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June 1, 2021June 16, 2021 MD-Update Staff affiliation, Allen, arthritis, autoinflammatory, autoinflammatory disease, Bardstown, Breckinridge elementary school, Bruce Lyman Allen, cancer, care of common problem, central Kentucky, chi, chi saint, Cleveland, Cleveland clinic cancer center, clinic, enteropathic, enteropathic arthritis, equipment advance, Flaget, Flaget memorial, general surgeon, general surgery residency, group neurology, Hamza Tantoush, Henry Clay high school, image002 Mehrizi image003, image004 photo, image005 photo, inflammatory muscle disease, inflammatory rheumatic disease, internal medicine, Jennifer Nolan, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph London, Joseph mount, Josepth, Josepth health, Kentucky, large group practice, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Lexington clinic rheumatology, Lexington clinic welcome, Lexington Lexington, Lexington Lexington clinic welcome, line of interest, London Bruce Lyman Allen, Louisville Mehyar Mehrizi, MD-UPDATE, medical degree, medical group neurology, medicine, Mehrizi, Mehyar Mehrizi, Morton middle school, national board of medical examiner, national surgical quality improvement project, neurology, News, News item, philosophy of care, photo, practice of general surgery, pseudogout, quality improvement project, residency, rheumatology, Sarcoid, Sarcoid arthritis, Sjogren 's syndrome, spend time, Sterling, successful treatment of a neurological disorder, surgeon, surgeon champion, surgery, surgery residency, systemic autoinflammatory disease, Tantoush, university of Kentucky college of medicine, university of Tripoli, use of camera

Mehyar Mehrizi Joins Baptist Health Medical Group Neurology LOUISVILLE Mehyar Mehrizi, MD, received a bachelor’s degree in biology from the

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Update: Correct Coding in Kentucky for Colorectal Cancer Screening

April 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Whitney F. Jones, MD asymptomatic, average risk individual, average-risk, Black Kentuckian, blood-based option, cancer, code guideline, code law, Cologuard, colon, colon cancer, colonoscopy, colorectal, completed life-saving CRC screen, completion, completion colonoscopy, completion screen colonoscopy, correct code, correct misconception surround code, CRC, CRC incidence, CRC prevention, CRC screen, CRC screen service, critical screen, diagnostic exam, fecal immunohistochemical test, first-order, first-order test, guideline, image001 Whitney, image001 Whitney F., immunohistochemical test, improved state, inappropriate cost-sharing, incorrect code, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kentucky colon cancer screen, kentucky-based health system, KRS 304.17A-257, life-saving CRC screen, Medicare, modality, nation-leading, non-Medicare, non-Medicare population, on-time screen, polyp, positive first-order test, pragmatic guideline, prevention, prevention program, prompt diagnostic evaluation, resident of eastern Kentucky, screen, screen colonoscopy, screen completion colonoscopy, screen high-risk individual, screen participation, screen process, state 's forward-thinking, stool, stool DNA, stool test, stool-based, stool-based test, symptom, unique state, unnecessary barrier, young CRC incidence, zero-cost

By federal law, colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is a zero-cost sharing service for patients as defined in The Affordable Care

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News – Nov 2020

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 MD-Update Staff $, 5-star, 5-star rate, Amanda, Amanda Wilson, APRN, Bardstown, Berea, BEREA saint, breast, breast cancer, breast cancer patient, cancer, cancer patient, care unit, CEO Bruce Tassin, CEO Larry Schumacher, chemotherapy, chi, chi saint, CommonSpirit, CommonSpirit southeast division, COVID-19, Daisy, Daisy award, founder of hope scarf, good care, good possible care, group obstetrics, gynecology, hair, hair loss, Hannah, Hannah hall, Healthgrades, hope scarf, image001 photo, improved morale, infant, Joseph, Joseph Berea, Joseph east, Joseph health, Joseph hospital, Joseph London, Joseph London foundation, Joseph medical group obstetrics, Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Lara MacGregor, Laura Matherly, Lauren, Lauren go, Lauren setter, Lexington, Lexington chi saint, Lexington saint, low risk, Markey, MCF, metastatic breast cancer patient, national recognition, new research, News, NICU, obstetrics, online seminar, operational stability, outcome, partnership, partnership program, photo, pneumonia, president of saint, private room, pulmonary service, recognition, renewed sense, renewed sense of energy, renewed sense of purpose, RN, scarf, sepsis, setter, southeastern Kentucky, stage IV, story of hope, strong leadership team, Tassin, Tassin image002, Tassin image002 photo, treatment of pneumonia, treatment of sepsis, type of cancer, UK Markey, UK Markey cancer center, UKMCC, woman 's health, Yanes

CHI Saint Joseph Health CEO Bruce Tassin to Leave in 2021 LEXINGTON CHI Saint Joseph Health CEO Bruce Tassin will

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Dr. Jones Speaks Again

October 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Whitney F. Jones, MD 33% mortality reduction means, advanced test platform, Alexandra Rogers Whitney, Alexandra Rogers Whitney F., amaze amount of change, ambulatory surgery center, Appalachian area, Appalachian area of the state, Appalachian puzzle, at-risk region, average CRC incidence, behavioral risk factor survey, cancer, Cologuard, colon, colon cancer, colon cancer prevention project, colon polyp family history, colonoscopy, colorectal, colorectal cancer screen, complete shutdown of ambulatory surgery center, COVID-19, CRC, CRC incidence, CRC screen rate, disparity, Dr. Jones Speaks, Dr. Thomas Tucker, dramatic disparity, edge of care, exact science, F., family history, fit take-at-home stool test, founder of the colon cancer prevention project, free screen program, free test, image001 photo, incidence, insurance issue, KCCSP, Kentucky, Kentucky colon cancer, Kentucky colon cancer screen program, Kentucky state government, low screen rate, manufacturer of Cologuard, Medicaid, Medicaid expansion, mortality reduction means, multiple state-based, mutation, national lockdown, peak month of the national lockdown, podcast, polyp, positive stool test, preventative service, prevention, prevention message, primary driver of low screen rate, regional challenge, risk factor survey, screen event, screen number, state-based, stool, successful Medicaid expansion, surgery, surgery center, take-at-home, take-at-home stool DNA stool test, take-at-home stool test, UK Markey, UK Markey cancer center, UK Markey cancer center 's associate director, under-gone, under-insured

KENTUCKY Our Commonwealth of Kentucky, as well as the rest of the nation, has under-gone an amazing amount of change

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Racing Against Time

October 1, 2020April 7, 2021 Jim Kelsey abdominal pain, Abdul Jabbar, cancer, common Hollywood story line, criminal kill, CT, CT scan, department of Gastroenterology, detective, detective race, diagnostic screen, dual fellowship, early stage, endoscopic, endoscopic ultrasound, five year survival, gastroenterologist of Gastroenterology health partner, gastroenterology, Gastroenterology health partner, Gastroenterology of Southern Indiana, Gil Dunn, happy Hollywood end, Hepatology, highest-quality care, Hollywood story line, image001 photo, internal medicine internship, Jabbar, Jabbar family, jaundice, late presentation of the disease, liver, liver cancer, Louisville school, louisville-based practice, lymph-nodes, medicine internship, mix of patient care, negative tumor, Nishtar, Nishtar medical college, nodes-positive, nodes-positive tumor, pain, Pakistan, pancreatic cancer, partner, resection, risk factor, risk of pancreatic cancer, scan, sleuth skill, survival, teenaged child, Time, tumor, ultrasound, university of Louisville school of medicine, variety of gastrointestinal disorder, weight-loss

NEW ALBANY It’s a common Hollywood story line. The detective races to find the clues to solve the mystery before

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Special Section

Seek and Destroy

October 1, 2020April 7, 2021 Jim Kelsey 3D mammogram, 3D mammogram help, analyze image, ARNP, breast, breast cancer, breast image, breast image fellowship, breast image position, breast pain, breast tissue, Brian, cancer, CEO of Gastroenterology health partner, clinical exam skill, cut edge, dense breast tissue, diagnosis, diagnostic patient, director of breast, director of breast image, director of breast image position, exam skill, Gastroenterology health partner, image001 photo, image002 photo, Indiana, Indiana university hospital, James Graham Brown, James Graham Brown cancer center, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Laura Tudor, life-changing diagnosis, Louisville, Louisville native, Louisville Older, Louisville Older sister, Louisville school, mammogram, mammogram help, MD 's old sister, oncology, radiology, screen mammogram, seek-and-find, seek-and-find puzzle, teach resident, test patient, tissue, Tom round, university of Louisville school of medicine, UofL, UofL health

LOUISVILLE Older sisters are supposed to torment their younger brothers. Maybe that is what Brian Mattingly, MD’s older sister intended

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UofL Receives $11.5 Million to Advance Cancer Immunotherapies

October 1, 2020December 1, 2020 MD-Update Staff biomedical research excellence, brown cancer center, cancer, cancer cell, cancer center, cancer immunology, cancer immunotherapy, cancer patient, cancer research, cancer treatment, charity, checkpoint, chemotherapy, Chuanlin, Chuanlin ding, clinical trial, CoBRE, deadly challenge, development of new immunotherapy, ding, director of the brown cancer center, director of the UofL center, exist strength, field of immunotherapy, five, five year grant, forefront of the clinical development of a new generation, health-designated, health-designated center, image001 photo, immune cell, immune system, immunology, immunotherapy, inhibitor, investigator, James Graham Brown, James Graham Brown cancer center, Jason Chesney, Kosair, Kosair charity, Louisville, Louisville cancer, lung, million of cancer patient, national institute of health-designated center of biomedical research excellence, Neeli Bendapudi, new center, new immunotherapy, new investigator, PhD, PhD student Anne, PhD student Anne geller, power of the immune system, researcher, survival of cancer patient, T, T cell, therapy, Tom Fougerousse, Trent, university 's grand challenge, university of Louisville, UofL, UofL center, UofL health, UofL Kosair, UofL Kosair charity, UofL president, Yan, young investigator, Yunke Wang

LOUISVILLE Cancer remains one of the most difficult and deadly challenges in human health, affecting Kentuckians at a higher rate

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Special Section

New Kid in (Bards)Town

October 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Pat Henderson APRN, Bardstown, Burnett, cancer, cancer center, Care, Care center, chi saint, COVID-19, D., Dr. Kristie Paris, Flaget, Flaget memorial, Flaget memorial hospital, image001 photo, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, Kentucky hospital, Kentucky medical center, love of the state, metastasis, metastatic disease, Monte Martin, Murray native, new kid, new radiation oncologist, Nick Burnett, Nicolas Burnett, oligometastatic, oncology, radiation, Renee Abell, residency, side effect, Tara D. photo, therapy, university of Kentucky medical center, UofL‘s, UofL‘s school, UofL‘s school of medicine

BARDSTOWN It was a busy summer for Nicolas Burnett, MD. And that goes way beyond anything related to COVID-19. In

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Power and Precision Equals Progress

October 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Donna Ison advancement, Alexandra Rogers, B., baptist health, baptist health hospital, beam, ben Birkhead, breast, breath, brown cancer center, cancer, cancer center, Carrie Birkhead Scharf, contour, Crystal McMahan, CT, deep breath, dose, dosimetrists, Eckman, Eckman Jr., field of radiation oncology, good possible care, health hospital, help of sophisticated software, high-dose, IGRT, image001 photography, IMRT, intensity, internship, James B., James Graham Brown, kindness, large role physics play, lead leave, lesser-known field, Louisville, Louisville radiation oncology, Louisville school, lung, math, math major, McMahan, medical train, oncologist, oncology, OSMS, outcome, perfect combination of patient care, photography, physician, physics, precision equal progress, radiation, radiation beam, radiation oncologist, radiation oncology, radiation oncology department, residency, role physics play, Scharf, Scharf 's father, Scharf state, side effect, SRT, therapist, therapy, time plan treatment, tissue, treatment beam, treatment field, tremendous technological advancement, tumor, UC Berkley, undergo therapy, unique amalgamation, unique amalgamation of medicine, university of Louisville school of medicine, UofL, UofL 's James Graham Brown, word of James B.

LOUISVILLE Radiation oncology is a unique amalgamation of medicine and math, physics and physicians, technologies and therapies all coexisting and

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CHI Saint Joseph Health Cancer Center

October 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Gil Dunn affiliation, Bardstown, Bodager, Bruce Tassin, cancer, cancer care, cancer care center, cancer center, Caregivers, chi, chi saint, Cleveland, Cleveland clinic cancer center, clinic, COVID-19, financial navigator, Flaget, Flaget memorial, Greg Bodager, high quality care, image001 photo, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph health oncology operation, Joseph hospital, Lexington, Mark Mahan Greg Bodager, market director, MSN, need of a cancer patient, new affiliation, nurse navigator, OCN, oncology, oncology service line, patient encounter, RN, specialized cancer treatment, treatment plan

LEXINGTON In October 2019 CHI Saint Joseph Health announced a new affiliation with the Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center. The purpose

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