Paul tells doctors and officials at Ashland hospital, a beneficiary of Medicaid expansion, that the country can't afford to keep it

Sen. Rand Paul at the hospital. ( Daily Independent photo by Rachel Adkins) The nation can't afford to continue the expansion of Medica...

Second town in tobacco-loving Grayson County goes smoke-free; local Population Health Committee's efforts helped

Clarkson , in Grayson County ( Wikipedia map) By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Two of the three towns in Grayson County now have smo...

Financially strained KentuckyOne Health to sell most Louisville-area facilities, shift focus to Central and Eastern Kentucky

" KentuckyOne Health , the once-dominant hospital system across the state, announced Friday that it will sell off Jewish Hospital and...

Price transparency in health care is thwarted by providers and others who want to keep deals secret; crowdsourcing may help

Trudy Lieberman People seeking information on costs of health procedures are frustrated by the lack of clarity from medical providers. Thing...

KentuckyOne Health announces another round of layoffs at hospitals, says most will be in corporate service jobs

KentuckyOne Health is laying off 150 people at its hospitals around the state, and 100 others will be transferred to the University of Louis...

Nonprofit grades hospitals on patient safety; Ky. improves slightly in national rank, but Louisville hospitals still get near-failing scores

University of Louisville Hospital reminds visitors and workers to wash their hands to stop infections. By Traci Thomas Kentucky Health News...

Some hospitals in Kentucky can't find enough nurses

Editor's note: A longer version of this story was published April 4. Highlands Regional Medical Center nursing interns By Melissa Patri...

Some hospitals in Kentucky can't find enough nurses; they and nursing colleges work toward short-term and long-term solutions

Highlands Regional Medical Center nursing interns (photo provided) By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While studies show Kentucky will ...

Louisville's Our Lady of Peace opens first retail pharmacist-operated, long-acting injection clinic; will mostly treat opioid abuse

                               Insider Louisville photo Kentucky is again leading the nation in finding ways to combat the opioid epidemic, ...

Baptist Health lays off 288, loses its CEO amid losses

Steve Hanson Kentucky's biggest hospital operator, Baptist Health , is going through a shakeup. The not-for-profit firm said last week t...

KentuckyOne Health parent firm's debt rating downgraded again; explores merger that would create largest not-for-profit chain

Flaget Memorial Hospital at Bardstown is part of the chain. S&P Global Ratings  has cut its debt rating for Catholic Health Initiatives ...

Study analysis by Ky. critic of hospital safety estimates more than 200,000 preventable hospital-associated deaths each year

An analysis of two well-controlled studies estimates that the number of preventable hospital-associated deaths are over 200,000 each year, a...