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Combining Convenience and Compassion

June 1, 2019June 21, 2019 Donna Ison all-female, all-female practice, all-inclusive, area pride, array of in-office, combine convenience, comfort, comprehensive care, comprehensive gynecologic, convenience, cost-effective, Denise Kirkham, endometrial ablation, executive director, female pelvic medicine, female provider, FPMRS, Gil Dunn, gynecologic, Gynecologic surgery fellowship, gynecology, image001 photo, image002 photo, in-office, in-office service, in-office surgery, incontinence, invasive Gynecologic surgery fellowship, invasive surgery, large surgery suite, Lori Warren, Louisville, Louisville 's department, Louisville obstetrics, Louisville pioneer, majority of doctor, Margarita Terrassa, medical degree, medical director, MIGS, miscarriage, nitrous oxide, OB/ GYN, obstetrical care, obstetrics, option, patient demand, patient experience, phase of comprehensive care, photo, ponce, ponce school of medicine, pregnancy, procedure, procedure suite, provider, quality care, reconstructive pelvic surgery, Rob Densmore Loria Warren, state-of-the-art equipment, suite, surgery, surgical procedure, surgical solution, teach patient, Terrassa, treatment of abnormal pap smear, university of Louisville 's department of obstetrics, urinary incontinence, warren, Warren state, woman 's care, woman provider

LOUISVILLE With 11 board-certified female physicians at the helm, Women First of Louisville Obstetrics and Gynecology is no stranger to

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Legal 

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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News News & Events 

News – May 2019

May 1, 2019May 13, 2019 MD-Update Staff A., adult neurology, American academy, American osteopathic board of family physician, APRN, assistant, award program, baptist health, Brian Sosnin, Brittany Chapman, C., Carolina hospital, Cecil, central Kentucky, chi, chi saint, clinic, clinical neurophysiology fellowship, commerce parkway, davenport, Direct-To-Employer, Direct-To-Employer program, Eastpoint parkway, endoscopy, epilepsy, epilepsy track, Erika Ford, fellowship, gastroenterology, group neurology, Intalere, Intalere Healthcare, internal medicine, internal medicine residency, Jennifer Bratton, Joseph, Joseph health, Julie Ellis, Kentucky, Kentucky sleep society, Kimberly, Kimberly A., Kresge, Kresge way, Lexington, Lexington clinic, Lexington clinic 's Direct-To-Employer program, Louisville, Louisville baptist health, Marshall university school, Marshall university school of medicine, medical degree, medical group, medical group neurology, medical society, medicine, medicine residency, member of the American academy of neurology, member of the Jefferson county, Michael T., network of provider, neurological society, neurology, neurophysiology fellowship, new provider, News, north Carolina hospital, nurse, nurse practitioner, operational improvement, PA-C, patient experience, patient satisfaction, photo, physician, physician assistant, provider, residency, Siddiqi, Siraj Siddiqi, sleep, sleep medicine, sleep medicine fellowship, Stephen C., suite, suite 430, suite 56, T, Timothy Bratton, Umansky, university of north Carolina hospital, UofL, UofL school, UofL school of medicine, Wolford

Baptist Health Medical Group Kentuckiana Adds New Providers LOUISVILLE Baptist Health Medical Group has added new physicians and practices to

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Special Section 

Forgotten No Longer

May 1, 2019June 21, 2019 Jim Kelsey adequate patient population, APRN, Care, Care center, care provider, center 's operation, center 's rapid early growth, Cesario, chamber, chi, chi saint, clinical nurse manager, foot ulcer, forgotten population, Gil Dunn, heal process, home health, hyperbaric chamber, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph London, lack of wound care, Lawson, Mary Ann Payne, Matthew Lawson, Matthew Lawson estimate, medical climate, medical director, medical director of the wound, new wound, nurse, nurse manager, obesity, orthopedics, Payne, photo, projected growth potential, provider, RN, specialized care, subspecialty, ulcer, wound, wound care

LONDON In a medical climate where specialized care is increasingly the norm, it might come as some surprise that there

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Special Section 

Tackling a Head-to-Toe Disease

May 1, 2019June 21, 2019 Maggie McCombs amount of work patient, Anna Culver, Bardstown, Bardstown 's chi saint, Bardstown board-certified surgeon, bariatric, bariatric nurse coordinator, bariatric surgery, bariatric surgery work, BSN, chi, chi saint, clinic, clinic 's surgeon, clinic provider, combined love, combined love of technical skill, Culver, education program, exceptional staff, exercise change patient, FACS, Farrell, fat percentage, Flaget, Flaget memorial, Flaget memorial hospital, Gil Dunn Anna Culver, Gil Dunn Hannah Moore, Gil Dunn Robert Farrell, Hannah Moore, head-to-toe disease, image001 photo, image002 photo, image003 photo, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, Kentucky, Kentucky PA, Kentucky PA program, LD, longer-term result, Louisville school, maintained weight reduction, McKendree college, memorial staff, Moore, MSPAS, native Kentuckian, necessary lifestyle change, nurse, obesity, operate room nurse, PA program, PA-C, patient education program, patient seek surgery, patient success, persistent medical myth, photo, post-operation, procedure, provider, rd, RN, Robert Farrell, room nurse, support group participant, surgeon, surgery, sustainable health, university of Kentucky PA program, university of Louisville school of medicine, weight loss procedure, weight loss surgery, weight loss surgery clinic, weight loss surgery program, weight loss surgery serve, work patient

BARDSTOWN Board-certified surgeon, Robert Farrell, MD, FACS, leads the Weight Loss Surgery program at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown, Kentucky,

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Legal 

Kentucky’s Medical Review Panel Act and Unanswered Questions in the Wake of Its Demise

March 1, 2019May 13, 2019 Sarah Charles Wright attorney.2, claimant, claimant 's statute, claimant 's statute of limitation, Claycomb, commonwealth, constitutionality, constitutionality of the MRP Act.5 Ezra, court 's decision, emergency review, Ezra Claycomb, federal constitutional rights6, first.4, Franklin circuit court, health care provider, id, Kentucky, Kentucky 's medical review panel act, Kentucky 's physician shortage, Kentucky Bill, Kentucky medical review panel, Kentucky supreme court, limitation, medical negligence, medical negligence claim pend panel review, medical negligence suit, medical review panel, MRP, MRP act, MRP Act.5 Ezra, MRP process, negligence, negligence suit, opinion, opinion.3, panel, panel 's opinion.3, panel opinion, panel review, panel review process, panelist, proper court, proposed complaint, provider, review panel, review panel act, rights6, save statute, section 14, statute, statute of limitation, Tonya Claycomb, v., valid arbitration agreement, void, WL 5994975

Heralded by its proponents in Frankfort as the answer to Kentucky’s physician shortage (which was attributed to Kentucky being a

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News – Jan 2019

January 1, 2019February 15, 2019 MD-Update Staff ACC, acclaim, accreditation, ambulatory surgery center, American college, American college of cardiology, AMGA, AMGA acclaim award honoree, APRN, baptist health, baptist health center, baptist medical group, bariatrics, cardiology, cardiology fellowship, cath, Cath lab accreditation, central Kentucky, CEO Andrew Henderson, chronic health condition, clinic, diagnostics center, Direct-To-Employer, Direct-To-Employer program, donation, donor, Dr. Erin Moore, educator, fellowship, flagship, group practice, health center, health condition, health family nurse practitioner, healthcare, Healthcare property, honoree, hospital receive cardiac Cath lab accreditation, internal medicine, Jewish hospital, Kentucky, Kentucky university, kidney, kidney donation, kidney transplant, lab, large group practice, Lexington, Lexington baptist health, Lexington clinic, Lexington clinic location, Lexington clinic partner, Lexington clinic veteran, Lexington clinic welcome, Lexington Lexington, Lexington Lexington clinic, Lexington Robert Sawyer, live kidney donation, Louisville, MD-UPDATE, Md., medical degree, medical group, medical weight loss, medicine, Meyerson, network of provider, new chief, new chief of thoracic surgery, News, News item, Nicholasville, Nicholasville road, nurse, nurse experience, outcome, partnership, PCI, photo, physical location of Jessamine, physician, preventive care, proven record of excellence, provider, record-setting, rural health family nurse practitioner, rust, Sawyer, suite, surgery, thoracic surgery, Trager, Trager transplant center, transplant, UK HealthCare, university of Cincinnati, university of Kentucky, university of Louisville, weight-loss

SEND YOUR NEWS ITEMS TO MD-UPDATE > news@md-update.com Lexington Clinic Partners with Flagship Healthcare Properties LEXINGTON Lexington Clinic and Flagship

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Special Section 

UofL Tackles Opioid Misuse Among Seniors

January 1, 2019March 21, 2019 Natalie Pope adult, adverse drug-drug integration, alternative pain management strategy, Anna Faul, breathe complication, care provider, Christin Furman, didactics, dosage, drug interaction problem, drug-disease, drug-disease interaction increase, drug-drug integration, Faul, good practice, health service administration, increased risk of fall, interaction, majority of old adult, Medicare part D beneficiary, medication, mental health service administration, misuse, old adult, old adult patient, Opioid, Opioid misuse, opioids, optimal age, pain, pain management, pain management strategy, part D beneficiary, possible health complication, practitioner, primary care provider, provider, risk of adverse drug-drug integration, risk of opioid misuse, rural Kentucky, SAMSA, severe health, substance abuse, sustainable health, Trager, Trager institute, Trager institute 's executive director, Trager institute 's flourish program, Trager institute 's medical director, UofL, UofL tackle, UofL Trager, UofL Trager institute

LOUISVILLE According to 2016 data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, more than 500,000 Medicare Part D

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Special Section 

A Clear Vision for the Future

December 1, 2018February 15, 2019 Donna Ison Andrew Pearson, antiquity of the soul, boom patient population, broad spectrum of ocular trauma, Care expansion, Chandler medical center, clear vision, complicated eye problem, cornea surgeon, degeneration, diabetes, diabetic retinopathy, Duke university eye center, education front, elective rotation, excite initiative, eye care, eye disease, faculty, floor of Chandler medical center, floor of the new Shriners hospital, fully-outfitted, fully-outfitted ophthalmology, Geisinger commonwealth school, Geisinger commonwealth school of medicine, Gil Dunn, glaucoma, glaucoma surgeon, high quality care, image001 photo, implantable drug delivery system, Kentucky, long way, long-established ophthalmology, macular degeneration, medicine, multiple FDA-approved treatment, multiple provider, multiple systemic disease, new Shriners hospital, oculoplastic, oculoplastic surgeon, ophthalmology, ophthalmology department 's expansion, outstand educational program, outstand eye care, patient room, Pearson, Pearson state, pediatric eye surgeon, provider, regular eye exam, research arena, retinal surgeon, Retinopathy, revered organ, routine primary eye care, science of ophthalmology, sought-after residency program, subsequent increase of faculty, subspecialties, subspecialty ophthalmology practice on-site, surgeon, treatment of eye disease, UK 's department, UK 's department of ophthalmology, UK eye doctor, underserved, university of Cincinnati college of medicine, university of Kentucky department of ophthalmology, variety of subspecialties, vascular network, visual science, word of Roman statesman

LEXINGTON In the words of Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero, “The eyes like sentinels occupy the highest place in the

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Legal 

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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