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News – Apr 2021

April 1, 2021June 16, 2021 MD-Update Staff Aaron Stewart, advanced heart failure, affiliate, American college, Andy Powell, baptist health, baptist health foundation, Bellarmine, Bellarmine university, Breckenridge Lane, cardiologist, cardiothoracic, cardiovascular care, cardiovascular service, CEO, chairman, chairman of baptist health foundation, chief lend officer, clinic, clinical support, Dr. Toadvine, executive director, failure, family medicine, foundation board, foundation board chairman, fundraising, great Louisville, gynecology, Harrison, Harrison memorial hospital, health foundation, healthcare, heart disease, heart failure, heart failure patient, heart transplant, HMH, hormone-related, hormone-related program, image001 photo, image002 photo, Justin Leighty, K., Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kresge way, KY 40207, Larry Gray, leadership, Leighty, Lexington, lifesaving, Louisville, Louisville baptist health foundation, Louisville Louisville, Louisville Louisville baptist health, medical degree, medical director, medical group, medicine, member of the American college of obstetrics, new CEO, new foundation board chairman, News, Norton, Norton Audubon, Norton Audubon hospital, Norton Healthcare, Norton heart, obstetrics, photo, physician, physician specialty service, Powell, president of baptist health, republic bank, republic bank 's Andy Powell, residency, Riley, role of vice chairman, service line, specialty, Stewart, suite 134, suite 200, TOADVINE, transplant, treatment of disease of the female reproductive organ, UK Gill, UK Gill heart, UK HealthCare, UofL, UofL health, UofL school, UofL school of medicine, VAD, vascular institute, vice president, vice president of clinical support, wealth of board

Aaron Stewart, MD, Joins Baptist Health Medical Group LOUISVILLE Louisville Baptist Health Medical Group welcomed Aaron Stewart, MD, in January

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OP/ED 

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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Special Section 

A Privilege to Serve

February 1, 2021April 14, 2021 Tim Corkran air traffic reporter, cardiothoracic, cardiothoracic surgeon, cardiothoracic surgery fellowship, chest, chest malady, chi, chi saint, coal mine 's decline, confident attitude, COVID-19, COVID-19 impact, early pediatric heart transplant, eastern Kentuckian, eastern Kentucky lifestyle, esophagus procedure, general surgery practice, general surgery residency, Hamid Mohammadzadeh, image001 photo, importance of early screen, incision, invasive surgery, invasive thoracic surgery, Jonathan Kiev, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph health 's cardiothoracic surgeon, Joseph health physician, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kentucky lifestyle, Kiev, Leonard Bailey, Lexington radio station, Lexington surgeon, Loma Linda medical center, lung, mom, nodule, pack-a-day, pack-a-day smoker, patient care, pediatric heart surgeon, post-operative, pre-and post-operative walk, privilege, ravage of lung, reflux disease, Robert Salley, small incision, surgeon, surgery, surgery element, surgery practice, surgery residency, surgical ability, surgical work, thoracic surgery, thoracic surgery element, thorough information, Tulane university 's school, Tulane university 's school of medicine, typical chi saint

LEXINGTON Surgeons augment their surgical abilities with a confident attitude that reassures and empowers their patients. CHI Saint Joseph Health’s

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Complementary Care 

Kentucky’s Link to Prevention

March 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Melissa Karrer cancer, colon, colon cancer, colon cancer screen, colonoscopies, colonoscopy, colorectal cancer rank, continued barrier, flower clinic, free colonoscopy, high out-of-pocket expense, insurance, introduction of the Kentucky colon cancer screen program, KCCSP, KCCSP advisory committee meet, KDPH, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kentucky 's link, Kentucky CancerLink, Kentucky colon cancer, Kentucky colon cancer screen program, Kentucky rank number, Kentucky resident, little flower clinic, Livingston county hospital, Ohio county hospital, out-of-pocket, out-of-pocket expense, patient navigation, Pennyrile district, primary function of KCCSP, problem of colon cancer, provider, screen, surveillance colonoscopy

  Kentucky ranks number one in cancer overall in the nation and is among the highest of the states in

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Special Section 

Collaborating on Cancer Care in the Bluegrass

March 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Allison Perry AOCNS, bluegrass, cancer, cancer care, central Kentucky, chemotherapy service, CJ Cruz Markey, CJ Cruz Markey cancer center, clinic, clinical trial, collaboration, Falguni Amin-Zimmerman, good care, image001 photo, Karen Mulholland, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Lexington clinic 's south Broadway, Lexington clinic provider, Lexington UK HealthCare, Markey, Markey cancer center, medical hematology, oncology, outpatient, outpatient cancer care, physician, provider, Rachel Harper, Richmond, specialty, Susan Liddle, UK HealthCare, William camp

LEXINGTON UK HealthCare and Lexington Clinic joined together this year to enhance and expand outpatient cancer care throughout Central Kentucky.

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Headlines 

Public Health, Safety, and Access to Care Priorities for Physicians in 2020

February 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Emily Schott authorization requirement, Care priority, cessation, co-pay, co-pay accumulator policy, co-pay card, copays, deceptive drug injury advertisement, driver 's license renewal process, drug injury advertisement, e-cigarette/vaping, e-cigarette/vaping excise tax, government-mandated rate, image001 photo, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kentucky medical association, key issue impact Kentuckian, KMA, KMA Emily Schott, legal sale of tobacco product, legislation, list of legislative priority, medication-assisted, medication-assisted treatment, non-opioid, non-opioid pain treatment, out-of-network, out-of-network service, patient 's out-of-pocket, patient of the commonwealth, payer, physician, prior authorization requirement, public health, removal of prior authorization requirement, robust public health agenda, session, session of the Kentucky general assembly, state tobacco prevention, story of cost increase, surprise bill, third-party financial assistance, tobacco, vision test, voice of physician

The 2020 session of the Kentucky General Assembly kicked off on Tuesday, January 7. As with all even-numbered years, the

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News News & Events 

Colon Cancer Screenings Increase

March 1, 2019March 21, 2019 MD-Update Staff ACA, adoption of the affordable Care act, cancer, colon, colon cancer, colon cancer screen increase, colorectal, colorectal surgeon, impact of colon cancer, journal of the American college of surgeon, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kentucky cabinet, Kentucky cancer registry, Kentucky hospital discharge database, Kentucky study, MD-UPDATE, Medicaid, Medicaid expansion, Medicaid patient, News item, outcome of colon cancer, post-expansion, Pre-ACA Medicaid expansion, screen, surgeon, UK Markey, UK Markey cancer center, university of Kentucky study

LEXINGTON A University of Kentucky study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows a direct link

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Advocacy 

Tort Reform and Administrative Simplification Remain KMA Priorities

March 1, 2018May 8, 2018 Emily Schott administrative burden, administrative improvement, administrative simplification, advocacy, advocacy effort, advocacy priority, assembly 's emphasis, association 's main objective, barrier, Bill 4, Bill 69, brought dozen, brought dozen of physician, burnout, charged topic, consistent legal climate, drug abuse, efficient health care, Frankfort, good care, great patient safety, health of Kentuckian, healthcare, healthcare discussion, high smoke rate, image001 Emily Schott, image001 Emily Schott serve, impact of the physician presence, initiative, introduction of Senate, Kentuckian, Kentucky, Kentucky general assembly 's emphasis, Kentucky medical association, Kentucky physician, KMA, KMA priority, launch of a new initiative, legislative session, liability system, meaningful exchange, meaningful exchange of dialogue, medical review panel, medicine, new initiative, obesity, opioid abuse epidemic, physician, physician 's day, physician presence, practice efficiency, practice of medicine, practice staff, priority, priority bill, provider, public health challenge, quality control mechanism, resource perform nonclinical activity, Senate Bill 79, session, state 's legal liability system, suggest improvement, timely care, tort, tort reform central, trusted resource, unlimited risk, unnecessary barrier, well-known provider shortage

LOUISVILLE Despite the Kentucky General Assembly’s emphasis on politically charged topics such as the budget and pension reform, it is

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News News & Events 

News – Jul 2017

July 1, 2017July 31, 2017 MD-Update Staff ACA, advanced health disparity research train program, American college, American college of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterology association, American society of gastrointestinal Endoscopy, app, assistant professor, baptist health, Benitez, BHMG Gastroenterology Lexington Mark Brunner, biomedical research program, Brunner, CEO, CEO of KentuckyOne health, Chuck Neumann, current interim president, current interim president of university of Louisville hospital, disparity, epidemiological/bio-statistical, epidemiological/bio-statistical method, experiential skill development, gastroenterology, Gastroenterology association, gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Geisinger medical center, grantsmanship, grief, health disparity research, health service research, health system, Health-Related, Health-Related research, healthcare, Healthcare need, impactful research, inpatient gastroenterology service, integrated health system, intense grief, interim, interim president, interim president of university of Louisville hospital, internal medicine, interprofessional, interprofessional environment, James Graham Brown, James Graham Brown cancer center transition, Karpf, Kentuckian, Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KHA, KHA board, lead health system, leadership, leadership structure, Lexington Dr. Brittany, Lexington Dr. Brittany small, long-term leadership structure, long-term leadership structure of KentuckyOne health, Louisville, Louisville hospital, Louisville KentuckyOne, Louisville KentuckyOne health, Louisville medical center, luncheon, Mark Spurlin, meaningful research, Medicaid, medical care, medical degree, member of the American college of Gastroenterology, member of the American college of physician, News, NHLBI, Nicholasville road, operation of ULH, pediatrics, perinatal, perinatal loss, PGIS, PhD, physician, pregnancy loss, priority of the organization, provider, role of interim president, Ruth Brinkley, scientific write strategy, Spurlin, successful team science career development, successful transition of operation, suite 302, team science career development, transition, U, ULH, university of Kentucky center, year-long mentoring experience

Brunner and Spurlin Join BHMG Gastroenterology LEXINGTON Mark Brunner, MD, and Mark Spurlin, MD, have joined Baptist Health Medical Group

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Events 

Events – Oct 2016

October 1, 2016December 30, 2016 MD-Update Staff B., breast, breast cancer, cancer, cancer battle, Chandler, Chandler hospital, Children-Lexington, Children-Lexington official, color of courage, courage, day dichroic, dichroic, dichroic glass, eliminate barrier, estate of Natalie, expanded Medicaid, federal poverty, Gil Dunn, harmful ray while, honor of individual, hope scarf, hope scarf raise fund, insured Kentuckian, KCL, KCL community relation, KCL executive director, Kentuckian, Kentucky Albert, Kentucky Albert B., Kentucky cancer patient, Kentucky CancerLink, l-r, La Grange road, Lara MacGregor, level guideline, Lexington construction, Linkin, Linkin 's bridge, Mary Ann Leucht, Melissa Karrer, metastatic breast cancer research, mission of hope scarf, modern day dichroic, Owensboro, Owensboro restaurant sponsor, park garage, park garage of the university of Kentucky Albert B., pedestrian pedway, pedway, photo, physician, PizzAroma, PizzAroma owner, porch possum, ray while, recent finalist, reflective appearance, Reise officer, ROCK’N, ROCK’N roll tribute, scarf, Shriners, Shriners hospital, survivor, tribute band hotel, Vicki Blevins-Booth, woman face cancer

Construction on % Schedule at Shriners Hospital for Children-Lexington LEXINGTON Construction on the new medical center for Shriners Hospitals for

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