COVID-19 – MD Update

New Kid in (Bards)Town

October 1, 2020October 19, 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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2021 ICD-10-CM Code Changes Effective October 1, 2020

October 1, 2020October 19, 2020 Brandy Montgomery, CPC, CPMA acute chest syndrome, adverse effect, ankyloses, arthritis, articular cartilage disorder, cartilage disorder, cerebral vascular involvement, chapter 22 code, chest syndrome, collision involve electric scooter, consequence of external cause, COVID-19, D57, D57.213, D57.431, dislocation, disorder, disorder of ligament, external cause, external cause of morbidity, final rule, hundred of new ICD-10-CM code, ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-CM code, ICD-10-CM diagnosis code, image001 image002, M24.-, Mdm, musculoskeletal code, narcotic, new chapter 22 code, new code, new ICD-10-CM code, new sub-stages, non-motor vehicle accident, overview of the final rule, pathological dislocation, recurrent dislocation, rheumatoid arthritis, scooter, sickle-cell, sickle-cell thalassemia beta zero, sickle-cell/Hb-C, sickle-cell/Hb-C disease, specific joint derangement, synthetic narcotic, T40, U07.0, U07.1, vaping-related, vaping-related disorder

Below is an overview of the final rule as well as changes in various categories that may be important to

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CHI Saint Joseph Health Cancer Center

October 1, 2020October 19, 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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Maternity and Beyond

October 1, 2020October 19, 2020 Menisa Marshall 23-member team, 3D mammography, added peace, added peace of mind, advanced scan 's cost, advanced technology, advanced technology help, advanced technology in-house, all-woman practice, all-woman-run, all-woman-run obstetrics, booth, breast, breast cancer, breast cancer screen program, cancer, care parameter, CDC, CDC recommendation, clinical staff, co-managing, co-managing partner, convenient one-stop shop, conventional mammography, COVID-19, COVID-19 challenge, dense breast tissue, detailed tissue delineation, diagnostic procedure, Gil Dunn Rebecca Booth, growth of woman, gynecology practice, health exam, high tech mammography, image001 photo, in-house mammography, in-office screen, independent OB-GYN practice, innovation, innovative care, Kentucky 's COVID-19 response, lens of wellness, mammography, maternity, new clinical committee, OB-GYN practice, OB-GYN practice look, OB/ GYN, payer, physician, physician board-certified, practice 's mammography, pregnancy, pregnancy service, procedure, provide woman, Rebecca Booth, scan 's cost, tech mammography, technology help, technology in-house, telehealth, telehealth train, tissue, tissue delineation, tomosynthesis, track history, track history of flexibility, video of the breast, wellness, woman 's care

LOUISVILLE When Women First of Louisville opened its doors in 1988, it was one of the first all-woman-run obstetrics and

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Dr. Jones Speaks Again

October 1, 2020October 19, 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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Telehealth Expansion in Kentucky 2020 During COVID-19: the Future?

August 1, 2020October 19, 2020 E. Douglas Stephan, Esq adequate internet access, Andy Beshear, appropriate telecommunication, asynchronous telehealth, broadband infrastructure, clinician contact, coverage, COVID-19, COVID-19 case, COVID-19 emergency, COVID-19 pandemic, delivery of telehealth, distance patient, doctor, efficacy of the service, emergency, exclude coverage, exclude coverage of telehealth service, face-to-face, familiar web video service, health plan, healthcare, healthcare appointment, healthcare provider, in-person, in-person service, KAR, KAR 3:170, Kentucky, Kentucky 's original telehealth law, Kentucky COVID-19, Kentucky COVID-19 action, Kentucky executive order, Kentucky Telehealth, Kentucky Telehealth regulation change, long distance patient, major health system, MD-UPDATE, mediated health service, medical-specific, medical-specific video site, mobile health, necessary response resource, new state service, new state service of the office of health data, nutrition counsel, pandemic, patient 's health, patient access, physician use of telehealth, possible transmission of infectious disease, private electronic device, progressive telehealth law, provider, regulation, reimbursement, reliable broadband connection, remote patient monitor, response resource, service require physical presence, special emergency regulation, state line, store-and-forward, store-and-forward telehealth, telehealth, telehealth adoption, Telehealth advantage, telehealth consultation, Telehealth expansion, telehealth law, Telehealth program, telehealth provider, telehealth raise equity issue, telehealth service, telemedicine, title 907, treat patient, type of healthcare appointment, use of a variety of private electronic device, virtual visit, web video service, Wellness visit, worldwide COVID-19 pandemic

In 2018, Kentucky became one of the first states to authorize physician use of telehealth and to prohibit health plans

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Telehealth Services During COVID-19: What to Expect from Payers

August 1, 2020October 19, 2020 Jay Swacker, CPA, CIA, CHC, CHDA amount of time, bill personnel, CMS, commercial payer, COVID-19, COVID-19 public health emergency, COVID-19 temporary guidance, CPT, CPT code, differ state law, eligible telehealth service, guidance, health emergency, insurance, insurer, insurer 's requirement, Medicare, modifier, non-covered service, payer, payer type, physician, place of service code, post-payment, practice 's major payer, practice manager, provider, requirement, service code, telehealth, telehealth claim post-payment, telehealth service, telehealth visit, telehealth-specific, temporary guidance, track insurer 's effective date

Physician practices scrambled to offer telehealth services to patients during the first days of the COVID-19 public health emergency. At

Finance

Discover What’s Normal

August 1, 2020October 19, 2020 Scott Neal 2020, 2020s decade, adequate PPE, aspect of generation, catastrophic crisis, champion of new ideal, childhood toy, Chinese word, climactic event of WWII, climactic period, collective wisdom, community purpose, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, crisis, current crisis, development of a simplified workable worldview, established normalcy, family supper, favorite childhood toy, financial column, financial plan, financial plan career, find resolution, found moment, generational think, gray champion, health of patient, healthy paradigm shift, history run, Howe, huge segment, investment, junior spy, late William Strauss, lens of history, life of a junior spy, long-lived life, mask-free, member of a large group, millennial, much-maligned millennial, negative term, Neil Howe, new normal, opportunity, pandemic, periscope, pessimistic worldview, pre-COVID, pre-COVID 19, respected advisor, Saecula, Scott Neal, season of life, simplified workable worldview, social distance, Strauss, strengthen of family, sure feel, worldview

Before getting into the financial column, let me say that you who are watching after and attending to the health

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Surplus Supplies Save Lives Worldwide — And in Our Own Backyard

August 1, 2020October 19, 2020 Thomas Pack Bellarmine, Bellarmine 's Lansing, Bellarmine college department, Bellarmine college department of nurse, board council, board council of the woman 's global cancer alliance, cancer alliance, care facility, clinical nurse specialist, COVID-19, COVID-19 crisis, Davis, Davis draw, Davis serve, dean of Bellarmine 's Lansing, donation coordinator, Edd, garbage truck, great Louisville medical society, healthcare, image001 photo, impoverished community, Kentucky, Kentucky hospital, landfill, large portion of the surplus, local donation coordinator, long term care facility, Louisville, Louisville metro police department, Mary manse college, medical supply, medical surplus, member of the great Louisville medical society, Norton Healthcare, nurse, office of adult service, organization collect, pandemic, plastic surgery practice, PPE, responder, right supply, RN, St. Vincent hospital school, Sue Davis, sure surplus, surgery practice, surplus, surplus supply, value of donated item, wide range of experience, woman 's global cancer alliance

LOUISVILLE Nearly 430,000 garbage trucks — that’s what it would take to haul medical surplus from U.S. hospitals each year,

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Tracking COVID-19 by Testing Louisville Health Care Workers

May 1, 2020June 1, 2020 MD-Update Staff antibody, Brad Shafer, careworkers, Co-Immunity, Co-Immunity project, Co-Immunity project 's goal, comprehensive coronavirus, coronavirus, coronavirus immunity, COVID-19, CPM, groundbreaking initiative, health careworkers, immunity, integral partner, integral partner of UofL, Jewish heritage fund, JHFE, JHFE board chair, level of immunity, Linda Schuster, Louisville, Louisville 's health care community, Louisville Christina Lee Brown Envirome, Louisville Christina Lee Brown Envirome institute, Louisville health system, Louisville Healthcare CEO, Louisville Healthcare CEO council, Louisville healthcare worker, major health system, Norton Healthcare, real-time picture, real-time picture of the virus, university of Louisville Christina Lee Brown Envirome institute, UofL, UofL health, UofL vice president, virus, wave of COVID-19, world focus

LOUISVILLE Just as the Co-Immunity Project began its first phase to test Louisville healthcare workers for COVID-19 and antibodies from

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