Health Education & Advocacy

Advocacy 

KMA Announces 2019 Legislative Priorities

January 1, 2019 Bruce Scott, MD additional priority issue, advocacy team, authorization, authorization information, board-owned, Care initiative, chronic disease medication, current prior authorization process, disease medication, electronic prior authorization, enhance access, good Care initiative, impact of narrow network, insurer, Kentucky, Kentucky medical association, KMA, KMA support legislation, legal liability system, legislation, legislative priority, liability situation, liability system, medical review panel case, medication-assisted, medication-assisted therapy service, modest step, nonclinical activity, offer physician reimbursement contract, one-year approval, out-of-network, Out-of-Network Billing, parameter of the state constitution, patient 's access, patient cost, physician, physician network, physician recruitment, physician reimbursement contract, practice of medicine, practice staff, prior authorization, prior authorization information, priority, quality healthcare, restore fairness, retroactive denial, review panel case, review time, roadblock, tobacco-free

The Kentucky Medical Association (KMA) has been busy preparing for the 2019 legislative session. Our advocacy team worked with members

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Advocacy Health Education & Advocacy 

The Future of Medical Cannabis in Kentucky

May 1, 2018May 8, 2018 Don Stacy, MD Alison Lundergan, Alison Lundergan grime, bill, cannabis, cannabis act, cannabis advocate, cannabis bill, cannabis issue, cannabis legislation, cannabis movement, co-sponsored, commonwealth, commonwealth of Kentucky, comprehensive medical cannabis bill, D-70, Dan Seum, final vote, forefront of the business of the Kentucky Senate, Frankfort, future of medical cannabis, HB 166, house judiciary committee, innovative medicine, introduction of HB 166, Jason Nemes, John Sims, judiciary, judiciary committee member, Kentucky, Kentucky 's medical community, legalization, legalization of medical cannabis, legislation, legislative regular session, legislator, lrc.ky.gov, lrc.ky.gov website, medical administrator, medical cannabis act, medical cannabis advocate, medical cannabis issue, member of Kentucky 's medical community, modern history of the Kentucky legislature, multiple democrat, ongoing budget, passionate cannabis movement, R-33, representative Jason Nemes, representative John Sims, representative Sims, SB 80, senator majority caucus chair, specific detail of the bill, supporter of the act, task force, third-party observer

FRANKFORT Though a comprehensive medical cannabis bill was not passed in the 2018 legislative regular session, the passionate cannabis movement

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Advocacy 

Tort Reform and Administrative Simplification Remain KMA Priorities

March 1, 2018May 8, 2018 Emily Schott administrative burden, administrative improvement, administrative simplification, advocacy, advocacy effort, advocacy priority, assembly 's emphasis, association 's main objective, barrier, Bill 4, Bill 69, brought dozen, brought dozen of physician, burnout, charged topic, consistent legal climate, drug abuse, efficient health care, Frankfort, good care, great patient safety, health of Kentuckian, healthcare, healthcare discussion, high smoke rate, image001 Emily Schott, image001 Emily Schott serve, impact of the physician presence, initiative, introduction of Senate, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kentucky general assembly 's emphasis, Kentucky medical association, Kentucky physician, KMA, KMA priority, launch of a new initiative, legislative session, liability system, meaningful exchange, meaningful exchange of dialogue, medical review panel, medicine, new initiative, obesity, opioid abuse epidemic, physician, physician 's day, physician presence, practice efficiency, practice of medicine, practice staff, priority, priority bill, provider, public health challenge, quality control mechanism, resource perform nonclinical activity, Senate Bill 79, session, state 's legal liability system, suggest improvement, timely care, tort, tort reform central, trusted resource, unlimited risk, unnecessary barrier, well-known provider shortage

LOUISVILLE Despite the Kentucky General Assembly’s emphasis on politically charged topics such as the budget and pension reform, it is

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Advocacy 

Recommending Repeal

August 1, 2017 Don Stacy, MD <= 3-5, <= 3-5 day, <= 3-7, <= 3-7 day, 0.27 % risk, 0.27 % risk of opioid addiction, acute medical condition, acute pain, acute pain patient, addiction, cannabis, CDC, CDC guideline, colleague note, contact hour, controlled substance law, dABR, edition of morbidity, edition of the new England journal of medicine, end-of-life treatment, et_al., executive director, fee-for-service person 21-64, fee-for-service person 21-64 year, fee-for-service person 21-64 year of age, hazardous use, hazardous use of opioids, HB 333, HB 333 limit, HB 333 target, impact of the opioid epidemic, in-house set, initial opioid treatment, Kentucky, Kentucky HB 333, Kentucky version, legislator, long-term use of opioids, Matt Bevin, medical cannabis, Medicare, Medicare administrative data, medicine, MMWR, nation 's opioid, negative opioid outcome, nurse, ongoing opioid epidemic, Opioid, opioid epidemic, opioid outcome, opioid treatment, opioids, pain, pain medicine prescription limit, prescribe, prescribe of schedule II drug, prescription, Prescription-Opioid, Prescription-Opioid use, range of <= 3-5 day, recommend repeal, relevant empirical evidence, schedule II, schedule II pain relief drug, Shannon Stacy, substance law, three, three day pain medicine prescription limit, three day supply, three day supply bill, type of acute pain, US state legislator

In an effort to curb the nation’s opioid crisis, US state legislators have recently passed a series of laws to

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Health Education & Advocacy 

Legislating Medical Cannabis in Kentucky

January 1, 2017 Don Stacy, MD administrative regulation committee, aforementioned failure, bill, cannabis, cannabis bill, cannabis compassion act, cannabis legislation, cannabis movement, cannabis-related bill, CBD, Clark 's bill, committee proceed, commonwealth of Kentucky, commonwealth of Kentucky Senate, companion bill, comprehensive medical cannabis legislation, condition qualify patient, current pro-medical cannabis state, district of Columbia, Don Stacy, Dr. Suzanne Sisley, former clinical assistant professor, hard work of Kentucky medical cannabis activist, HB3, HB350, HB584, home cultivation, house health, Julie Denton, Kentucky, Kentucky medical cannabis activist, lateral sclerosis, legislation, management of severe pain, Mary Marzian, medical cannabis, medical cannabis bill, medical cannabis legislation, medical cannabis movement, medical cannabis-related bill, medical verification, medical verification of need, palliative benefit, passionate medical cannabis movement, pediatric seizure patient, Perry Clark, pro-medical, pro-medical cannabis state, regulation committee, representative Mary Marzian, SB11, SB124, SB43, sclerosis, seizure patient, Senate license, senator, state research hospital, university of Arizona college of medicine, updated version of SB11, US state, welfare, welfare committee

Medical cannabis is best known for efficacy in the management of severe pain, cachexia, and nausea. However, medical cannabis has

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Advocacy 

The Case for Medical Cannabis

December 1, 2016January 19, 2017 Don Stacy, MD 10+ year radiation oncology career, 11 % decrease, A., advocacy effort, aim, aim 's diverse network, aim 's diverse network of contributor, alcohol, American journal, anecdotal positive benefit, anecdotal positive benefit of cannabis, Bradford, Bradford W., cannabis, cannabis law, commonwealth of Kentucky, D., D. et_al., death rate, disorder, et_al., fatality, healthcare, healthcare spend, initiation, innovative medicine, journal, judicial branch leader, Kentucky, Kentucky executive, Laws, legalization, legalization of medical cannabis, like-minded professional, marijuana, marijuana use, medical cannabis, medical cannabis law, medical liaison, medical marijuana, medicine, mission of aim, national opioid epidemic, oncology, opiate, Opioid, opioid dose, opioid epidemic, past-month, past-month cannabis use, past-year, past-year cannabis use, powerful advocacy effort, prescription, prevalence, radiation oncology career, relevant social science, state legalization, state legalization of medical cannabis, suicide, suicide rate, suicide rate of man, talent of like-minded professional, thorough review of the relevant social science, traffic fatality, treatment of a multitude, W.

The Alliance for Innovative Medicine (AIM) is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that serves as the voice for professionals who believe

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Cancer Care Education 

Reducing Barriers

October 1, 2016July 17, 2017 Melissa Karrer Appalachian region of the state, appropriate cancer screen, assistance, availability of cancer screen, barrier, cancer, cancer screen, cancer survivor, cancer treatment, CDC director, childcare, colon, colon cancer, completion of cancer treatment, death rate, eliminate barrier, expanded Medicaid, federal poverty, financial issue, healthcare, high cancer incidence, high rate of new cancer, incidence, insurance, insured Kentuckian, KCL, KCL 's certified patient navigator, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kentucky CancerLink, Kentucky health fair, Kentucky rank, level guideline, Lexington Kentucky, low-cost/no-cost, low-cost/no-cost cancer screen, lung, navigator, patient navigator, patient referral, patient self-referrals, provide assistance, qualified patient, reduce barrier, referral, result of KCL, screen, self-referrals, survivor, Tom Freiden, underinsured Kentuckian, value of early cancer detection

LEXINGTON Kentucky has the highest rate of new cancers and the highest death rate for all cancers combined in the

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Cancer Care Education 

Targeting Physician Education

October 1, 2016July 17, 2017 Megan Whitmer $, $7 million grant, Bristol-Myers Squibb foundation, cancer, cancer registry data, care physician, care provider, cessation, clear urban-rural split, CME, CME offering, co-principal, co-principal investigator, co-principal investigator of the Kentucky lead, collaborative focus, CT, decision make, detection, difficult time gain access, director of the lung cancer, early detection, early stage cancer, FACP, Goetz Kloecker, health effect, James Graham Brown, James Graham Brown cancer center, Kentucky, Kentucky lead, Kentucky resident, Kloecker, lead provider education component, low-dose, lung, lung cancer, lung cancer alliance, lung cancer care, lung cancer education, lung cancer mortality, lung cancer outcome, lung cancer patient, MBA, mortality, mortality rate, MSPH, multidisciplinary clinic, new standard, new standard of care, offering, partnership of the university of Louisville, patient seek screen, PCPs, physician, primary care physician, primary care provider, primary Care task force, provider, provider education, screen, shared decision make, smoker, survivorship, survivorship care, target physician education, teenage smoker, thousand of lung cancer patient, urban-rural split

LOUISVILLE The mortality rate for lung cancer in Kentucky is 50 percent higher than the national average. The state ranks

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