By Terry Brooks Oxpeckers and zebras. Oxpeckers are small African birds which count on zebras as their key nutritional sources, eating the ticks that cluster on zebras. And zebras? Well, they depend on oxpeckers as pest control agents. The oxpeckers also make a hissing sound whenever they sense a threat, acting as the zebras’ early…
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Kentucky Office of Rural Health announces elder wellness award recipients
Six Kentucky organizations — two hospitals, two health departments, a senior center and a nonprofit — have been awarded Elder Wellness and Enrichment Initiative Grants from the Kentucky Office of Rural Health (KORH). The grants are designed to support nonprofit rural healthcare organizations and community-based organizations as they create or enhance services for older adults…
McBrayer adds seven new attorneys to the Lexington and Louisville offices
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services price transparency rule is in effect
Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center joins Owensboro Health
UK Board of Trustees Approves $6 Million Gift to Support Future Engineers From Eastern Kentucky
TEG Architects announces new firm ownership and other news
TEG Architects, an architecture, visualization and interior design firm headquartered in Jeffersonville, Ind., announced the new ownership and management structure of the firm, effective July 1, 2019. Thresa Estopinal, Kevin Russell, Ernie Dreher, John Sprouls, and Jared Burt will now serve as managing partners. The new – yet familiar – leadership team will ensure the…
KHC highlights hospital price variation, recruits employers, hospitals, health plans for work group
Floyd Memorial Hospital and Health Services Becomes Baptist Health Floyd
TEG Architects experiences continued growth, expands architectural staff
Baptist Health signs binding purchase agreement for Floyd Memorial
Passport Health Plan announces agreement for Molina Healthcare to acquire certain assets
Passport Health Plan announced that Molina Healthcare, Evolent Health and Passport have entered into a definitive agreement for Molina to acquire certain assets of Passport Health Plan. The agreement helps to provide continuity of care and coverage for Passport members while also preserving hundreds of Kentucky jobs. Under the terms of the agreement, which is…
GLI Names Sarah Davasher-Wisdom as Successor to GLI President & CEO Kent Oyler
Greater Louisville Inc., the Metro Chamber of Commerce, announces that GLI Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff Sarah Davasher-Wisdom has been nominated by GLI’s Executive Committee to succeed GLI President and CEO Kent Oyler, subject to GLI Voting Board approval at GLI’s Annual Meeting on January 23, 2020. Ms. Davasher-Wisdom joined GLI in 2014…
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Meet Valerie Briones-Pryor, MD, with UofL Health
FAST FACTS Valerie Faye Briones-Pryor, MD, MHA, FACP, SFHM is Medical Director, Hospital Medicine Service Line at UofL Health/University Louisville Physicians. Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky Family: Husband: Matthew Pryor; Son: Brandon Pryor (7yo); Parents: Drs. Voltaire and Fe Briones; Siblings: Norman Briones (deceased), Justin Briones Hobbies: Running, working out and singing in the choir at church.…