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  • Editorial: UK errs in suing WUKY reporter; avoiding questions about surgeries
    Source: Lexington Herald-Leader (Wednesday May 1, 2013)

    “Avoiding questions about surgeries”

  • UK appeals ruling requiring release of children's hospital surgery documents
    Source: Lexington Herald-Leader (Thursday April 25, 2013)

    Lexington Herald-Leader reports: “The University of Kentucky on Thursday sued a public radio reporter who requested documents about surgeries at Kentucky Children’s Hospital.”

  • Listen: Dr. Arjun Srinivasan from the CDC and Dr. Kevin Kavanagh from HW USA discuss healthcare acquired infections
    Source: Health Watch USA (Thursday April 25, 2013)

    link to Dr Arjun Srinivasan’s radio presentation April 23, 2013 on 590 AM WVLK

  • Costs soar when doctors work for hospitals
    Source: Lexington Herald-Leader (Monday April 22, 2013)

    Op-ed by Dr. Kevin Kavanagh: “As more physicians become employees of hospitals, more hospital outpatient services will be provided, which produces an ever increasing cash trove for facilities, while increasing costs for patients and draining Medicare’s financial reserves.”

  • CRE: Mandatory reporting of 'superbug' sought
    Source: Courier Journal (Friday April 12, 2013)

    A state legislator from Louisville and the leader of a national watchdog group (Dr. Kevin Kavanagh of Health Watch USA) are calling for a new rule that hospitals report all CRE “superbug” cases to the state — a measure they say would better control the potentially deadly bacteria.

  • Kindred had 40 CRE cases
    Source: Courier Journal (Tuesday April 16, 2013)

    The Kentucky Department for Public Health and Kindred Healthcare are investigating the presence of CRE superbugs in about 40 patients since July at Kindred Hospital Louisville, a transitional-care hospital where patients often stay for weeks.

  • Deadly bacteria hitting Louisville hospitals, long-term care facilities
    Source: Courier Journal (Saturday March 23, 2013)

    Antibiotic-resistant CRE blamed in 1 death locally. Health Watch USA’s Kevin Kavanagh quoted.

  • Hospital Facility Fees Raise Out-of-Pocket Costs for Medicare Patients
    Source: US News & World Report (Monday January 28, 2013)

    Two Op-Eds regarding the controversy over payments hospitals are receiving from facility fees have been published for public viewing today in US News & World Report. The Op-Ed in support of cutting hospital facility fees was written by Health Watch USA.
    http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2013/01/28/hospital-facility-fees-raise-out-of-pocket-costs-for-medicare-patients

    The Opposing Op-Ed was by Richard Umbdenstock, the President and CEO of the American Hospital Association.
    http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2013/01/28/congress-cant-cut-medicare-hospital-outpatient-payments

  • Doctors appeal rulings that diminish error reporting protections
    Source: American Medical News (Monday November 19, 2012)

    KY court cases calls into question medical error reporting in Kentucky.

  • Ky. Voices: Consumers must scrutinize details of hospital rankings
    Source: Lexington Herald-Leader (Wednesday November 7, 2012)

    Op-ed by Dr. Kevin Kavanagh and Daniel Saman with Health Watch USA. They write: “There are many ranking systems, and all give widely different results and are dependent upon widely varying measures of quality. Some are highly dependent upon reputation of the institution and types of treatment available, others on the ability to follow treatment plans, patient satisfaction or patient outcomes. For patients, it is the outcome that’s most important.”

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