How has the federal health-reform law changed your care?

How has the federal health-reform law changed your care?

Unknown 3:04 PM cancer screening, doctors, electronic health records, immunizations, obamacare, physicians, prevention, vaccinations, women's health

Despite the controversy that continues to surround the Patient Protection and Affordable Act five years after its passage, it has probably c...

KET to focus attention on cancer with Ken Burns series March 30-April 1, live call-in program on night of April 1

KET to focus attention on cancer with Ken Burns series March 30-April 1, live call-in program on night of April 1

Unknown 5:17 PM cancer, cancer screening, research, television

Kentucky Health News KET  will show a three-night series, "Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies," by Ken Burns, an in-depth look a...

Former smokers get newly funded scan for lung cancer and encourage others to do the same, after finding cancer in time

Former smokers get newly funded scan for lung cancer and encourage others to do the same, after finding cancer in time

Unknown 12:56 PM cancer screening, federal spending, lung cancer, Medicare, smoking, tobacco

The number of smokers choosing to get low-dose CT scans to see if they have lung cancer is steadily increasing, especially since this screen...

State Senate passes bills to lower a barrier to colon-cancer screening and allow patients to synchronize their prescriptions

State Senate passes bills to lower a barrier to colon-cancer screening and allow patients to synchronize their prescriptions

Unknown 8:18 PM cancer, cancer screening, colorectal cancer, General Assembly, legislation, pharmacies, prevention

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – Two health-related bills, one to remove a financial barrier for colorectal cancer s...

'Medicaid Dashboard' gives county-by-county details on 375,000 who joined program, what screenings they got, what they found

'Medicaid Dashboard' gives county-by-county details on 375,000 who joined program, what screenings they got, what they found

Unknown 9:17 PM cancer screening, county health, data, health reform, Medicaid, obamacare, prevention, research, state government

The expansion of the federal-state Medicaid program under federal health reform marks the biggest change in Kentucky health care since Medic...

Medicare to pay for CT scans of people at high risk of lung cancer

Medicare to pay for CT scans of people at high risk of lung cancer

Unknown 7:35 AM cancer, cancer screening, lung cancer, Medicare, prevention

Medicare will now pay for low-dose CT scans for people at high risk of getting lung cancer, a change welcomed by officials in Kentucky, whic...

Jane Beshear launches campaign for new cancer screening van

Jane Beshear launches campaign for new cancer screening van

Unknown 9:21 AM cancer, cancer screening

First Lady Jane Beshear, along with representatives from the K entucky Cancer Program , the University of Louisville ’s James Graham Brown C...

Medicare plans to pay for lung-cancer screening, a boon to Ky.

Medicare plans to pay for lung-cancer screening, a boon to Ky.

Unknown 12:29 PM cancer, cancer screening, lung cancer, Medicare, prevention

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services  plan to start paying for lung cancer screening with low-dose CT scans for people at high ris...

Medicaid expansion boosts preventive care

Medicaid expansion boosts preventive care

Unknown 10:37 AM cancer screening, dental care, Medicaid, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, prevention

More Kentuckians than ever are using preventive care services since the state expanded Medicaid on Jan. 1, reports   FamiliesUSA , a lobby f...