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October 1, 2020October 19, 2020 MD-Update Staff Abrazo Arizona, Abrazo Arizona heart institute, American academy, APRN, assistance, awareness, bachelor, basic human need, breast, cancer, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiovascular disease, CFRE, chi, chi saint, clinic, community health, DePalma, diagnostic service, donation, Elfandi, episode of care, excavator, family medicine, fellowship, Fisher, Franson, Goho, health care system, healthy community, initiative, internal medicine, internship, Johns Hopkins, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph health foundation, Joseph health partner, Joseph hospital foundation, Joseph hospital foundation 's yes, Joseph London, Joseph medical group, K., Kentucky, Kentucky child, Kentucky child 's hospital, LBX, Leslie, Leslie smart, Lexington, Lexington community, lexington-based, Libya, Link-Belt, Link-Belt excavator, Lockhart, MAMM, market director, MD-UPDATE, Md-Update News, medical degree, medical school, medicine, mentored, Michigan, Morristown, Neva Francis, News item, orthopedic surgeon, orthopedics, osteopathic medicine, outcome, partner, payer, pediatrician, pediatrics, photo, physician, Pink-Belt, provider, quality care, residency, Roadmap, Roadmap initiative, Seemanthini, spine, spine program, sport medicine, Sterling, surgeon, surgery, Taddeo, Thomas Jefferson SKMC, total health, Tripoli, ultrasound, university of Kentucky, vice president, warren, yes

SEND YOUR NEWS ITEMS TO MD-UPDATE > news@md-update.com Lekshmi Seemanthini, MD, Joins CHI Saint Joseph Medical Group – Cardiology in

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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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Telehealth Services During COVID-19: What to Expect from Payers

August 1, 2020October 19, 2020 Jay Swacker, CPA, CIA, CHC, CHDA amount of time, bill personnel, CMS, commercial payer, COVID-19, COVID-19 public health emergency, COVID-19 temporary guidance, CPT, CPT code, differ state law, eligible telehealth service, guidance, health emergency, insurance, insurer, insurer 's requirement, Medicare, modifier, non-covered service, payer, payer type, physician, place of service code, post-payment, practice 's major payer, practice manager, provider, requirement, service code, telehealth, telehealth claim post-payment, telehealth service, telehealth visit, telehealth-specific, temporary guidance, track insurer 's effective date

Physician practices scrambled to offer telehealth services to patients during the first days of the COVID-19 public health emergency. At

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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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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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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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Experts on Aging, Dementia, and Public Health Scheduled for Statewide Aging Conference

February 1, 2020April 2, 2020 MD-Update Staff age experience, age field, aging-related, aging-related policy, Alzheimer, Alzheimer 's disease, Alzheimer 's research, Anna Faul, area of public health model, Dale Bredesen, executive director of the university of Louisville Trager institute, Gregory Jicha, Kentucky, Kentucky association, Louisville, Louisville high-profile expert, Louisville Trager, Louisville Trager institute, optimal age conference, presentation of Drs., provider, statewide age conference, statewide conference, strong lineup of speaker, technology professional, university of Louisville Trager institute, UofL Trager, UofL Trager institute

LOUISVILLE High-profile experts in aging, dementia and Alzheimer’s research, and public health are headed to Kentucky this spring to speak

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Significant Amendments to Kentucky’s Health Insurance Utilization Review Laws

November 1, 2019February 21, 2020 Sarah Charles Wright, ESQ ‘12, 12 month ongoing use, amendment, authorization, authorization list, authorization requirement, copays, current FDA information, department of insurance, drug formularies, drug lack evidence, e-prescribing, e-prescribing software, effective date, FDA, FDA 's approved use, FDA 's approved use of the drug, FDA information, health benefit plan, health care service, health insurer, insurance, insurer, Kentucky, Kentucky 's health insurance utilization review, Kentucky health insurer, KRS, list of statute, maintenance drug, MCOs, Medicaid MCOs, medical equipment, necessary health care service, necessary information, new defined term, non-maintenance, non-maintenance drug, non-urgent, non-urgent care decision, patient 's choice, patient 's choice of pharmacy, patient 's PCP, patient receive community-based, payer, PCP, physician, pre-selected pharmacy, preauthorization, Preauthorizations, preauthorized, prescription, prescription drug, prior authorization, prior authorization list, prior authorization requirement, prospective review, provider, provider access, requirement, SB 54, section 1, section 8, section 9, significant amendment, statute, statute chapter, steer prescription, timeframe, UR, UR decision, utilization, utilization review, utilization review process, utilization review statute, utilization review statute govern commercial plan

During the 2019 Regular Session, the Kentucky General Assembly passed Senate Bill (SB) 54, which goes into effect January 1,

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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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Combining Convenience and Compassion

June 1, 2019September 4, 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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