The more health-related social needs factors a woman has, the less likely she is to get a mammogram; that matters in Kentucky
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention graphic By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health NewsA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study says the more health-related social needs a woman has, the less likely...
Guthrie warns making telehealth expansion permanent must be paid for; costs unsure, but projected to be several billion dollars
Kentucky Health NewsIf telehealth services are to remain expanded as they were in the pandemic, Congress must offset the cost, U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie of Bowling Green said in...
Raising Ky.’s health status has ‘a ways to go,’ hospital chief says; Chandler says people need to demand change in health policies
Ben Chandler, president and CEO of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, and Christopher Roty, president of Baptist Health Lexington, spoke at the April 4 Lexington Forum. (Photo by Melissa Patrick) By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health...
Chair of U.S. Senate health committee demands maker of weight-loss drugs, most popular in Kentucky, cut their prices by two-thirds
Axios Visuals map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; click it to enlarge. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who chairs the U.S. Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee says...
Health insurers again win lobbying battle with doctors and hospitals over prior authorization of procedures, treatments
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News A bill to exempt health-care providers who have 90% or more of their claims approved from health-insurance companies’ requirements for prior authorization of ceratin...