital and its Rudd Heart and Lung Center —– Failing to find the partner it says it must have, the University of Louisville has suspended efforts to buy Jewish Hospitaland the other...
Of the six Kentucky facilities on the poor-performers list, only Twin Rivers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Owensboro is getting additional oversight. (Photo from the Owensboro Times) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As health-care costs continue to rise for both employers and employees, one group of researchers says private insurers should move away from how they...
Health columnist Trudy Lieberman —– “One in five patients across the country needs further care after discharge from a hospital,” Rural Health News Service columnist Trudy Lieberman writes. “Many times their families...
Kentucky will hold its sixth annual conference on viral hepatitis on July 31 in Lexington, three days after World Hepatitis Day. “Hepatitis in Kentucky: The Role of Professionals in Hepatitis...
Mayor Scott Madon spoke to the crowd at the Pineville hospital while its new name was displayed. (MDN photo by Ray Welch) —– The financially troubled hospital in the Bell County...
Screenshot of Medicare’s Hospital Compare website —– The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released its Overall Hospital Star Ratings for 2019, which offer a snapshot of the quality of the hospitals...
States with top 10 average yearly per-capita expenditure on prescriptions. (The Senior List) —– A new analysis shows how much the average resident in each state spends on prescription drugs....
Kentucky.com photo —– A Fayette Circuit Court judge has ruled that the Kentucky Medical Services Foundation, which bills patients and collects millions of dollars for UK HealthCare doctors, is a public agency and...
A temporary banner, using the typeface of Americore Health, is draped over the sign for Pineville Community Hospital. (Photo by Anthony Cloud, Middlesboro Daily News) —– The federal government has cut...