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- Sicker Patients, Competition For Beds And A Growing Number Of Patients Create Long Wait Times At Uk Emergency Room
The University of Kentucky's emergency room has the longest wait time in Kentucky and this time is also way above the national average, Mary Meehan reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader. With beds regularly lining the halls of the ER, the average...
- $230 Million Expansion At Baptist Health Lexington To Provide Private Patient Rooms And Updated Spaces Throughout
Baptist Health Lexington, formerly Central Baptist Hospital, is undergoing a $230 million expansion that will make it better, not necessarily bigger, Dan Dickson reports for Business Lexington. The expansion will not add beds to the hospital, which now...
- Uk Board Of Trustees Oks $31 Million Plan To Outfit Another Floor Of New Hospital With Eye Toward Federal Certification For Heart Work
The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees has given UK HealthCare the green light for its $31 million plan to outfit the eighth floor of Pavilion A at UK Chandler Hospital over the next few months to make room for a growing cardiovascular program and...
- State Tells Coventry Cares To Keep Covering Arh Patients; Managed-care Firm Says It Will Drop Ashland Hospital
The state has ordered Medicaid managed-care firm Coventry Cares to keep paying for its members to be treated at Appalachian Regional Healthcare hospitals for at least 30 days, rather than stopping tomorrow -- when a federal judge will hold a hearing in...
- Uk Loses Branding For High-quality Nursing Care
The University of Kentucky hospital has lost magnet status, a designation given to facilities that offer high-quality nursing care, the Lexington Herald-Leader's Mary Meehan reports. The recent review says UK, which advertised the designation by...
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UK hospital's request to add 120 beds clears hearing phase; decision now before state officials
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 on its application for a certificate of need, or license. State officials must rule on the application by Feb. 18.
"State law allows any 'affected parties,' defined as anyone who gets health care in the geographic area served by the hospital, other places that provide similar care or third-party payers such as health insurance companies, to request a public hearing to state their reasons for challenging the application," Mary Meehan reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader. "The other large hospital chains operating in Lexington did not request a public hearing and had no comment."
The beds would be added to the hospital's new tower, which is half empty, and bring its total to 945 beds.
Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2014/12/05/3577578_1-billion-hospital-expansion-at.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy
"State law allows any 'affected parties,' defined as anyone who gets health care in the geographic area served by the hospital, other places that provide similar care or third-party payers such as health insurance companies, to request a public hearing to state their reasons for challenging the application," Mary Meehan reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader. "The other large hospital chains operating in Lexington did not request a public hearing and had no comment."
The beds would be added to the hospital's new tower, which is half empty, and bring its total to 945 beds.
Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2014/12/05/3577578_1-billion-hospital-expansion-at.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy
- Sicker Patients, Competition For Beds And A Growing Number Of Patients Create Long Wait Times At Uk Emergency Room
The University of Kentucky's emergency room has the longest wait time in Kentucky and this time is also way above the national average, Mary Meehan reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader. With beds regularly lining the halls of the ER, the average...
- $230 Million Expansion At Baptist Health Lexington To Provide Private Patient Rooms And Updated Spaces Throughout
Baptist Health Lexington, formerly Central Baptist Hospital, is undergoing a $230 million expansion that will make it better, not necessarily bigger, Dan Dickson reports for Business Lexington. The expansion will not add beds to the hospital, which now...
- Uk Board Of Trustees Oks $31 Million Plan To Outfit Another Floor Of New Hospital With Eye Toward Federal Certification For Heart Work
The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees has given UK HealthCare the green light for its $31 million plan to outfit the eighth floor of Pavilion A at UK Chandler Hospital over the next few months to make room for a growing cardiovascular program and...
- State Tells Coventry Cares To Keep Covering Arh Patients; Managed-care Firm Says It Will Drop Ashland Hospital
The state has ordered Medicaid managed-care firm Coventry Cares to keep paying for its members to be treated at Appalachian Regional Healthcare hospitals for at least 30 days, rather than stopping tomorrow -- when a federal judge will hold a hearing in...
- Uk Loses Branding For High-quality Nursing Care
The University of Kentucky hospital has lost magnet status, a designation given to facilities that offer high-quality nursing care, the Lexington Herald-Leader's Mary Meehan reports. The recent review says UK, which advertised the designation by...