healthcare provider – MD Update

The COVID-19 Vaccine: Challenges, Opportunities, and What Employers Should Know

February 1, 2021February 17, 2021 E. Douglas Stephan $, $900 billion stimulus package, 000, 000 second dose, 38, 900, absence of a specific federal statute, act 's application, act declaration, actual vaccination, American 's effort, amount of the vaccine, coronavirus, coronavirus vaccine, court negligence claim, covered person, COVID-19, COVID-19 liability protection, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccine, COVID-19 vaccine while, distribution challenge, early vaccination, effective coronavirus vaccine, effective vaccination, employee, employer, employer protection, essential worker, federal immunity, federal legal guidance, guidance, harm of the coronavirus, healthcare, healthcare provider, immunity, inaction of a business, issue involve federal jurisdiction, Kentucky, Kentucky 's initial, lawsuit, liability, liability protection, local healthcare provider, Moderna estimate, negligence, pandemic, Pfizer-BioNTech, polio, positive news, positive news of effective coronavirus vaccine, potential legal liability, public readiness, reluctance of people, report of adverse reaction, responder, specific federal statute, state law negligence claim, state liability law raise, subsequent congressional negotiation, successful vaccination program, U.S. vaccine safety system, U.S. vaccine safety system 's goal, unclear communication, use of measure, vaccination, vaccine, vaccine 's effectiveness, vaccine adoption

After a long and difficult year dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 began with the positive news of effective coronavirus

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Urgent Cybersecurity Alert: Imminent Ransomware Threat in the Healthcare Sector

December 1, 2020February 17, 2021 Gui Cozzi, CISSP, CISA, CRISC check configuration, CISA, cyber, cyber threat, cybercrime threat, cybercriminals, cybersecurity alert, Dean Dorton, FBI, healthcare, healthcare provider, HHS, HPH, imminent cybercrime threat, imminent Ransomware threat, implementation of a strong information security program, incident response playbook specific, information security program, infrastructure security agency, manufacturer release update, ongoing security risk assessment, organization-owned asset, password, patch operate system, public health sector, Ransomware, RDP, remote access, response playbook specific, risk of Ransomware, Ryuk, Ryuk ransomware, security risk assessment, strong information security program, threat, threat actor, TTPs, urgent cybersecurity alert

An advisory has been released by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and

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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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COVID-19 Immunity Protection for Healthcare Professionals

May 1, 2020September 4, 2020 Jamie Wilhite Dittert absolute immunity, AED machine, aspect of the provision of CPR, circumstance, complete absence of care, context of COVID-19, COVID-19, COVID-19 crisis, COVID-19 immunity, COVID-19 immunity protection, COVID-19 patient, COVID-19 trigger, COVID-19 trigger pre-existing protection, defense cover provider, egregious action, emergency, emergency care, exist good Samaritan law, front-line healthcare provider, future medical treatment, health emergency situation, health entity, healthcare, healthcare provider, healthcare provider 's ordinary negligence, healthcare provider give care, healthcare service, healthcare service outside, healthcare service outside of the provider 's professional scope of practice, immunity, immunity defense, Kentucky, Kentucky 's exist requirement, Kentucky 's state, Kentucky 's state of emergency, KRS 217.5401, limited circumstance, medical negligence case, negligence, non-exclusive list, non-exclusive list of circumstance, off-label use of medication, outset of a case, pandemic, patient care need, policy determination, practice requirement, provider, provider 's action, provider 's professional scope, provision of true emergency care, public health entity, rare type of immunity, request of healthcare facility, rule pre-dating, scene of an emergency, scope, scope of practice requirement, state law supplement, true emergency care, umbrella of immunity, unprecedented circumstance, wanton conduct

During the COVID-19 crisis, a number of state governments, including Kentucky’s, have taken steps to adopt new protections for the

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Complementary Care

Vaping and E-Cigarettes Add to Lung Disease

November 1, 2019February 21, 2020 Elizabeth A. Hoagland, CHFS, DPH, DPQI adult, CDC, cough, curious cluster, curious cluster of case, diarrhea, E-Cigarette, e-cigarette use, e-cigarettes, electronic cigarette, EVALI, Frankfort, healthcare, healthcare provider, injury, Kentucky, Kentucky department, local investigation, long-term health impact, lung, lung injury, marijuana, marijuana extract, marijuana use, national investigation, nausea, nicotine, probable case of lung injury, product use-associated lung injury, provider, public health, shortness, shortness of breath, symptom, THC, tobacco, tobacco product, use e-cigarettes, use-associated, vapes, vaping

FRANKFORT You’ve seen them in stores and on billboards on the side of the road, and heard about them on

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Does Saying “I’m Sorry” Help or Hurt You?

June 1, 2019September 4, 2019 Donald P. Moloney 3, admission of fault, admission of negligence, alleviate anger, apology, apology statute, bad outcome, cause of medical error, culture of medicine, disclosure program, doe, explanation, filing of the lawsuit, full disclosure program, general sense of benevolence, healthcare, healthcare provider, highly-regarded physician-patient relationship, Kentucky, Kentucky lawmaker, lawmaker, lawsuit, Lexington, Lexington VA, ligation cost, litigation defense save, litigious climate, malpractice, malpractice lawsuit, malpractice suit, MD 's tenure, medical malpractice lawsuit, medical malpractice suit, medical practitioner, medical risk management, Moloney, negligence, outcome, outcome.2, Pat Moloney, patient 's family, patient-centric, patient-centric model, physician, practitioner, R-Winchester, Ralph Alvarado, sincere expression, sincere expression of empathy, sorry work, statute, Steve Kraman, unexpected medical outcome, unexpected outcome.2, VA, way insurance company

There was a time when physicians wouldn’t hesitate to explain why a bad outcome occurred and offer an apology to

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Compliance: The Best Risk Management Tool

May 1, 2019June 21, 2019 Lisa English Hinkle abuse compliance, Anti-Kickback, Anti-Kickback statute, Anti-Kickback statute 's prohibition, behavioral health service, big data, CMS, commercial health insurance plan, commercial insurance rule, compliance, compliance area, compliance plan, compliance professional, compliance program, compliance program effectiveness, compliance review, complicated medicare payment rule, controlled substance, core element of a compliance program, data analytics, documentation, effective compliance plan, effectiveness of compliance plan, EKRA, eliminate kickback, employer, enactment of the eliminate kickback, evaluation of employee, ever-expanding area, ever-expanding area of compliance, everyday routine of regulator, federal report requirement, Fee schedule rule, filing, final physician, good practice, good risk management tool, healthcare, healthcare provider, HI-TECH, HI-TECH report requirement, Hinkle, important element of a compliance plan, important new area, insurance, insurance rule, internal report system, Kasper, Kentucky, Kentucky board, laboratory test necessary, match originating-site facility fee claim, measure compliance program effectiveness, Medicaid, medical necessity, medical record code, Medicare, Medicare claim, medicare payment rule, monitor adherence, necessity, new area, new area of compliance review, new criminal penalty, new enforcement, originating-site, originating-site facility fee claim, patient broker, payment, prescription of controlled substance, privacy, privacy requirement, program administration, protected health information, provider, provider education, recovery home, regulator, regulator 's sight, regulatory sea ebb, resource guide, review of big data, review of policy, risk management tool, robust compliance program, safety of patient, sample of area, score compliance, sea ebb, stark law, substance, substance disorder treatment, telehealth, telehealth claim, thorough documentation of medical record, tool, topic of a study group, ultimate risk management tool, vendor

What is compliance, anyway? Something that you will know when you see it? What is an effective compliance plan? To

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Compliance is Crucial

December 1, 2018February 15, 2019 William J. George, ESQ additional federal prosecutor, attainable compliance expectation, autonomy of a compliance program, cases.1, civil case involve healthcare provider, civil false claim act, claim act, compliance, compliance expectation, compliance initiative, compliance issue, compliance program, compliant manner, concise policy, contracted provider, culture of compliance, current legal enforcement environment, DOJ, effectiveness of an exist program, employee, enforcement, enforcement environment, false claim act, federal government, federal government 's recoupment, fentanyl-based, fentanyl-based opioid, fraudulent bill practice, government 's recoupment, government.2, government.3, healthcare, healthcare fraud, healthcare provider, healthcare provider 's financial good interest, healthcare provider 's strategic initiative, insurance company, insurance company 's special investigation unit, Insys, Insys therapeutics, J., large financial penalty, meaningful train, medical provider, Opioid, opioid crisis, opioid epidemic, opioid prescriber, opioid-related, opioid-related death, opioids, prescription interdiction task force, provider, qui tam suit, real-world compliance problem, recoupment, stagger success, stagger success of the federal government 's recoupment, therapeutics, type of lawsuit, use of the false claim act, William J.

In the current legal enforcement environment, it is crucial that healthcare providers prioritize compliance initiatives and programs in order to

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Headlines-OP/ED

Pain Medicine is in Pain

December 1, 2018December 28, 2018 Heather C. Wright, ESQ appropriate dose of medication, bluegrass, C., CEO, CEO of the pain treatment center of the bluegrass, constant fear of prosecution, Esq., healthcare provider, help of Kentucky All-Schedule prescription, image001 Heather, image001 Heather C., interventional therapy, magnitude of pain, management physician, medication, medication management, medicine, modality, multidisciplinary pain clinic, Noreen Clark, Opioid, opioid problem, opioids, pain, pain clinic, pain management, pain medicine, pain patient, pain physician, pain practitioner, pain treatment center, pain treatment center of the bluegrass, Phillip Pizzo, physician, practitioner, prescribe of opioids, prescription, prescription of opioids, prescription of pain medicine, variety of modality

LEXINGTON In an article within the New England Journal of Medicine in 2012, Phillip Pizzo, MD, and Noreen Clark, PhD,

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Kentucky’s New Telehealth Act

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Back in 2014, I wrote an article for MD-Update about treating patients by “telehealth” in Kentucky.1 While Kentucky was one

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