Nov 16 Health U of L, Kindred Partner To Create Health Tech Solutions U of L engineering students have worked on several projects with Kindred, including the creation of an app for screening hospice patients. By Lisa Gillespie Nov 16 Health U of L, Kindred Partner To Create Health Tech Solutions Lisa Gillespie
Nov 16 Health State Official: Bevin’s Proposed Medicaid Changes To Be Approved Soon Kentucky’s Medicaid commissioner says federal officials are “real close” to approving Gov. Matt Bevin’s proposed changes to the state’s Medicaid system. By Ryland Barton Nov 16 Health State Says Bevin's Proposed Medicaid Changes To Be Approved Soon Ryland Barton
Nov 8 Health What Does ‘Medically-Frail’ Mean? Kentucky Medicaid Official Offers Clues Even if the federal government approves Kentucky's proposed Medicaid changes, Medicaid providers and advocates say there are still a lot of unknowns. By Lisa Gillespie Nov 8 Health What Does 'Medically-Frail' Mean? Ky. Medicaid Official Offers Clues Lisa Gillespie
Nov 7 Health Feds Will Allow Medicaid Work Requirements. Here’s What It Means For Kentucky The Trump administration is rolling out regulatory changes that are likely to clear the way for Kentucky's plan to remake its Medicaid system. By Lisa Gillespie Nov 7 Health Trump Administration To Allow Medicaid Work Requirements Lisa Gillespie
Nov 1 Health Kentuckians Can Now Sign Up For Health Insurance For 2018 Open enrollment begins today, which means it's the first day Kentuckians can sign up for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act for 2018 By Lisa Gillespie Nov 1 Health Kentuckians Can Now Sign Up For Health Insurance For 2018 Lisa Gillespie
Oct 31 Health Louisville Nonprofit Hopes To Expand Food Markets With Help From Grant With a $100,000 grant from the Humana Foundation, New Roots plans to expand its Fresh Stop Markets into other communities. By Lisa Gillespie Oct 31 Health Local Nonprofit Hopes To Expand Food Markets With Help From Grant Lisa Gillespie
Oct 27 Health For Underserved Areas Of Louisville, Nonprofit Fills Dental Needs Oral health can be one of the most neglected health needs for a large portion of Kentuckians, especially for some in Louisville living in "dental deserts." By Lisa Gillespie Oct 27 Health For Underserved Areas Of Louisville, Nonprofit Fills Dental Needs Lisa Gillespie
Oct 23 Community Kentucky Health Officials Offer New Weekly Flu Report Officials with the Kentucky Department for Public Health will publish an online weekly influenza surveillance report, to be updated each Friday before noon. By Lisa Gillespie Oct 23 Community Kentucky Health Officials Offer New Weekly Flu Report Lisa Gillespie
Oct 19 Politics Sure, There’s A Health Care Deal. That Doesn’t Mean It Can Pass Opposition from conservatives and waffling support from President Trump remain serious hurdles for the first-ever bipartisan legislation affecting the ACA. By Susan Davis, NPR Oct 19 Politics Sure, There's A Health Care Deal. That Doesn't Mean It Can Pass Susan Davis, NPR
Oct 18 Politics Draft Of Health Care Bill Addresses Trump Concerns About ‘Bailouts’ For Insurers A draft of the bipartisan bill obtained by NPR would restore subsidies to insurance companies to assist low-income consumers and require them to go to consumers as rebates. By Alison Kodjak, NPR Oct 18 Politics Draft Of Health Bill Addresses Trump Concerns About 'Bailouts' Alison Kodjak, NPR
Oct 18 Health Kentucky Group Renews Push For Higher Cigarette Tax The Coalition for a Smoke-free Tomorrow estimates its proposed tobacco tax of $1.60 per pack would raise $266 million in new state revenue each year. By Lisa Gillespie Oct 18 Health Kentucky Group Renews Push For Higher Cigarette Tax Lisa Gillespie
Oct 16 Health Medicare Enrollees To Receive New Health Insurance Cards In April 2018, Medicare officials will begin sending out new health insurance cards that no longer include enrollees' social security numbers. By Lisa Gillespie Oct 16 Health Medicare Enrollees To Receive New Health Insurance Cards Lisa Gillespie
Oct 14 Politics Trump Pushes Obamacare To Detonation, Forges Path Away From GOP, Democrats Trump appears to be trying to negotiate with Dems by showing he's willing to facilitate Obamacare's collapse. By Domenico Montanaro, NPR Oct 14 Politics Trump Pushes ACA To Detonation, Forges Path Away From GOP, Dems Domenico Montanaro, NPR
Oct 13 Health How Trump Dismantling Obamacare Could Affect Kentuckians Trump announced Thursday that he planned to cut off payments that help insurers provide coverage to low-income Americans. By Lisa Gillespie Oct 13 Health How Trump Dismantling Obamacare Could Affect Kentuckians Lisa Gillespie
Oct 13 Politics Beshear Says He’ll Sue Trump For Cutting Obamacare Subsidies The subsidies help people who earn below 250 percent of the federal poverty level pay for out-of-pocket costs like deductibles and co-pays. By Ryland Barton Oct 13 Politics Beshear Says He'll Sue Trump For Cutting Obamacare Subsidies Ryland Barton