Health Care In Hazard: Beverly May

Family nurse practitioner Beverly May, of the Kentucky Mountain Health Alliance, treats many patients with chronic diseases. She says the typical patient hasn’t had any care for years, and that every week, people walk in who have no idea they have serious health problems.

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Article HTML <h1>Health Care In Hazard: Beverly May</h1> <div> <time class="posted-on" datetime="2009-11-13T00:00:00-05:00"> November 13, 2009 </time> </div> <p>Family nurse practitioner Beverly May, of the Kentucky Mountain Health Alliance, treats many patients with chronic diseases. She says the typical patient hasn’t had any care for years, and that every week, people walk in who have no idea they have serious health problems.</p><p> <strong /></p><p> <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/7F38451F-F75C-423C-B57D-8DA718C9FA72"> <strong>Read Related Article</strong> </a> </p><p>Related Videos: <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/CDFAE734-890E-48FB-BFB4-4427373DB1D5">Gerry Roll</a> | <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/07C653C3-1ABA-43F6-8430-1DAE8DEC3260">Annie Fox</a> | <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/F7DE5DE0-1751-4ECF-BE6B-3CEAAF6D749B">Cathy Nance</a></p><p> </p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/111309rural-may/?share=x"> Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X </a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/111309rural-may/?share=facebook"> Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook </a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/111309rural-may/?share=linkedin"> Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn </a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Health%20Care%20In%20Hazard%3A%20Beverly%20May&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F111309rural-may%2F&share=email"> Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email </a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/111309rural-may/#print?share=print"> Click to print (Opens in new window) Print </a></li><li> <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/111309rural-may/view/republish/"> Republish This Story </a> </li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/111309rural-may/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=9957&ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>
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