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State denies neonatal intensive care unit at St. Elizabeth Healthcare - Lexington Herald Leader
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State denies neonatal intensive care unit at St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Lexington Herald Leader
By Mary Meehan — mmeehan1@herald-leader.com The number of hospital beds reserved for Kentucky's sickest newborns will remain the same, for now. Officials with the state Cabinet for Health and Human Services denied a request by St. Elizabeth Healthcare ...
Top-level NICU rejected for northern Ky. hospital, administrators considering ...The Republic
St. Elizabeth denied NICU unitCincinnati Business Courier

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Expansion of managed care brings changes - Bowling Green Daily News
Posted today (15 hours ago)

Expansion of managed care brings changes
Bowling Green Daily News
•CoventryCares of Kentucky is a division of Coventry Health and Life Insurance Co. and a subsidiary of Coventry Health Care Inc. You can reach them at 855-300-5528. •Kentucky Spirit Health Plan is a subsidiary of Missouri-based Centene Corp., ...

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University Hospital in KY Forms Committee, Hires Consultant to Plan Strategy - Becker's Hospital Review
Posted today (18 hours ago)

University Hospital in KY Forms Committee, Hires Consultant to Plan Strategy
Becker's Hospital Review
The review may explore whether the hospital needs a partner. Its proposed merger with Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare in Louisville and Lexington, Ky.-based St. Joseph Health System was denied by Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear last month.
UK Healthcare operating model might be option for U of L HospitalLouisville Business First

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Visitors allowed to view Eggner's Ferry Bridge - WDRB
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Visitors allowed to view Eggner's Ferry Bridge
WDRB
Thanks to a grant from Norton Healthcare, this story and others are available in real-time closed captioning on WDRB. LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- Visitors are getting their first look at the Eggner's Ferry Bridge collapse. A section of US 68 and KY 80 ...

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Former Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer applies for unemployment - WDRB
Posted on Feb 2, 2012 (2 days ago)

Lexington Herald Leader
Former Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer applies for unemployment
WDRB
Thanks to a grant from Norton Healthcare, this story and others are available in real-time closed captioning on WDRB. LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- Former Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer is asking for unemployment money -- but he won't be ...
Richie Farmer filed for unemployment after his ag commissioner term endedLouisville Courier-Journal

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Kentucky bill to shut down pill mills and hold doctors accountable - WDRB
Posted on Feb 1, 2012 (3 days ago)

WOUB
Kentucky bill to shut down pill mills and hold doctors accountable
WDRB
By Valerie Chinn - bio | email Thanks to a grant from Norton Healthcare, this story and others are available in real-time closed captioning on WDRB. LEXINGTON, KY (WDRB) -- Kentucky is trying to snuff out prescription drug abuse that has become a ...
First statewide prescription pill summit to be held Feb. 1 at UK Chandler HospitalKyForward.com
Kentucky Drug Abuse Prescription SummitWKYT

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Could Rising Healthcare and Utility Bills Get Kentucky Off Coal? - Forbes
Posted on Jan 24, 2012 (11 days ago)

Forbes
Could Rising Healthcare and Utility Bills Get Kentucky Off Coal?
Forbes
Kentucky currently has one of the most expensive healthcare systems in the country, a fact attributed largely to the state's polluted air and water. Still, many average Kentuckyians, especially those in the eastern part of the state, where coal has ...
Rep. Gooch Files for Re-ElectionSurfKY News

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Humana Inc. to Present at the 22nd Annual UBS Global Healthcare Services ... - MarketWatch (press release)
Posted on Feb 2, 2012 (2 days ago)

Humana Inc. to Present at the 22nd Annual UBS Global Healthcare Services ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb 02, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Humana Inc. /quotes/zigman/229688/quotes/nls/hum HUM -1.49% announced today that Steven E. McCulley, Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer will make a presentation to investors at ...
HUMANA INC. : to Present at the 22nd Annual UBS Global Healthcare Services ...4-traders (press release)

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Major bust involves pill pipeline from Florida to Kentucky - WDRB
Posted on Feb 2, 2012 (2 days ago)

Major bust involves pill pipeline from Florida to Kentucky
WDRB
Thanks to a grant from Norton Healthcare, this story and others are available in real-time closed captioning on WDRB. LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- Investigators have announced a major bust of a pill pipeline from Florida to Kentucky, involving suspects ...

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Kentucky primary could be watched closely - WDRB
Posted on Jan 31, 2012 (4 days ago)

Kentucky primary could be watched closely
WDRB
Thanks to a grant from Norton Healthcare, this story and others are available in real-time closed captioning on WDRB. LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- Kentucky voters won't weigh in on the Republican race until the May 22nd primary.

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State dental program surpasses $1 million in free care to children - Louisville Courier-Journal
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State dental program surpasses $1 million in free care to children
Louisville Courier-Journal
To combat the problem, Smile Kentucky! has provided $1 million in free dental treatment to more than 3000 third- through sixth-graders without dental insurance or government medical assistance. And it has grown into a statewide dental-education program ...
Kids Receive Free Dental TreatmentWLKY Louisville

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Kentucky Newspapers Seek More Transparency, Accountability in Child Fatalities - JD Supra (press release)
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Kentucky Newspapers Seek More Transparency, Accountability in Child Fatalities
JD Supra (press release)
In recent years, Kentucky has ranked among the states with the highest rates of child abuse deaths. Also in recent years, Kentucky has been among the states with the least transparency in its state child protection services. Although Kentucky has a ...

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Healthcare Business News Ky. governor affirms stance against including ... - ModernHealthcare.com
Posted on Jan 9, 2012 (26 days ago)

kypost.com
Healthcare Business News Ky. governor affirms stance against including ...
ModernHealthcare.com
By Ashok Selvam Despite calling last week's talks with officials from the University of Louisville productive, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear said Monday that the sessions didn't produce ideas that satisfied the state's concerns about the proposed ...
Ky. gov again rejects proposed hospital mergerBusinessWeek
Gov. Beshear still won't approve U of L Hospital mergerWDRB
Jewish Hospital, St. Joseph's merge health systemskypost.com
Lexington Herald Leader -KyForward.com -WFPL
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Payout for home sellers - WDRB
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Payout for home sellers
WDRB
By Bill Francis - bio | email Thanks to a grant from Norton Healthcare, this story and others are available in real-time closed captioning on WDRB. Louisville, KY (WDRB News) --If you sold a house in the last decade, you could be entitled to part of a ...

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Driver charged in two deaths - Cincinnati.com
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Driver charged in two deaths
Cincinnati.com
5 accident at the intersection of Ky. 17 and Ky. 3035 in Covington. / Provided Nov. 21, 2007 – Cited for speeding under 16 mph over limit in Bracken County. Dec. 13, 2007 – Sent letter of points violation warning, received 3 points.

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Mayor Greg Fischer announces police chief finalists - WDRB
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Mayor Greg Fischer announces police chief finalists
WDRB
Thanks to a grant from Norton Healthcare, this story and others are available in real-time closed captioning on WDRB. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer has announced five finalists for the position of Louisville Metro Police chief ...

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University Hospital's operations to be reviewed with eye to future - Louisville Courier-Journal
Posted on Feb 2, 2012 (2 days ago)

University Hospital's operations to be reviewed with eye to future
Louisville Courier-Journal
He said the review also may explore whether the hospital needs a partner to ensure its future, as University officials maintained in supporting the proposed merger with Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare and Lexington-based St. Joseph Health ...

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Gas pipeline expansion brings jobs to Oboro - 14 News WFIE Evansville
Posted on Feb 1, 2012 (3 days ago)

Gas pipeline expansion brings jobs to Oboro
14 News WFIE Evansville
Hearing that Southern Star is adding more jobs to Owensboro is music to Kentucky Wesleyan college students' ears. "That's great news, especially with graduation coming up," said senior Hayley Chrzastowski. "I definitely think that it's getting easier ...
Southern Star sets expansion [Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.]Insurance News Net (press release)

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Second person arrested in shooting of KSU student - WDRB
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Second person arrested in shooting of KSU student
WDRB
Thanks to a grant from Norton Healthcare, this story and others are available in real-time closed captioning on WDRB. LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- A second man has been arrested in the shooting of a Kentucky State University student and member of the ...

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Crump Group, Inc. Announces Sale of Life and Property & Casualty Insurance ... - MarketWatch (press release)
Posted yesterday.

Crump Group, Inc. Announces Sale of Life and Property & Casualty Insurance ...
MarketWatch (press release)
ROSELAND, NJ, Feb 03, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Crump Group, Inc. (CGI) announced today that its life insurance and property and casualty insurance divisions are being sold to BB&T /quotes/zigman/180308/quotes/nls/bbt BBT +3.93% along with the rights to ...

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Farmer filed for unemployment after term ended - Cincinnati.com
Posted on Feb 2, 2012 (2 days ago)

Farmer filed for unemployment after term ended
Cincinnati.com
Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer talks with reporters during the annual ham breakfast at the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. Farmer said he hasn't ruled out a run for governor. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke) / Ed Reinke/AP ...

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Feed the Children makes Louisville stop to help the homeless - WDRB
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Feed the Children makes Louisville stop to help the homeless
WDRB
Thanks to a grant from Norton Healthcare, this story and others are available in real-time closed captioning on WDRB. LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- Feed the Children is making a stop in Louisville to help the homeless. The truck arrived Friday at Hotel ...


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New heart gives Lexington man renewed purpose - Lexington Herald Leader
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Lexington Herald Leader
New heart gives Lexington man renewed purpose
Lexington Herald Leader
LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER ■ UK HealthCare offers monthly support groups for heart transplant patients and patients on ventricular assist devices. Contact Heather Luck, transplant support associate, at (859) 323-3517 or heather.luck@uky.edu.


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Smile Kentuckiana gives brighter smiles to local school students - WHAS 11.com (subscription)
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CBS Local
Smile Kentuckiana gives brighter smiles to local school students
WHAS 11.com (subscription)
The program called Smile Kentucky includes these organizations UofL, the Louisville Water Company and other organizations that all work together for this cause. They screen 3rd, 4th and 5th graders for dental problems in 30 schools in and around ...
A MILLION DOLLAR SMILEDentistry IQ

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Some Kentucky prison inmates granted early release are in trouble again - WDRB
Posted on Jan 30, 2012 (5 days ago)

Some Kentucky prison inmates granted early release are in trouble again
WDRB
By Katie Delaune - email Thanks to a grant from Norton Healthcare, this story and others are available in real-time closed captioning on WDRB. LOUISVILLE, Ky (WDRB) -- Dozens of Kentucky prisoners released just weeks ago because of the state budget ...

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