8 - .September 05, 2013 Your Hometown Newspaper News Outlook
Saint Joseph Heart Institute and
American Heart Association Unveil
Heart Health Patch Program with
• Local Girl Scouts
Saint Joseph Heart Insti-
tute, part of KentuckyOne
Health, and the American
Heart Association have part-
nered with the Girl Scouts of
Kentucky's Wilderness Road
Council to educate young
gifts about their hearts and
howto keep them healthy.
The three have teamed
up to create the Go Red Girl
Scout Patch program to raise
awareness of. heart disease
and the risks that it poses for
women.
Heart disease is the No.
1 killer of women in America
and is more deadly than all
forms of cancer combined.
The American Heart Asso-
ciation's Go Red For Women
campaign, locally sponsored
by the Saint Joseph Heart
Institute, is designed to edu-
cate and raise awareness
about the risk of heart dis-
ease
among women.
"Kentucky is among the
worst states in the country
for incidence of heart dis-
ease and stroke," said Rob-
eft Salley, M.D., executive
director of Cardiovascular
Services for Saint Joseph
Hospital Saint Joseph Hos-
pital. "If we want to change
the future and improve the
health of all Kentuckians,
we need to help children de-
velop healthy habits. We are
pleased to do just that as part
of this innovative and excit-
ing program with local Girl
SCOUts."
The Go Red Girl Scout
Patch program is designed
with various activities for
ach troop level from Dai-
sies through Seniors and
Ambassadors. The number
of activities needed to com-
plete the patch depends on
troop level. Activities include
understanding risk factors
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impact on the heart, what
makes a healthy diet and
CPR.
"Since 1984, more women
than men have died each
year from heart disease,"
said Joey Maggard, ex-
ecutive director, Americhn
Heart Association Central
Kentucky Chapter. "By ex-
panding the Go Red pro-
gram to these Girl Scouts
and encouraging healthy
heart habits early in life, we
hope to help girls begin a life-
time of healthy living."
Saint Joseph Heart Insti-
tute, the American Heart As-
soc'mtion and the Girl Scouts
of Kentucky's Wilderness
Road Council partnered to
design a special patch for the
program, which kicks off Au-
gust 29.
'q'he Girl Scouts of Ken-
tucky's Wilderness Road is
committed to helping girls
make healthy choices in
their own lives and learn
and share leadership skills
within their-communities,"
said Susan Hansell, CEO of
Girl Scouts of Kentucky's
Wilderness Road Council.
"Our partnership with the
American Heart Association
reflects the commitment
from both organizations to
building healthy communi-
ties across Kentucky's Wil-
derness Road."
Since 2008, Saint Joseph
Heart Institute has part-
nered with the American
Heart Association's Go Red
For Women campaign to
bring heart health educa-
tion events to Lexington
and other cities throughout
central Kentucky, including
outreach in diverse and un-
derserved populations.
For more information
about Go Red For Women,
the signs, symptoms or risk
factors of heart disease and
stroke and more, visit www.
GoRedForWomen.org.
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The Cabinet for Health
and Family Services' Of-
fice of the Kentucky Health
Benefit Exchange (KHBE)
announced initial grant
awards to agencies and
organizations that will be
known as "Kynector" to
assist consumers who en-
roll for healthcare benefit
through Kynect, Kentucky's
Healthcare Connection. A
second round of grants for
certain geographic areas
will be awarded later.
"We're pleased to have
these" important partners
on board with us to help
Kentuckians enroll through
the Kynect marketplace,"
said CHFS Secretary Au-
drey Tayse Haynes. "As we
approach Oct. 1, the start
date for open enrollment,
it is more important than
ever that we be prepared
to assist people across the
state in navigating the new
healthcare options that will
be available to them, wheth-
er private insurance is the
best option or they qualify
for coverage under the
Medicare expansion."
Proposals were to target
specific geographic areas,
based on the state's eight
Medicaid regions. Com-
petitive grant awards are
being made to Community
Action Kentucky (CAK)
for regions 1, 2, 6 and 7 to-
taling approximately 83.4
million. CAK will partner
with Gateway Community
Action to serve Bath, Me-
nifee, Morgan, and Rowan
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counties. "Community
Action Kentucky is very
excited the Community
Action Agencies have been
chosen to provide this vital
assistance to low income
citizens who are deeply in
need of affordable options
for health insurance," said
CAK Executive Director,
Rob Jones. "We are excited
about this opportunity for
Gateway Community Ac-
tion to expand its services
in keeping with our nearly
40 years of helping those
in our communities," said
Gateway's Executive Di-
rector, Dennis Gulley.
Duties of Kynectors will
include conducting public
education activities to raise
awareness of health plans
available through Kynect;
distributing fair and im-
partial information about
the available health plans,
facilitating enrollment in
health plans; and providing
referrals to any applicable
offices in the event of com-
plaints and appeals.
Kentuckians can visit
the exchange's website
at kynect.ky.gov or call
1-855.4kynect (459-6328) to
learn more about the pro-
gram, which is expected
to help more than 640,000
uninsured Kentuckians
get covered by private in-
surance plans or Medicaid
and the Kentucky Chil-
dren's Health Insurance
Program (KCHIP).
Open enrollment for in-
dividuals seeking to pur-
chase insurance through
Kynect begins Oct. 1, 2013
and runs through March
31, 2014, with coverage
beginning as soon as Jan.
1, 2014. Open enrollment
for small businesses also
begins Oct. 1, 2013, but
businesses with 50 or
fewer employees will be
able to choose to enroll
employees in plans offered
through Kynect at any
point after that date.
During open enrollment,
Kentuckians will be able to
compare and select insur-
ance plans and find out if
they qualify for programs
like Medicaid and KCHIP
by using the Kynect web-
site, a toll-free contact cen-
ter, a mailin application
or in person. Individuals
will find out if they qualify
for payment assistance
and special discounts on
deductibles, copays and
co-insurance. Kynect will
also to assist small busi-
nesses with enrolling their
employees in health plans,
and businesses with fewer
than 25 employees may
qualify for tax credits.
For further information,
contact Rob Jones at Com-
munity Action Kentucky,
502-875-5863.
Keith Taylor of Ow-
ingsville, and Tammy
Taylor of Mt. Sterling
announce the engage-
ment and forthcom-
ing marriage of their
daughter, Kendall Dawn
Taylor, to Tyler Royce
Jett, son of Roy and Su-
sie Jett of Mt. Sterling.
The bride-elect is a
graduate of Bath Coun-
ty High School and is
employed by Cave Run
Surgical Specialists.
The prospective
groom is a graduate of
Montgomery County
High School and is em-
ployed by Lexington-
Fayette Co. Urban Gov-
ernment.
The wedding cere-
mony will be held 4:30
p.m., Saturday, Septem-
ber 14, at the Owings-
ville First ChurCh of
God.
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