May 21 Health UK Gets Money To Expand Opioid Pregnancy Care To Rural Eastern Kentucky The $4.9 million grant will expand the University of Kentucky's program that helps pregnant women with substance abuse disorders to rural Kentucky. By Lisa Gillespie May 21 Health UK Gets Money To Expand Opioid Pregnancy Care To Eastern Ky. Lisa Gillespie
May 17 Health Study: Mental Health Care Lacking For Some Suicide Survivors Each year in the U.S., suicide attempts lead to more than 316,572 hospital admissions, according to a recent study. But many of those people deny trying to harm themselves. By Lisa Gillespie May 17 Health Study: Mental Health Care Lacking For Some Suicide Survivors Lisa Gillespie
May 11 Health House GOP Farm Bill Would Make It Harder To Qualify For Food Stamps Money for SNAP runs out in September and federal lawmakers have to reauthorize funding for the program as part of the Farm Bill. By Lisa Gillespie May 11 Health House GOP Farm Bill Would Make It Harder To Qualify For Food Stamps Lisa Gillespie
May 10 Health Patients With Chronic Pain Feel Effects Of Opioid Crackdown As the opioid epidemic continues, doctors are prescribing fewer opioids which leaves patients with complex diseases and chronic pain few options for relief. By Lisa Gillespie May 10 Health Patients With Chronic Pain Feel Effects Of Opioid Crackdown Lisa Gillespie
Apr 11 Health Kentucky Will Soon Lead Nation In Syringe Exchanges, But Work Isn’t Done Kentucky will soon have the largest number of syringe exchange sites in the country — surpassing larger, more populous states like California and New Mexico. By Lisa Gillespie Apr 11 Health Ky. Will Soon Lead Nation In Syringe Exchanges, But Work Isn't Done Lisa Gillespie
Apr 9 Politics Beshear Joins Fight Against Federal Lawsuit Aimed At Ending ACA Attorney General Andy Beshear is joining 15 other attorneys general in seeking to intervene in a lawsuit aimed at declaring the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. By Lisa Gillespie Apr 9 Politics Beshear Joins Fight Against Federal Lawsuit Aimed At Ending ACA Lisa Gillespie
Apr 5 Health Northern Ky. Expected To Be First Area Affected By New Medicaid Work/Training Requirement A top official says northern Kentucky will likely be the first area where Medicaid enrollees will have to meet the state's new ‘community engagement’ requirement, starting July 1. By Lisa Gillespie Apr 5 Health Northern Ky. Expected To Be First Affected By New Medicaid Requirement Lisa Gillespie
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 23 Community 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 Community New Smoketown Clinic Wants To Go Beyond Primary Care 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 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 2 Health Kentucky Nurse Practitioners Push For More Prescribing Power A Kentucky House committee next week is likely to hear a new measure that could eventually allow advanced nurses to prescribe controlled substances. By Lisa Gillespie Mar 2 Health Kentucky Nurse Practitioners Push For More Prescribing Power Lisa Gillespie
Feb 19 Politics Bevin Sues To Defend New Medicaid Changes, Work Requirement Kentucky is the first state in the country to require people to work or volunteer in order to keep Medicaid benefits. By Ryland Barton Feb 19 Politics Bevin Sues To Defend New Medicaid Changes, Work Requirement Ryland Barton
Feb 13 Health Under Trump Proposal, Some Will Switch From Food Money To Food Box Under Trump's proposal, only half of a family’s food assistance money would go onto a debit card. Instead, they’d get a box of food in the mail. By Lisa Gillespie Feb 13 Health Under Trump Proposal, Some Will Switch From Food Money To Food Box Lisa Gillespie
Jan 30 Health Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway And JPMorgan Chase Launch New Health Care Company The new company will be "free from profit-making incentives and constraints" as it tries to find ways to cut costs and improve health care satisfaction for employees. By Bill Chappell, NPR and Colin Dwyer, NPR Jan 30 Health Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway And JPMorgan Chase Launch New Health Care Company Bill Chappell, NPR and Colin Dwyer, NPR