The Cabinet for Health and Family Services held a news conference this week to address inaccurate letters people have received about access to state benefits. If you are a provider, consumer, advocate, or know someone receiving one of these services, you can find information from the Cabinet about recent benefit issues here: http://chfs.ky.gov/. Please see below for details from the Cabinet on benefit eligibility: ►If you received Medicaid benefits in March, you will receive Medicaid benefits in April. [...]

With the number of cases of obesity and diabetes rising among both children and adults, it is time to rethink how we can create a positive culture of health. Kids are busy. Families are busy. The work, school, and life balance can be difficult for families. In a fast-paced world, it is easy to default to the easy option. It is easy to choose the fast-food option; it is easy to entertain our kids (or [...]

This post originally appeared in Insider Louisville on March 24, 2016. Read "Oral Health Project Aims to Screen Thousands of Kentucky Children to Help Improve Quality of Care" online here. Kids with good oral health are likely to do better in school than those with bad oral health. Few would dispute that statement, or argue with the fact that a child with a toothache will struggle to concentrate on their studies. That’s why a new initiative [...]

The Center for Health Workforce Studies (CHWS) at the University of Albany has issued two reports concerning oral health in Kentucky.  The first report summarizes interviews conducted with oral health stakeholders across the state in order to better understand the barriers and facilitators to accessing oral health care services.  The second is a technical report consisting of an extensive literature review and an analysis of existing data, which is intended to identify current and past [...]