Mar 27 Health Kentucky Hospitals Joining Bevin Lawsuit Over Medicaid Changes A trade group representing every Kentucky hospital is getting involved in Gov. Matt Bevin’s lawsuit against 16 Kentuckians challenging the state’s impending changes to Medicaid. By Lisa Gillespie Mar 27 Health Kentucky Hospitals Joining Bevin Lawsuit Over Medicaid Changes Lisa Gillespie
Mar 25 Health Terrifying Bombings Leave Cracks In Austin’s Facade Of Cool Over the past three weeks, Austin watched in horror as a methodical madman detonated one shrapnel bomb after another in this seeming laid-back oasis. An unemployed 23-year-old loner killed two people and injured four others, before blowing himself up early the morning of March 21 as police closed in. As an army of federal investigators […] By John Burnett, NPR Mar 25 Health Terrifying Bombings Leave Cracks In Austin's Facade Of Cool John Burnett, NPR
Mar 23 Health New Smoketown Clinic Wants To Go Beyond Primary Care The Smoketown Family Wellness Center will offer pediatric care, cooking classes, diabetes prevention programs, a food pantry, exercise classes and mental health counseling. By Lisa Gillespie Mar 23 Health New Smoketown Clinic Wants To Go Beyond Primary Care Lisa Gillespie
Mar 22 Health Louisville Health Care Executives Discuss Hiring, Retention According to the Kentucky Center for Education and Workforce Statistics, more than 50,000 new positions will be created in the health care industry in Kentucky by 2022. By Lisa Gillespie Mar 22 Health Louisville Health Care Executives Discuss Hiring, Retention Lisa Gillespie
Mar 21 Health CDC Outlines Plan To Address Ohio Valley’s Opioid Crisis Acting Director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Anne Schuchat, says her agency will be focusing on prevention and public awareness to combat the epidemic. By Aaron Payne, Ohio Valley ReSource Mar 21 Health CDC Outlines Plan To Address Ohio Valley’s Opioid Crisis Aaron Payne, Ohio Valley ReSource
Mar 21 Health Clash Over Abortion Stalls Health Bill, Again As Congress considers a bipartisan bill to keep premium prices down on the Affordable Care Act's marketplaces, a long-standing fight over abortion reappears. By Julie Rovner, NPR Mar 21 Health Clash Over Abortion Stalls Health Bill, Again Julie Rovner, NPR
Mar 19 Health Kentucky Launches New Tool In Fight Against Opioid Abuse Health care providers in Kentucky have a new tool to gauge how their prescribing patterns compare with their peers. By Lisa Autry Mar 19 Health Kentucky Launches New Tool In Fight Against Opioid Abuse Lisa Autry
Mar 16 Health Amid Opioid Epidemic, Louisville Releases 2-Year Plan To Address Substance Abuse Louisville’s overdose death rate is more than double the national rate, and also exceeds Kentucky's rate, officials say. By Lisa Gillespie Mar 16 Health Louisville Releases 2-Year Plan To Address Substance Abuse Lisa Gillespie
Mar 15 Health Bevin Official Tells Congress Kentucky’s New Medicaid System Will Be Streamlined A top advisor for Gov. Matt Bevin is revealing details on the new system that will help Medicaid enrollees track and meet some of Kentucky's new requirements. By Lisa Gillespie Mar 15 Health Bevin Official Says Ky.'s New Medicaid System Will Be Streamlined Lisa Gillespie
Mar 15 Health How Many Opioid Overdoses Are Suicides? Opioid overdoses and related deaths are still climbing, statistics show. Teasing out which overdoses are intentional can be hard, but is important for treatment, doctors say. By Martha Bebinger Mar 15 Health How Many Opioid Overdoses Are Suicides? Martha Bebinger
Mar 13 Health Here’s What You Should Know About Louisville’s Hepatitis A Outbreak Kentucky typically sees about 20 cases a year of hepatitis A. But so far this year, 132 cases have been reported in the Louisville area alone. By Lisa Gillespie Mar 13 Health Here's What You Should Know About Louisville's Hepatitis A Outbreak Lisa Gillespie
Mar 13 Health Calculate This: Use Our Web App To See How Bevin’s Medicaid Changes Will Affect You Gov. Bevin's changes to the Medicaid program are complicated. This calculator lets you see those changes in a straight-forward way. By Lisa Gillespie and Alexandra Kanik Mar 13 Health Use Our Web App To See How Bevin’s Medicaid Changes Will Affect You Lisa Gillespie and Alexandra Kanik
Mar 9 Health Large Shareholder Files Lawsuit To Block Humana-Kindred Deal A lawsuit has been filed by a large shareholder of Louisville-based Kindred Healthcare that seeks to block the sale of the company to Humana and two private equity firms. By Rick Howlett Mar 9 Health Large Shareholder Files Lawsuit To Block Humana-Kindred Deal Rick Howlett
Mar 6 Health Jump In Overdoses Shows Opioid Epidemic Has Worsened In just one year, overdoses from opioids jumped by about 30 percent, according to a report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. By Rob Stein, NPR Mar 6 Health Jump In Overdoses Shows Opioid Epidemic Has Worsened Rob Stein, NPR