counsel – MD Update

Complementary Care

Counseling Is the Extra Ingredient

May 1, 2018July 2, 2018 Gil Dunn area outside of the emotional support system, bariatric, bariatric experience, bariatric patient, bariatric surgery, behavioral weight management specialist, boredom, counsel, counselor, emotional support system, extra ingredient, head hunger, head hunger trigger, hunger, image001 photo, LCSW, mental relationship, moody point, moody see, nonsurgical bariatric patient, nonsurgical patient, nonsurgical program, nonsurgical weight management program, Norton, Norton 's weight management center, Norton weight management center, physical hunger, post-op counsel, recognize trigger, role of the counselor, stomach surgery, stress, surgery, thyroid imbalance, trigger, weight management, weight management program, weight management specialist, weight-loss

LOUISVILLE “It’s not brain surgery; it’s stomach surgery,” says Melissa Moody, LCSW, behavioral weight management specialist at Norton Weight Management

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Mental Wellness

Relationship Repair

May 1, 2018July 2, 2018 Jan Anderson, PsyD, LPPC big bummer, bummer, busy physician, cardinal rule of marital therapy, classic marital impasse, client, counsel, couple talk, evidence-based, evidence-based practice, fast-forward heartbreak, good chance, good chance of help, imposed intimacy, instinct more, John Gottman, John Gottman call, lightbulb moment, likelihood of divorce, marital therapy, marriage researcher, name of the family dog, partner, party participate, pretty good listener, relationship repair, relationship therapy, repair, seek relationship, straight talk, therapy, unique interpersonal dynamics, wife seek emotional connection, withdrawn husband

“You can’t fast-forward heartbreak and you can’t rewind love — and that’s just one big bummer.”(Chelsea Handler, comedian) It’s true

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Cancer Care Complementary Care Oncology

The Role of the Genetic Counselor

May 1, 2016July 17, 2017 Robert Baker BRCA, BRCA mutation, BRCA1, BRCA1 mutation, BRCA2 gene, breast, breast cancer, cancer, Care department, colonoscopy, colorectal, costly cancer drug, counsel, counsel patient, counselor, discussion of treatment option, double mastectomy, emphatic yes, evidence of breast cancer, example of genetic predisposition, example of proactive care, family history, family history of cancer, family of a newborn, general population, genetic counsel, genetic counselor, genetic mutation, genetic test, genetic test of healthy people, Gina, healthcare, healthcare cost, high risk, immune modify therapy, insurance, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Lexington, Liz Reilly, map-out, mastectomy, maximum efficacy, MS, mutation, old sister 's foot-steps, ovarian cancer, pre-cancerous, proactive care, Reilly, Reilly 's job, Reilly 's practice, reproductive history, revolutionary impact of molecular genetics, role of the genetic counselor, scope of the genetic counselor, sister 's foot-steps, spread presence, story of risk, symptomatic tumor, time of consultation, type of cancer, unexpected abnormality, wide spread presence, wide spread presence of KentuckyOne health, woman 's risk

LEXINGTON If the first image that comes to mind when you hear the term genetic counselor is a person who

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Events – Dec 2015

December 1, 2015January 20, 2017 MD-Update Staff Alvarado, AMA, ball, bill, cancer, Care, community leader, community leader of the year, community service, community service award, compassionate physician award, counsel, Debbie Scoppechio, doctor, doctor 's ball, Dr. Kennedy, Dr. Ralph Alvarado, Ephraim McDowell, Ephraim McDowell physician, Ephraim McDowell physician of the year, Eugene Shively, evening, excellence, Fayette, free mammogram, gala, generosity, Gil Dunn, healthcare, honoree, Hoven, international humanitarian service, J., Jack Trevey, Jack Trevey award, Jesse Wright, Joe Omielan, John Shaw, Joseph, Joseph east, Joseph hospital, Joseph hospital foundation, Kathy, KCA, Kentucky, Kentucky counsel association, Kentucky department, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KentuckyOne vice president, KentuckyOne vice president of development, KY state, Ky., l-r, Leslie Buddeke, Leslie Buddeke smart, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Lexington medical society, LifeWise Inc., LMS, LMS meet, Louisville, LPCC, MAMM, mammogram, MD-UPDATE, Medicaid, medicine, Melissa Currie, Michelle Perry, Morris Weiss, Nicholasville, nominee, oncology, photo, physician, physician award, physician of the year, president of LifeWise Inc., president-elect, preview, PsyD, PWP, raise fund, RJ Corman, RN, Robert Densmore, Senator-R, session, Sharon, smart, th, th district, veteran affair, vice president of development, VP, woman 's hospital, yes

Doctors’ Ball Raises Funds for New Mobile Cancer Screening Van LOUISVILLE – The 20th Anniversary of the Doctors’ Ball, presented

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Help Me Help You

May 1, 2015 Donald P. Moloney, II active role, anatomy chart, attorney, attorney 's staff, carrier, circuit court clerk 's office, communication preference, considerable time, counsel, denial of insurance coverage, deposition, deposition transcript, email inbox, exchange contact information, expert disclosure, group 's insurance, hectic day, initial client, insurance, insurance carrier, insurance coverage, lawsuit, legal defense, legible copy of the patient 's record, local circuit court clerk 's office, malpractice, malpractice claim, medical chart, medical malpractice claim, medical provider, medical timeline, Moloney, obtain personal counsel, patient 's attorney, patient 's record, policy limit, practice group, practice group 's designated process agent, practice manager, process agent, provider, restricted delivery, treatment of the patient, written discovery

You have had a hectic day at the office. Several patients required more time than scheduled, your staff is stressed

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When Hospice Works Too Well

July 1, 2014 Stephanie M. Wurdock admission, advantage of the compassionate care, ALFs, Boomer generation age, cause of great joy, certification, counsel, curative care, dignified existence, estimated six month life expectancy, expectancy, extended prognosis, financial ramification, general inpatient hospice, hospice, hospice admission, hospice agency, hospice care, hospice care claim, hospice claim, hospice patient, hospice physician, hospice program, hospice provider, hospice serve, hospice stay, hospice work, human service office, human service office of the inspector general, inpatient hospice, legal counsel, lengthened life expectancy, life expectancy, Medicare, Medicare coverage requirement, Medicare expenditure, Medicare hospice benefit, Medicare pay, non-Alzheimer, non-Alzheimer 's dementia, nurse home, OIG, OIG will, patient 's terminal status, physician, physician re-certifies, plan dictate, prognosis, ramification, re-certifies, referral, referral arrangement, six, six month life expectancy, US hospice program, vast array of terminal illness, work plan

The first US hospice program opened its doors in 1974. Today, there are more than 5,500 hospice agencies serving an

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Fine Wine and Estate Planning

September 1, 2013January 20, 2017 Scott Neal ability of a spouse, advantage of the current situation, American taxpayer relief act, asset, beneficiary, capital gain tax, client 's assumption, counsel, date of death valuation, death valuation, decant, eliminate estate, estate plan, estate tax, exemption, exemption permanent, favorite libation, fine wine, gain tax, gift tax, good estate plan, important control issue, important provision of the law, irrevocable trust, large exemption, libation, live trust, minimize tax, model estate, new trust, portability, portability of the exemption permanent, provision, qualified legal counsel, Scott Neal, tax basis, tax code, taxpayer relief act, trust, trust asset, trustee, trustee 's power, unused exemption, valuation, well-drafted, well-drafted trust

As financial planners, we routinely model estate plans to determine if they meet the goals and objectives of our client.

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Responding to a KBML Grievance

August 1, 2013 Stephanie Wurdock age of retirement.1, allegation, alleged violation of the Kentucky medical practice act, attorney, complaint, counsel, course of practice, disciplinary action, entity;3, entity;3 grievance, fee dispute, formal proceed, grievance, grievance process, grievant, grievant 's medical record, hear officer, impairment of ability, inappropriate manner, inappropriate sexual conduct, inquiry, inquiry panel, investigate grievance, investigator, KBML, KBML complaint, KBML executive director, KBML grievance, Kentucky, Kentucky board, Kentucky board of medical Licensure, Kentucky medical practice act, KMBL, license, licensee, licensee 's co-worker, licensees.2, Licensure, licensure grievance, malpractice, malpractice claim, medical board of licensure grievance, medical Licensure, minimal standard of care, panel, physician, resolve question, resolve question of disability, retirement.1, scope of a license, show cause order, sufficient evidence, violation, waiver

Between 75 and 99 percent of physicians will face at least one malpractice claim by the time they reach the

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Special Section

Nutritional Therapy Enhances Health Outcomes

May 1, 2013 Kathleen Stanley, CDE, RD, LD, MSED, BC-ADM academy of nutrition, baptist health, budgetary limit, celiac, Celiac sprue association, counsel, counsel patient, diabetes, diagnosis, dietitian, effective meal plan, established approach, evidence-based practice recommendation, follow-up, food choice, food preference, food tolerance, frustration of multiple diagnosis affect food choice, great Lexington community, health care condition, HealthwoRx, HealthwoRx fitness facility, individualized educational plan, Lexington, Lexington community, Lexington green mall, Lexington use, licensed dietitian, lifestyle, lifestyle influence, medical nutrition therapy, medical treatment plan, modified diet, motivational interview, multiple diagnosis affect food choice, need of the great Lexington community, need upfront, nutrition, nutrition plan, nutrition therapy, nutritional counsel, nutritional therapy, outcome, outpatient, outpatient nutrition, outpatient nutrition counsel service, patient-centered approach, pediatric issue, personal food preference, physician 's referral, purpose of prescription, RDs, specialized counsel, specialized nutrition plan, stepwise approach, therapeutic outcome, thorough nutritional assessment, weight imbalance

Specialized nutrition plans are essential components in the treatment of many disease and health care conditions. Nutritional therapy has been

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