prevention – MD Update

Update: Correct Coding in Kentucky for Colorectal Cancer Screening

April 1, 2021April 14, 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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Making the Case for Care Continuity

April 1, 2021April 14, 2021 Donna Ison blood pressure, cancerous lesion, Care continuity, care physician, chi saint, continuity, continuity of care, diabetes, doctor, doctor reach, Gil Dunn Nancy Morris, heart disease, high blood pressure, home patient, image001 photo, inpatient, internal medicine, internal medicine physician, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, Laurel, Laurel county, lesion, medicine, medicine physician, Morris, Morris state, Nancy Morris, nurse home patient, outpatient, outpatient set, patient 18, patient advocacy, patient advocate, physician, preteen year, prevalent presentation, prevention, primary care, primary Care associate of London, primary care of London, primary care physician, rarer disease, Sherisa Warren, skin lesion removal, university of Kentucky college of medicine, wide range of complaint

LONDON When primary care physician Nancy Morris, MD, recently met her new colleague, vascular surgeon Sherisa Warren, DO, she was

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Dr. Jones Speaks Again

October 1, 2020December 1, 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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Dr. Jones Speaks: “Going on Offense Against Cancer”

October 1, 2019December 9, 2019 Jim Kelsey advanced fellowship, Alexandra Rogers, American cancer society achievement award, Ashok Kapur, biliary endoscopy, bulb moment, cancer, cancer society achievement award, colon, colon cancer, colon cancer prevention project, colon cancer prevention statistics, colorectal, colorectal cancer screen, colorectal screen, cost of cancer treatment, cost of prevention, dad, detection, diverse group of leader, Dr. Jones Speaks, early detection, early screen, embrace preventative, endoscopic, endoscopy, Endoscopy associate, esophageal cancer, family risk, gastroenterology, gastroenterology fellowship, Gastroenterology health partner, gastroenterology physician practice, genetic test, GHP, GI-related, health insurance, health system change, healthcare, high rate of incidence, history of community involvement, image001 photo, image002 photo, impact of the colon cancer prevention project, improved state, Jones, Kentucky, Kentucky cancer foundation, Kentucky colon cancer prevention project, large private gastroenterology physician practice, Laszlo Makk, lifestyle issue, light bulb moment, Louisville, Midwest Gastroenterology, Midwest Gastroenterology associate, mix of healthcare, obvious passion, partner, photo, polyp, practice model, preventative, prevention, project 's advisory committee, purpose of the Kentucky colon cancer prevention project, screen, single great behavioral lifestyle issue, small independent practice model, state 's improvement, survivor support, Texas southwestern medical school, therapeutic biliary endoscopy, university of Texas southwestern medical school, Whitney Jones, work of the state

“We spend a lot of money on healthcare and health insurance. The problem is, we’re not spending enough on prevention.”—

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Special Section

Unifying Force

October 1, 2019December 9, 2019 Jim Kelsey cancer, colon, colon cancer, colon cancer prevention project, colon cancer prevention statistics, colorectal, colorectal surgeon, Colorectal surgery associate, commonwealth 's health, cost of cancer treatment, cost of prevention, decrease disparity, disparity, Gastroenterology health partner, Gil Dunn Wayne Tuckson, healthcare, healthcare disparity, healthcare outcome, healthcare system, high rate of incidence, Howard university college, Howard university college of medicine, humble colorectal surgeon, image001 photo, IQ, Jones, Kentucky, Kentucky colon cancer prevention project, Kentucky health, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, launch of the Kentucky colon cancer prevention project, Louisville, normal body function, ongoing work of the Kentucky colon cancer prevention project, outcome, people of low socio-economic status, prevention, send patient, surgeon, survivor support, Tuckson, unify force, Wayne Tuckson, Whitney, Whitney Jones

LOUISVILLE From the first moment that Wayne Tuckson, MD, colorectal surgeon at KentuckyOne Health Colorectal Surgery Associates in Louisville, speaks,

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The Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic

June 1, 2019September 4, 2019 Elizabeth Anderson-Hoagland, MPH 100% tobacco, 3% strength, 5% JUUL pod, aerosol, aerosol cloud, aerosol exposure, alternative nicotine product, American journal, Ask young, benefit of e-cigarettes, cannabis, CDC website, cigarette, cigarette use, cigarette user, cigarettes.3, contain nicotine salt, conventional cigarette user, discrete aerosol cloud, E-Cigarette, e-cigarette product, e-cigarette user, e-cigarettes, electronic cigarette, electronic cigarette use, electronic hookah, Elizabeth Anderson-Hoagland, fact healthcare provider, flavored product.2, Frankfort, free help, grade e-cigarette use, health promotion section, https://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov/., https://smokefree.gov/or, https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/Quick-Facts-on-the-Risks-of-E-cigarettes-for-Kids-Teens-and-Young-Adults.html, image001 Elizabeth Anderson-Hoagland, image002 photo credit line, JUUL, JUUL pod, Kentucky, Kentucky incentive, Kentucky tobacco prevention, liquid contain nicotine, new generation of tobacco product, new pod-based product, nicotine, nicotine equivalent, nicotine product, nicotine salt, non-e-cigarette, old generation of e-cigarettes, package of cigarettes.3, photo credit line, pod, pod-based, pod-based device, pod-based product, pod-based system, prevention, prevention survey, product.2, risk of secondhand smoke, risk of tobacco use, secondhand aerosol exposure, Smok®, Suorin, surgeon general 's e-cigarette, teen, tobacco, tobacco product, tobacco use, US surgeon general, use e-cigarettes, users.4, users.5, users.5 e-cigarette aerosol, vape, vape pen, vapor product, worried parent, youth, youth tobacco use

FRANKFORT The US Surgeon General has declared electronic cigarette use an epidemic among youth because of an unprecedented rise in

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Code Sepsis

May 1, 2019June 21, 2019 Gil Dunn A., acute hemispheric stroke, adopt code sepsis, antimicrobial lab, antimicrobial stewardship, antimicrobial stewardship program, asp, bedside staff, blood culture, BS, bug-to-drug, bug-to-drug mismatch, care emergency facility, care unit, cath lab, certification, certification award, chi, chi saint, CIC, clinical parameter, clinical pharmacy specialist, code sepsis, code sepsis protocol, commission 's sepsis, commission sepsis certification, control committee, Dana Stephens, detection, disease consultant, draw blood culture, early detection, effective marker, emergency, emergency room, epidemiologist, ER door, FAPIC, hospital epidemiologist, image001 photo, inadequate tissue profusion, infection, infection control, infection prevention, infectious disease, joint commission 's sepsis, joint commission sepsis certification, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph hospital, Judd, Kennedy, Kentucky, lactic acid level, Lexington, Lexington infectious disease consultant, market director, MDRO, MDROs, MT, patient 's therapy, patient mortality rate, patient outcome, pharmacy, pharmacy specialist, PharmD, photo, prevention, protocol, rapid administration of antibiotic, reaction time response, resistant organism, result of year of plan, RMD, rooftop, sepsis, sepsis certification, sepsis committee, septic shock, severe sepsis, stewardship, stewardship program, suspected site of infection, tertiary care emergency facility, Tim Webb Charles, Tim Webb Charles A., tissue profusion, university of Washington school of medicine, volume resuscitation

LEXINGTON About ten years ago, Charles A. Kennedy, MD, hospital epidemiologist at Saint Joseph Hospital, queried, “If we can take

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Complementary Care

The Care Collaborative

March 1, 2019March 21, 2019 Allison Merritt, MPH adult, Allison Merritt, behavior, blood pressure, blood pressure zone, Care, Care coach, Care educational encounter, care patient, coach, DPH, easy-to-use tool, educational encounter, encounter, engagement tool, FQHCs, Graves Gilbert, Graves Gilbert clinic, health behavior, healthy behavior, heart disease, high burden of hypertension, home visit program, hypertension, hypertension 2, image001 photo, Kentucky, Kentucky department, Kentucky heart disease, Kentucky patient, kidney disease 1, lay health professional, lifestyle, lifestyle modification, modification, number five cause, number five cause of death, patient 's blood, patient 's engagement, prevention, risk-reduction, statewide education, stroke, stroke prevention program, tool

As a healthcare professional, you are most likely aware that hypertension is a serious medical condition that increases one’s risk

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News News & Events

News – Dec 2018

December 1, 2018December 28, 2018 MD-Update Staff A grade, A., accreditation, accreditation program, advanced laparoscopic, American college, American Gastroenterological association, arthritis, baptist health, bariatric, bariatric surgery, Blair, blood flow, board-certified, board-eligible, breast, breast center, breast disease, breast program, brown cancer center, cancer, cancer center, CDC, CDC recognition, center accreditation, chief resident, clinic, Daryl Nisbett, diabetes, diabetes prevention program, disease control, disease management, doctor, doctor of medicine, family medicine, fellowship, gastroenterological, Gastroenterological association, gastroenterology, general surgery, Grade, hospital safety, image001 Mathis, injection, Inova Fairfax medical center, internal medicine, J., James Graham Brown, James Graham Brown cancer center, Kendrick, Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KentuckyOne surgical associate, Kim, laparoscopic, leapfrog, leapfrog group, Lexington, Lexington baptist health, Lexington clinic, Lexington Rachel Mathis, Lifeline®, Lifeline® heart attack, Lifeline® heart attack receive center accreditation, Louisiana state university, Louisville, Mathis, MD-UPDATE, Md., medical degree, medicine, NAPBC, NAPBC accreditation, national conference, News, News item, obesity, obesity center, oncology, osteopathic medicine, physician, prevention, recognition, residency, resident education, resident research award, rheumatology, safety, Sizemore, specialist, surgery, surgical associate, surgical education, surgical fellowship, U, undergraduate, undergraduate degree, university of Kentucky, wellness

SEND YOUR NEWS ITEMS TO MD-UPDATE > news@md-update.com Physicians Join KentuckyOne Surgical Associates in Lexington LEXINGTON Rachel Mathis, MD, has

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Holiwell Health Offers Patients Relief from Chronic Disease

January 1, 2018March 23, 2018 Holly Hinson academic consortium, acupuncture, adverse childhood experience, artery disease, Asian medical practitioner, Ballard, Ballard 's increase focus, Bardstown, Bardstown primary care, Bardstown primary care office, care office, chef, chronic condition, chronic disease, chronic pain, classic example, client, clinic, collective focus, coronary artery disease, Deborah Ann Ballard, diabetes, disappoint reality, endocrinology, endocrinology practice, gourmet, gourmet chef, great sack full, great sack full of drug, heal body, health coach, healthy food, holistic care, holistic feature, Holiwell, Holiwell health, hypertension, included physician, instructor, integrate healthcare, integrative medicine, integrative medicine practice, integrative medicine provider, integrative medicine specialist, integrative therapy, internal medicine, Kentucky, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, l-r, lack of sense of purpose, lifestyle, lifestyle approach, lifestyle center, lifestyle medicine, Louisville, Louisville clinic, marriage therapist, massage, massage therapy, medicine, medicine practice, medicine provider, medicine specialist, member of the kentuckiana, Norton, Norton cancer institute, Norton cancer prevention program, number look, outrageous cost, pain, personal health, photo, physical activity, physician, Pilates instructor, practitioner, prevention, public health strategy, Rob Densmore Holiwell, Rob Densmore Holiwell health, root cause of chronic disease, see patient, sense of purpose, side effect of the drug, St. Matthews, St. Matthews neighborhood, staff of integrative medicine provider, stress, teach kitchen, therapist, therapy, toxin, traditional western medicine, type 2, type 2 diabetes, wellness, wellness chef, yoga, yoga instructor

LOUISVILLE For Deborah Ann Ballard, MD, MPH, “Lifestyle is medicine.” With this philosophy in mind, Ballard, who is credentialed in

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