Up to 1/3 of rural hospitals in poor financial shape, auditor finds, calling report a baseline for local decisions that could be tough

Up to 1/3 of rural hospitals in poor financial shape, auditor finds, calling report a baseline for local decisions that could be tough

Unknown 5:34 PM health reform, hospitals, managed care, Medicaid, Medicare, obamacare, state government

By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News For a video of Edelen's press conference, click here . For a cn|2 report with vide...

Health reform law has been good for hospital finances, health-care costs, Obama administration says

Health reform law has been good for hospital finances, health-care costs, Obama administration says

Unknown 8:15 PM health care costs, health insurance, health reform, hospitals, managed care, Medicaid, obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

U.S. hospitals have saved billions of dollars because the federal health-reform law has provided coverage for patients who were once charity...

Study suggests there's too much imaging of low-risk prostate- and breast-cancer patients in the Evansville and Louisville areas

Study suggests there's too much imaging of low-risk prostate- and breast-cancer patients in the Evansville and Louisville areas

Unknown 4:14 PM breast cancer, cancer, diagnostic imaging, hospitals, Medicare, prostate cancer, research

Hospitals and doctors in the Evansville and Louisville areas may be doing too much medical imaging on patients with low-risk prostate or bre...

Advocates of state appeals for Medicaid managed-care claims make last-ditch effort to get it passed, by hijacking another bill

Advocates of state appeals for Medicaid managed-care claims make last-ditch effort to get it passed, by hijacking another bill

Unknown 10:42 AM General Assembly, hospitals, legislation, legislature, managed care, Medicaid, physicians

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Advocates of a bill to create a state appeals process for health-care providers to...

Bardstown hospital sponsors monthly 'Walk With a Doc'

Bardstown hospital sponsors monthly 'Walk With a Doc'

Unknown 7:46 AM doctors, health literacy, hospitals, physical activity, physical inactivity, physicians

Here's an interesting idea to promote physical activity and maybe even health literacy: take a walk with your doctor. Flaget Memorial Ho...

UK gets approval to add 120 hospital beds, bringing its total to 945 and long-term building project's cost past $1 billion

UK gets approval to add 120 hospital beds, bringing its total to 945 and long-term building project's cost past $1 billion

Unknown 9:57 AM hospitals, state government, University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky has received state approval to add 120 beds to its hospital complex, which will bring its total to 945 beds at U...

Students in poor Louisville neighborhoods learn healthful behaviors in Farm to Family Initiative

Students in poor Louisville neighborhoods learn healthful behaviors in Farm to Family Initiative

Unknown 7:56 PM agriculture, education, farm to school, food, hospitals, nutrition, philanthropy, schools

A program to fight childhood obesity and foster healthy habits in Louisville’s under-served youth has seen positive results since its launch...

Health care changes are driven by more than reform law; Beshear says patients need rewards for changing their behavior

Health care changes are driven by more than reform law; Beshear says patients need rewards for changing their behavior

Unknown 12:39 PM health insurance, health reform, hospitals, Medicaid, Medicare, rural health, rural medicine, state government

"Your doctor's visits might get longer, you deductibles probably will be higher and you might be paying cash to be treated at a Wa...

Medicare starts to overhaul the way it pays providers, rewarding them for quality, penalizing them for shortcomings

Medicare starts to overhaul the way it pays providers, rewarding them for quality, penalizing them for shortcomings

Unknown 1:50 PM accountability, accountable care organizations, doctors, federal government, health care industry, health care reform, health insurance, hospitals, Medicare

By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The Obama administration on Monday set a timeline for historic changes in how it pays doctors, hospit...

Officials of hospitals and state government to discuss future of Ky. health care at Jan. 29 'summit' In Frankfort

Officials of hospitals and state government to discuss future of Ky. health care at Jan. 29 'summit' In Frankfort

Unknown 9:46 AM health reform, hospitals, rural health, rural-urban disparities, state government

State government and the Kentucky Hospital Association will co-host a summit for hospital CEOs, hospital board members and other elected of...

New cardiovascular inpatient unit opens at UK

New cardiovascular inpatient unit opens at UK

Unknown 9:00 PM cardiac care, cardiovascular disease, heart health, hospitals, University of Kentucky

UK HealthCare 's new 64-bed Cardiovascular Inpatient Unit, one of the largest intensive-care units in the country, accepted its first pa...

UK hospital's request to add 120 beds clears hearing phase; decision now before state officials

UK hospital's request to add 120 beds clears hearing phase; decision now before state officials

Unknown 8:39 PM certificate of need, hospitals, state government, University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky 's plan to add 120 beds to its hospital moved forward Friday as no one filed a request for a public hearing o...

U of L plans to create statewide health institute with $4 million, three-year grant from KentuckyOne Health hospital firm

U of L plans to create statewide health institute with $4 million, three-year grant from KentuckyOne Health hospital firm

Unknown 3:08 AM advocacy, data, health status, hospitals, philanthropy, research

The University of Louisville is creating an institute to improve Kentucky's health through research, education and advocacy of health p...

St. Joseph London, doctors and others win the first of a dozen trials over allegations of unnecessary procedures at hospital

St. Joseph London, doctors and others win the first of a dozen trials over allegations of unnecessary procedures at hospital

Unknown 1:26 PM courts, doctors, hospitals, malpractice, Medicaid, Medicare

A jury has decided for the St. Joseph London hospital, several of its doctors and other defendants in a lawsuit that accused them of conspi...

Conference focuses attention on importance of patient- and family-centered care, health education, communication

Conference focuses attention on importance of patient- and family-centered care, health education, communication

Unknown 7:50 AM doctors, health care, health education, hospitals, patients, physicians, prevention

Health education, communicating with physicians, and patient- and family-centered care that empowers patients to be their own best health ad...

Hospitals, plagued by bad debt, ask or even require patients with high-deductible insurance plans to pay in advance

Hospitals, plagued by bad debt, ask or even require patients with high-deductible insurance plans to pay in advance

Unknown 11:08 AM health insurance, health reform, hospitals, insurance deductibles, managed care

Irene Qdemat of Baptist Health enters patient data. (C-J photo by Alton Strupp) Kentucky hospitals are so plagued by bad debts that they ar...

Rural Ky. hospitals make sure they are ready for Ebola

Rural Ky. hospitals make sure they are ready for Ebola

Unknown 8:38 PM hospitals, infections, rural health

Rural hospitals in Kentucky are making sure they are prepared in the event they get a patient with the Ebola virus, Bill Estep  reports  for...

Nine hospitals in Kentucky get maximum Medicare penalty for readmissions; they blame socioeconomic factors

Nine hospitals in Kentucky get maximum Medicare penalty for readmissions; they blame socioeconomic factors

Unknown 1:12 PM Appalachia, hospitals, Medicare, rural health

Article updated 10/20/2014 Nine hospitals in Kentucky, eight of them in Appalachia, have been hit with the highest penalty possible by Medic...

Free-standing emergency departments could be the solution to keeping hospital services in rural areas

Free-standing emergency departments could be the solution to keeping hospital services in rural areas

Unknown 8:44 AM critical access hospitals, emergency medical service, health reform, hospitals, obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act, rural health, rural-urban disparities

The tribulations of rural hospitals in Georgia, and the response, could signal a new direction for saving such facilities. Four rural hospit...

Edelen says rural hospitals are top issue for rural U.S. and rural Kentucky; says some pols in state want to give up on rural Ky.

Edelen says rural hospitals are top issue for rural U.S. and rural Kentucky; says some pols in state want to give up on rural Ky.

Unknown 4:33 PM Affordable Care Act, critical access hospitals, health care access, health care reform, hospitals, insurance coverage, rural health

By Molly Burchett and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – State Auditor Adam Edelen has finished his series of town-ha...