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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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Special Section

Full Service from the Neck Up

December 1, 2018February 15, 2019 Donna Ison advancement, Ahn, aid fit, allergy, apnea, biotechnology information point, central Kentucky multiple survey, Chadwick Ahn, chronic ear, comprehensive otolaryngologic care, ear, ENT, ENT center, ENT residency, ENT specialist, ENT specialist partner, Frankfort, Frankfort regional medical center, full-service, Georgetown community hospital, Gil Dunn Chadwick Ahn, Gil Dunn Jessica Lange, Gil Dunn Robert Wilson, Gil Dunn Ron Shashy, group treat patient, hear aid fit, hear evaluation, image001 photo, image002 photo, image004 photo, impact first-hand, in-office, infection, Joseph east, Kentucky, Kentucky 's high rate, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health system, known service, KY image003, KY image003 photo, Lange, large risk factor, lesion, Louisville undergraduate, medicine, multitude of issue, nasal problem, nose, otolaryngologic, otolaryngologic care, partner, photo, physician, prevalent complaint, residency, risk factor, Rob Wilson, Ron Shashy, senior partner, senior partner of ENT specialist, Shashy, sinus, skin lesion removal, sleep, sleep apnea, sleep disorder, specialist, throat, throat condition, throat specialist, UK college of medicine, university of Kentucky, university of Louisville undergraduate, UofL, UofL school, UofL school of medicine, vast spectrum of treatment, west Virginia school of medicine, Wilson

CENTRAL KENTUCKY Multiple surveys have declared that Central Kentucky is one of the worst areas for allergies in the United

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Kentucky’s New Telehealth Act

September 1, 2018November 9, 2018 Sarah Charles Wright act amends, act means, authorization, brief overview of Senate Bill 112, care law, care provider, communication technology, comprehensive change, confidentiality, coverage, deny coverage, deny coverage of telehealth service, electronic medium, exclude coverage, exclude coverage of telehealth service, face-to-face, healthcare, healthcare coverage, healthcare provider, I, Kentucky, Kentucky 's managed care law, Kentucky 's new Telehealth act, Kentucky 's telehealth law, Kentucky Medicaid, Kentucky Medicaid participate provider, Kentucky Medicaid provider, Kentucky physician, Kentucky Telehealth, Kentucky telehealth law, Kentucky Telehealth network, Kentucky.1, list of Kentucky Medicaid participate provider, MD-UPDATE, Medicaid, Medicaid MCOs, Medicaid patient, Medicaid patient 's primary care provider, Medicaid recipient, Medicaid.4, Medicaid.4 specific, new definition, new section of the Kentucky, out-of-state, patient 's health, payer, physician, physician use of telehealth2, prior authorization, provider, SB 112, Senate Bill 112, specialist, statute, statute cover, telehealth, telehealth definition, telehealth service, telehealth2, Telehealth3, telemedicine, treat patient, use of telehealth

Back in 2014, I wrote an article for MD-Update about treating patients by “telehealth” in Kentucky.1 While Kentucky was one

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Special Section

Breeding Success

January 1, 2018March 23, 2018 Jim Kelsey $, $25 million nonprofit operation, based clinic, behavioral health professional, boy scout aid, breed, breed 's vision, breed serve, breed state, breed success, care doctor, care pulmonology, clinic, clinical affair, colonoscopy, community health center, comprehensive health corporation, comprehensive healthcare, country doctor, critical care pulmonology, director of clinical affair, doctor, doctor leader, eastern Kentucky, example of MCHC 's connection, family practice, family practice residency, Farmacy, four-and-a-half hour drive, full array of primary healthcare service, good healthcare, health corporation, healthcare, internal medicine, Kentucky, large black lung clinic, little clinic, local family doctor, lung clinic, Malcolm Wilson, MCHC, MCHC 's connection, MCHC patient, medical degree, non-profit corporation of clinic, OB/ GYN, optometry, Pauletta, pediatrics, people of eastern Kentucky, personal cell phone number, photo, primary care doctor, primary healthcare service, quality healthcare, quality of patient care, specialist, unduplicated patient, university of Kentucky, Van breed, Whitesburg, Whitesburg Van, Whitesburg Van breed, wide range of service

WHITESBURG Van Breeding, MD, has always been an early riser. He gets up at 4:30 am every day, arrives at

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Special Section

Small Town Services Get Big City Upgrade

December 1, 2017February 9, 2018 Jennifer S. Newton 10-county area, 25 % growth, ablation, academic medical center, access gap, autonomy of a progressive model, Bowling, Bowling green, Bowling green access, brain, clinic, craniofacial, craniofacial pain syndrome, CT, degenerative spine disease, director of the surgical movement disorder program, disorder, epilepsy, fast grow city, fast-growing population of Bowling, feel of WKONA, fellowship, functional neurosurgery, functional neurosurgery deal, functional stereotactic neurosurgery, Gilbert clinic, Graves Gilbert, Graves Gilbert clinic, intraoperative, Kentucky, large multidisciplinary physician group develop, lesion, Louisville, majority of Shanks 's practice, Md., movement disorder, movement disorder team, multi-fellowship, multidisciplinary movement disorder team, multidisciplinary neurosurgical service, multidisciplinary team, multispecialty, multispecialty physician group, navigation, neurosurgeon, neurosurgery, neurosurgery deal, neurosurgical associate, neurosurgical service line, Norton hospital, outside of academic medical center, pain, pain specialist, physician, physician group develop, progressive model, real time, Shanks, Shanks 's practice, small town service, specialist, spine, spine disease, spine tumor, state of Kentucky, stereotactic neurosurgery, surgical movement disorder program, therapy, tissue, Todd Shanks, top-notch program, treatment of movement disorder, tumor, U, university of Louisville, Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt university, western Kentucky, WKONA

BOWLING GREEN Access. Access. Access. It’s been the rallying cry for years in healthcare reform. In Kentucky, and nationally, public

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Getting the Professional Treatment

August 1, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton 24, 24 hour sport channel, additional accredited fellowship, arthritis, aspect of puzzle, athlete, attended residency, baptist health, baptist health sport medicine, blood pressure, Breno Giacomini, care background, care patient, care physician, care provider, care sport medicine, care sport medicine physician, care sport medicine specialist, Chris Redman, Christopher Pitcock, colon, comprehensive need, comprehensive need of patient, Deion, Deion branch, doctor, Eastpoint, endorsed product, Eric Wood, family medicine, fellowship, fracture, full-service sport medicine program, group family, health performance, health performance train, health sport medicine, Hughes, influence sport, injection, injury, injury prevention, joint thing, Kentucky, L., lay hand, Louisville, Louisville native, Mark Puckett, medical group family, medicine, Michael Hughes, musculoskeletal, musculoskeletal problem, next level, non-surgical, non-surgical standpoint, non-surgical technique, OMT, on-site, orthopedic surgeon, osteopathic manipulative treatment, perceptible result, photo, physical therapy, physician, physician of baptist health sport medicine, Pitcock, primary care, primary care background, primary care physician, primary care provider, primary care sport medicine, primary care sport medicine physician, primary care sport medicine specialist, pro-athlete, professional athlete, professional treatment, provider, PRP, Puckett, puzzle, residency, routine primary care, specialist, specialty, sport medicine, sport medicine patient, sport medicine physician, sport medicine program, sport medicine specialist, stress fracture, surgeon, surgery, therapy, trainer, U, U of L., ultrasound, viscosupplementation, young medical specialty

LOUISVILLE In a world dominated by 24-hour sports channels, pro-athlete endorsed products, and an increasing pressure to compete at a

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Obstetrics/Gynecology Special Section Women's Health

Infertility Has No Easy Answer

July 1, 2017December 20, 2017 Donna Ison 95 % fertility issue, abnormality, Archer, aspect of the male 's lifestyle, board-certified, California-San Diego, care of woman, common culprit, common hormonal abnormality, couple problem, easy answer, endocrine concern, endocrine destruct compound, endocrinologist, endocrinology, excessive caffeine consumption, extensive personal history, fellowship, fertility, fertility difficulty, fertility issue, fertility of husband, fertility specialist, fertility treatment, fibroid incidence, GYN, gynecology residency, helm of fertility, help of a fertility specialist, infertility, infertility fellowship, intercourse frequency, irregular ovulation, IVF, Johanna Archer, long-haul truck, Louisville infertility, male 's lifestyle, manmade toxin, miscarriage, OB, ovulation, ovulation regularity, past surgery, patient seek treatment, PCOS, pelvic distortion, primary OB, remainder of patient seek treatment, reproductive endocrine service, reproductive endocrinologist, reproductive endocrinology, specialist, sperm penetration, test of the thyroid, ultrasound, ultrasound of the pelvis, university of California-San Diego, up-to-date fertility treatment, vitamin D, wide range of patient

LOUISVILLE Infertility is defined as the inability to become pregnant after a year of intercourse with no contraception, and is

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Cancer Care Primary Care & Pediatrics Special Section

Lung Cancer Screening – Not Just a Primary Care Responsibility

April 1, 2017July 27, 2017 Ruth Mattingly age 55-77, Angela Criswell, Angela Criswell of lung cancer alliance, Anthony weaver, cancer, cancer institute-sponsored study, CMS, CMS cover, Criswell, criterion, eligible patient, high-risk criterion, institute-sponsored, Kentucky, Kentucky lead, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, LDCT, LDCT lung, LDCT screen, life-saving screen, Louisville, lung, lung cancer, lung cancer alliance, lung cancer incidence, lung cancer screen, lung cancer screen criterion, Mahmoud Moammar, major proponent of lung cancer screen, major statewide push, Medicare, Moammar, nation 's high lung cancer incidence, national cancer institute-sponsored study, national lung screen trial, national nonprofit advocacy group, NLST, online course, pack year, pack-years, PCPs, preventive service benefit, primary Care responsibility, provider, Pulmonology, Pulmonology associate, recommended test, requirement of CMS, screen, service benefit, specialist, symptom of lung cancer, tobacco smoke history, true symptom, university of Kentucky college of medicine

There is a major statewide push to encourage primary care providers (PCPs) to refer eligible patients to low-dose computed tomography

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Cancer Care Oncology Special Section

New and Growing Sustainably

October 1, 2016July 17, 2017 Gil Dunn 31, 31 foot wall, 31 foot wall of color-changing water, abundance of natural light, array of amenity, baptist health, baptist name, Bodager, BSN, cancer, cancer center, cancer treatment, Carloftis, center 's multidisciplinary oncology clinic, clinical nurse specialist, clinical trial, color-changing, color-changing water, colorful artwork, community hospital, counselor, county root, CyberKnife, designated self-parking area, dietitian, eastern Kentucky, executive director, executive director of baptist health, family member, floor, floor of the impressive new north tower, genetic counselor, Gil Dunn, Greg Bodager, gynecologic oncology provider, impressive new north tower, independent spirit, infusion, Lexington, Lexington cancer center, Lexington community hospital, low level, low level of the west deck, lung, medical oncology, mother 's clay, new baptist health, nurse, nurse navigator, nurse specialist, OCN, oncology, outpatient, patient room serve patient see medical oncology, patient volume, photo, primary site, prostate, radiation, radiation oncology, RN, room serve patient, self-parking, self-parking area, social worker, spacious wait room, specialist, west deck, woodland appearance

LEXINGTON The new Baptist Health Lexington Cancer Center sits on the lower two floors of the impressive new North Tower

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Special Section

Full-Service Vascular Specialists

September 1, 2016 Jennifer S. Newton AAAASF, accreditation, accreditation of ambulatory surgery facility, ambulatory surgery facility, anatomy, anatomy of the aneurysm, aneurysm, arterial aneurysm, arterial disease, arterial occlusive disease, artery, artery disease, aspect of vascular disease, baptist health, baptist health 's noninvasive, blockage, Care, Care associate, Care associate practice, carotid artery disease, clot, clot-busting, clot-busting medicine, complexity of the intervention, dialysis, DVT, embolism, endovascular, endovascular approach, Endovascular center, Endovascular stent graft, fabric tube, fenestrated, fenestrated graft, Full-Service vascular specialist, general surgery residency, general vascular surgery, good outcome, graft, health 's noninvasive, Intersocietal, Intersocietal accreditation commission, invasive intervention, Kresge way, L., Louisville, Louisville offer, Louisville school, medical director of baptist health 's noninvasive, medicine, metal mesh stent, native of fort, new vascular specialist, Noah Scherrer, office-based outpatient, outpatient, peripheral artery disease, practice 's philosophy, pulmonary embolism, repair, Scherrer, specialist, spider vein, stent, stent graft, surgeon, surgery, surgery facility, surgery fellowship, surgery residency, surgical Care associate, surgical Care associate 's office-based outpatient, surgical Care associate of Louisville, surgical Care associate of Louisville offer, surgical Care associate practice, surgical treatment, tPA, traditional vascular surgery, type of vascular disease, U of L., ultrasound, university of Louisville school of medicine, vascular condition, vascular diagnostic center, vascular disease, vascular laboratory, vascular practice, vascular specialist, vascular surgery, vascular surgery fellowship, vein, vein care, weak section of the artery

LOUISVILLE Unlike some vascular practices that specialize solely in vein care or minimally invasive interventions, Surgical Care Associates of Louisville

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