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- In-school Health Clinics Not Only Meet The Health-care Needs Of Students And Staff, But Also Their Families
School-based health clinics in Kentucky could become a trend, especially as the state searches for solutions to meet the health care needs of schools as budgets for school nurses continue to be slashed. Southern Kentucky has Cumberland Family Medical,...
- Pikeville Medical Center Joins Mayo Clinic Care Network
Pikeville Medical Center President Walter May and Dr. Stephen Lange, Mayo Clinic's Southeast medical director Pikeville Medical Center joined the Mayo Clinic Care Network last week, extending the clinic's knowledge and expertise to PMC staff,...
- Medical Records Of 1,018 Patients Stolen At Lexington Clinic, But No Apparent Identity Theft
One of the fears of electronic health records is that personal information can be stolen en masse, a possibility that became a reality when a laptop computer was stolen at the Lexington Clinic. The machine was taken Dec. 7 from the clinic's...
- Pikeville Medical Center Agrees To Pay $36,000 To Settle Claim That It Improperly Billed Medicare
Pikeville Medical Center has agreed to pay more than $36,000, but does not have to admit any wrongdoing, to settle a lawsuit that accused it of improperly billing Medicare. The suit was brought by Dr. Michael Fletcher, director of the pain management...
- Clinic In Greenup Will Offer Free Ovarian Cancer Screenings For Northeast Ky. Women
Women in Northeastern Kentucky will be able to receive free ovarian cancer screenings thanks to funding that will set up a clinic in Greenup County. The clinic is intended for women in Lewis, Carter, Elliott, Greenup and Boyd counties, as well as two...
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Oldham faith-based clinic to reopen under oversight of nonprofit
A clinic that was the only one of its kind in Oldham, Henry, Trimble and Carroll counties will reopen under the oversight of a nonprofit organization. The facility, formerly known as the Community Care Clinic, will be re-christened the Hope Health Clinic. It will serve patients who do not have health insurance. Before it closed due to a $30,000 deficit, the clinic served about 700 people a year. A group of church leaders will form the nonprofit agency, which will be called the Oldham County Ministerial Association, The Courier-Journal's Andrea Uhde Shepherd reports.
The clinic will be in the same space off New Moody Lane, which will be leased to the nonprofit agency by Baptist Hospital Northeast for $1 a year. La Grange Baptist Church Executive Pastor Rick Davidson said he "hopes to run the clinic on donations from residents, churches, civic groups and businesses," Shepherd writes. Most of the staff will be volunteers. The facility will be modeled after Mercy Medical Clinic in Shelbyville, a faith-based facility that serves 2,300 people. (Read more)
- In-school Health Clinics Not Only Meet The Health-care Needs Of Students And Staff, But Also Their Families
School-based health clinics in Kentucky could become a trend, especially as the state searches for solutions to meet the health care needs of schools as budgets for school nurses continue to be slashed. Southern Kentucky has Cumberland Family Medical,...
- Pikeville Medical Center Joins Mayo Clinic Care Network
Pikeville Medical Center President Walter May and Dr. Stephen Lange, Mayo Clinic's Southeast medical director Pikeville Medical Center joined the Mayo Clinic Care Network last week, extending the clinic's knowledge and expertise to PMC staff,...
- Medical Records Of 1,018 Patients Stolen At Lexington Clinic, But No Apparent Identity Theft
One of the fears of electronic health records is that personal information can be stolen en masse, a possibility that became a reality when a laptop computer was stolen at the Lexington Clinic. The machine was taken Dec. 7 from the clinic's...
- Pikeville Medical Center Agrees To Pay $36,000 To Settle Claim That It Improperly Billed Medicare
Pikeville Medical Center has agreed to pay more than $36,000, but does not have to admit any wrongdoing, to settle a lawsuit that accused it of improperly billing Medicare. The suit was brought by Dr. Michael Fletcher, director of the pain management...
- Clinic In Greenup Will Offer Free Ovarian Cancer Screenings For Northeast Ky. Women
Women in Northeastern Kentucky will be able to receive free ovarian cancer screenings thanks to funding that will set up a clinic in Greenup County. The clinic is intended for women in Lewis, Carter, Elliott, Greenup and Boyd counties, as well as two...