HHS – MD Update

Revisiting Federal Physician Compensation Restrictions

November 1, 2018December 28, 2018 Jamie Wilhite Dittert alternative payment model, Anti-Kickback, Anti-Kickback statute, arrangement, aspect of the stark law, care coordination, compensation, coordinated care, designated health service, exception, exist exception, federal physician compensation restriction, federal physician self-referral law, health care provider 's ability, HHS, incentive, issue guidance, law 's specific exception, liability standard, Medicaid, Medicare, obligation, ongoing initiative, patient choice, patient referral, physician, physician 's immediate family member, physician compensation, physician compensation arrangement, physician self-referral law, potential unnecessary obstacle, prohibited referral, provider, public comment, recent request, referral, regulation, regulatory sprint, remuneration, request, safe harbor, self-referral, signal potential significant change, stark law, statute, strict liability standard, value-based, value-based system

Change is in the air for federal laws that restrict physician compensation. Recent requests for information from the Department of

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Healthcare Business Legal

What Healthcare Providers Should Know About MACRA

January 1, 2017January 19, 2017 Lisa English Hinkle adjustment, administrative regulatory process, alternative payment model, announced appointment, announced appointment of Tom Price, APM, APM program, APMs, apprehension loom, clinician, clinician service, CMS, educate clinician, efficient care, election of Donald trump, eligible clinician, eligible clinician service, encourage participation, establish payment, everyday term, final rule, future of the ACA, generous roll time period physician, growth rate formula, growth rate methodology, HHS, HHS team, improved care, incentive, independent clinical practice, legacy program, MACRA, Medicare, Medicare patient, Medicare payment, Merit-Based, Merit-Based incentive payment system, MIPS, new acronym, new payment system, nurse, option, outcome-focused, participation, pay incentive, payment, payment adjustment, payment model, payment penalty, payment system, physician, president-elect trump 's inauguration, provider, provider burden, qualified participant, quality measure, quality payment program, regulation, repeal of the sustainable growth rate methodology, replacement of the sustainable growth rate formula, resource-effective, submission, sustainable growth rate formula, sustainable growth rate methodology, system delivery, time period physician, trump, trump 's HHS team, uncertainty

With the election of Donald Trump and the announced appointment of Tom Price as secretary of Health and Human Services,

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News News & Events Uncategorized

News – May 2016

May 1, 2016July 17, 2017 MD-Update Staff AAP, American college, angiogenesis, assistant professor, Avastin, Brown, brown cancer center, cancer, cancer center, cardiology, Care, Care center, chair, chair of the Kentucky eHealth board, Christine, clinical trial, CMIO, co-founder of the Kleinert Kutz hand, CPR, Danville, Dr. Joseph Kutz, E., Ephraim McDowell, Ephraim McDowell board chair, Ephraim McDowell health board, epidemiology, extension center, fellowship, foundational grant, future of hand surgery, GBM, grant fund, hand care, hand surgery, health information technology, healthcare, healthcare information technology, Healthcare IT, HHS, human service 's office, human service 's office of the national coordinator, investigator, IT, James Graham Brown, JGBCC, Kentucky, Kentucky eHealth, Kentucky eHealth board, Kentucky health information exchange, Kentucky regional extension center, Kentucky state fair, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KHA, KHIE, Kihlman, king of a middle eastern country, Kleinert Kutz, Kleinert Kutz hand, Kutz, Kutz 's achievement, Louisville, Louisville Joseph, Louisville Joseph E., M., M. Kleinert, medical field, medicine, microsurgery, national coordinator, new therapy, News, ONC, pediatrics, powerful woman, principal investigator, professor, recurrence, recurrent GBM, service 's office, SOEPHE, Steltenkamp, surgeon, surgery, survival, therapy, Tonka, transplantation, tumor, tumor growth, U, U.S. department of health, UK HealthCare, university of Louisville, VB-111, VCA, Woods, World-Renowned, world-renowned hand surgeon

World-Renowned Hand Surgeon Dr. Joseph Kutz Retires LOUISVILLE Joseph E. Kutz, MD, co-founder of the Kleinert Kutz Hand Care Center

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Saving More Lives

September 1, 2015 Jenny Miller Jones Appalachian regional hospital, baptist health, bronze, bronze recognition, decision of nurse, donor, donor enrollment, enrollment, HHS, HHS 's health resource, hospital campaign, HRSA, HRSA 's WPFL, illness strike, Kentucky, Kentucky hospital, Kentucky hospital association, Kentucky organ donor affiliate, KHA, KHA effort, KODA, KODA 's service area, medical center, Michael T. rust, nation 's hospital, national workplace partnership, organ, organ donor enrollment, organ procurement organization, president of the KHA, procurement, registry activity, registry-, select group of organ procurement organization, silver, special effort of HRSA 's WPFL, St. Joseph, state organ donor registry, T, tissue donor, transplant, transplant center, transplant center receive recognition, ultimate gift, ultimate gift of life, workplace partnership, WPFL

Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates (KODA) and the Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA) are among a select group of organ procurement organizations

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News – Oct 2013

October 1, 2013March 22, 2017 MD-Update Staff $, acupuncture, advanced heart failure, atrium, baptist health, Bolli, cardiology, cardiovascular research, cardiovascular service, catheter, catheter-based, catheter-based technology, clip, Corbin, Diabetes & Endocrinology, donor, emergency, emergency medicine, exam, exam room, Excelera, Excelera Corp., Excelera network, executive director, executive director of cardiovascular service, experience life-altering symptom, first-in-state, health system, heart 's left atrium, heart 's mitral valve leaflet, heart association, HHS, hospital medicine program, invasive MitraClip procedure, invasive open-heart surgery, ischemic, ischemic heart disease, Jagger, Jessup, Joseph, Joseph heart institute, Joseph physician, Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, Lexington, life-altering symptom, life-saving heart procedure, limited-distribution, limited-distribution drug, Louisville, Louisville department, medical group, medication, medicine, member organization, mesa, MitraClip, MitraClip procedure, Mr, national specialty pharmacy network, new life-saving heart procedure, News, open heart surgery, open-heart, ophthalmology, organ, organ donation, orthopaedic surgery, patient 's care, pediatrics, pharmaceuticals, pharmacy, physician, procedure, provider, quality of life, recognition, Richmond, Robert Salley, SEC, small metal clip, specialty, specialty drug, specialty pharmaceuticals, specialty pharmacy, specialty pharmacy network, sport medicine, stem cell, surgery, TAVR, team physician, TeamHealth, therapy, Trans catheter, UK department, university of Louisville, university of Louisville department of pediatrics, UofL, valve, WHAS, WHAS crusade

Saint Joseph Performs First-in-state MitraClip Procedure LEXINGTON The Saint Joseph Heart Institute, part of KentuckyOne Health, has successfully completed a

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