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Health foundation says consumers need price transparency; Medicaid health officer says some commercial interests want it

Health foundation says consumers need price transparency; Medicaid health officer says some commercial interests want it
Unknown 7:23 PM health care costs, health insurance, health transparency, legislation, state government
Kentucky Health News The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky says a major step needed to improve the health of Kentuckians is transparency of...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky wants a claims database to increase transparency about health-care cost and quality in Ky.

Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky wants a claims database to increase transparency about health-care cost and quality in Ky.
Unknown 4:21 PM Affordable Care Act, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, health care costs, health transparency, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Kentucky has experienced rapid changes in health care since the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and the ne...
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New rule will improve reporting of antibiotic-resistant infections in health-care facilities, which are getting worse in Kentucky

Unknown 12:43 PM antibiotics, health departments, health transparency, healthcare-associated infections, hospital-acquired infections
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky will have a new weapon, in the form of data, to fight infections acquired ...
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