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Showing posts with label physicians. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
consumers
doctors
health insurance
health journalism
hospitals
Internet
lobbying
physicians
state governments
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...
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doctors,
health insurance,
health journalism,
hospitals,
Internet,
lobbying,
physicians,
state governments
Sunday, April 23, 2017
courts
doctors
drug abuse
narcotics
physicians
prescription drug abuse
prescription drugs
Southern Ky. doctor charged with illegal prescriptions that feds say caused 3 deaths; another will serve a year on similar charges
One Southern Kentucky physician was sentenced this month to a year and a day in prison for illegally prescribing painkillers to five people,...
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courts,
doctors,
drug abuse,
narcotics,
physicians,
prescription drug abuse,
prescription drugs
Friday, April 21, 2017
cigarettes
doctors
fraud
Medicaid
physicians
smoking
smoking cessation
tobacco
tobacco prevention
Somerset doctor convicted of Medicaid fraud; sentenced to five years for falsifying smoking-cessation counseling sessions
Dr. Ezekiel Akande (Photo from Twitter ) A Pulaski County judge sentenced a Somerset doctor on Friday, April 21, to five years in prison for...
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cigarettes,
doctors,
fraud,
Medicaid,
physicians,
smoking,
smoking cessation,
tobacco,
tobacco prevention
Friday, March 31, 2017
drug abuse
General Assembly
heroin
legislation
pain
physicians
prescription drug abuse
prescription drugs
Big drug bill heads to governor's desk; has harsher penalties and limits most prescriptions for acute pain to 3 days
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill that would limit most painkiller prescriptions to a three-day supply for acute pain, and chan...
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drug abuse,
General Assembly,
heroin,
legislation,
pain,
physicians,
prescription drug abuse,
prescription drugs
Sunday, March 5, 2017
doctor shortage
doctors
drug abuse
Drugs
General Assembly
legislature
nurse practitioners
physicians
prescription drug abuse
prescription drugs
Nurse practitioners ease doctor shortage, but will have to wait to get more authority to prescribe narcotics; opioid epidemic cited
Nurse practitioner Robin Szczapinski talks with her patient, Harold Brashear Sr., at the Louisville Veterans Affairs Medical Center. (Co...
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doctor shortage,
doctors,
drug abuse,
Drugs,
General Assembly,
legislature,
nurse practitioners,
physicians,
prescription drug abuse,
prescription drugs
Saturday, March 4, 2017
medical education
medical school
physicians
primary care
University of Kentucky
UK plans to develop its third regional medical school in Northern Kentucky; others are to be in Bowling Green and Morehead
The University of Kentucky College of Medicine plans to develop its third regional medical school in Northern Kentucky, in an effort to in...
Senate medical-review panel bill passes out House with changes after two hours of debate; Senate says OK, sends it to Bevin
This story has been updated to reflect concurrence of the Senate on March 3. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A Senate bill that woul...
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legislation,
nursing homes,
physicians,
tort reform
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