Kentucky’s Governor Beshear Announces Partnership With UK Healthcare To Operate The New Eastern State Hospital

Circle Connections: Awards & Accreditations Governor Steve Beshear announced that the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) and University of Kentucky (UK) HealthCare have signed a letter of intent under which UK will operate and manage the newly constructed Eastern State Hospital in Lexington. The agreement will allow UK to leverage its expertise in research and clinical therapies to modernize treatment options while training the next generation of behavioral health providers. Other state governments have forged successful partnerships with academic medical centers to operate psychiatric hospitals, including Arkansas and the University of Arkansas; Connecticut and Yale University; and . . .