hospitals

The 340B Drug Pricing Program has been around since 1992. It requires pharmaceutical manufacturers that participate in Medicaid to charge “covered entities” — which include an array of hospitals that serve a lot of low-income patients — much cheaper prices than usual for outpatient medications.

Staffing shortages continue to cripple some Tennessee hospitals dealing high COVID numbers among patients and their own staff. The pinch is being felt by…

Dr. Sunil Sharma, chief of pulmonary critical care and sleep medicine at West Virginia University, said the Mountain State ran out of ICU beds twice…

A surge of COVID-19 patients across the state and country might mean rationing of a coronavirus treatment in Kentucky.Monoclonal antibodies have proven to…

Kentucky hospitals and nursing homes have been struggling with staffing shortages as COVID-19 continues to surge through the state.Health care leaders…

Kentucky’s COVID-19 situation continues to worsen and that’s putting a strain on hospitals and medical resources. On Monday, Kentucky’s top health…

The Kentucky National Guard will offer additional support to the state’s hospitals as the delta variant continues to strain medical resources.More than…

It’s a struggle for Joe Gammon to talk right now.Lying in his ICU bed at Ascension Saint Thomas West, he uses a suction tube to clear his own throat. Even…

Tennessee has reopened a fund to help hospitals fly in temporary nurses as they’re short on staff. But hospitals are finding that there’s not much money…

Last week marked an unwanted distinction for Kentucky. The state broke records for daily case count, and the number of people hospitalized, in the ICU and…