By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health NewsA bill to set new controls on commercial pharmacy-benefit managers was approved by a Senate committee on March 14 as a measure scheduled to be...
State Department for Public Health graphs, adapted by Kentucky Health News By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News Kentucky’s influenza levels remain elevated, but are declining, and hospitalizations for overall respiratory...
University of Louisville photo illustration The University of Louisville is opening its UofL Health –South Hospital Monday, March 18, with a community breakfast, open house and ceremonial ribbon-cutting.The hospital will...
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News In what the sponsor calls a bill to “clean some things up,” more restrictions are being added to the state’s medical-marijuana law and provisions...
University of Kentucky and Kosair for Kids representatives celebrate opening of the Kosair for Kids Center for Safe & Healthy Children & Families at Kentucky Children’s Hospital. (Photo by...
Dr. Bill Collins treats a patient at the Red Bird Mission dentalclinic in Clay County. The Senate budget would increasedentists’ Medicaid fees. (Ky. Lantern photo by Deborah Yetter) By...
Table from Kentucky Medicaid dashboard, which has county-level numbers Kentucky Health News Anthem Kentucky has failed in its attempt to remain as the manager of Medicaid coverage for about 170,000 Kentuckians,...
Baptist Health Lexington By Deborah YetterKentucky Lantern Baptist Health and Humana have ended a months-long standoff over Kentuckians with health coverage through Medicare Advantage and commercial insurance plans, the...
Photo from Kelley-Ross Pharmacy Group Kentucky Health NewsThe state’s FindHelpNowKy.org website, which helps Kentuckians find addiction treatment, now also can help them find places to get naloxone, which reverses...
Photo from Kelley-Ross Pharmacy Group Kentucky Health NewsThe state’s FindHelpNowKy.org website, which helps Kentuckians find addiction treatment, now also can help them find places to get naloxone, which reverses...
