Kentucky Hospital Association
Kentucky health care providers defend certificate of need
FRANKFORT — Several of Kentucky’s major health care providers made the case that the state’s certificate of need process should remain, for the most part, as it is, before a task force charged with examining the issue on Monday. The Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities, Kentucky Home Care Association, hospice services and the Kentucky […]
Kentucky nurses data: Fewer than 10% looking to retire in next five years
About 40% of Kentucky’s nursing workforce has been on the job for less than a decade, new Board of Nursing data shows – and fewer than 10% are looking to retire in the next five years. For licensure renewal, the board required the state’s 89,558 nurses – including licensed practical nurses (LPNs), registered nurses (RNs) […]