telehealth – MD Update

Telehealth: Modeling Healthcare’s Future

February 1, 2021February 17, 2021 Danesh Mazloomdoost, MD aggregate new insight, ambience of noise, behavior change, blurry lens, bureaucratic challenge, bureaucratic template, bustle of a clinical day, care management, caretaker of health, CCM, chronic care management, clinical day, clinical philosophy, clinical role, clinical space, clinical visit, clinician, concept of a fulfill healthcare model, contextual anchor, continuity, COVID, deconstruct, deconstructive mindset, diabetic health outcome, disease outcome, division develop application use wearable, engaged relationship, engagement, engagement tool, environment of healthcare burnout, foreseeable way, fulfill healthcare model, future of healthcare, healer of disease, health tech startup, healthcare, healthcare burnout, healthcare model, image001 Danseh Mazloomdoost MD, impact of smoke, innovative health tech startup, intangible plane, intangible plane of emotion, integration, intimacy of a care-taker, life challenge, meaningful trust way, new digital biometric, onset of COVID, out-of-context engagement, out-of-context engagement of a clinical space, pandemic 's disruption, patient 's life, patient 's state-of-being, patient gain, patient yield, patient-doctor relationship, picture of a fish trip, plane, predictive healthcare, presentation of disease, prohibit factor, re-envision, receiver relationship, remote patient care, remote patient engagement tool, remote patient monitor program, second-hand observation, staccato of clinical visit, state-of-being, tangible plane, tangible plane of action, telecom wave, telehealth, use remote technology, value-adds

LEXINGTON I’m a squishy kind of doctor who really values my connection with patients. Our field demands it – very

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Special Section

Maternity and Beyond

October 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Menisa Marshall 23-member team, 3D mammography, added peace, added peace of mind, advanced scan 's cost, advanced technology, advanced technology help, advanced technology in-house, all-woman practice, all-woman-run, all-woman-run obstetrics, booth, breast, breast cancer, breast cancer screen program, cancer, care parameter, CDC, CDC recommendation, clinical staff, co-managing, co-managing partner, convenient one-stop shop, conventional mammography, COVID-19, COVID-19 challenge, dense breast tissue, detailed tissue delineation, diagnostic procedure, Gil Dunn Rebecca Booth, growth of woman, gynecology practice, health exam, high tech mammography, image001 photo, in-house mammography, in-office screen, independent OB-GYN practice, innovation, innovative care, Kentucky 's COVID-19 response, lens of wellness, mammography, maternity, new clinical committee, OB-GYN practice, OB-GYN practice look, OB/ GYN, payer, physician, physician board-certified, practice 's mammography, pregnancy, pregnancy service, procedure, provide woman, Rebecca Booth, scan 's cost, tech mammography, technology help, technology in-house, telehealth, telehealth train, tissue, tissue delineation, tomosynthesis, track history, track history of flexibility, video of the breast, wellness, woman 's care

LOUISVILLE When Women First of Louisville opened its doors in 1988, it was one of the first all-woman-run obstetrics and

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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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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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Ultimate Continuity of Care

May 1, 2020September 4, 2020 Donna Ison cancer, case of estrogen-driven endometrial cancer, cervical cancer, challenge aspect of the subspecialty, chemotherapy, Chris Witzke Sarah Todd, Chris Witzke Telehealth, common gynecologic malignancy, common malignancy, communication tool, complex surgery-based practice, course of the call, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, current guideline, cytologic find, Daniel Metzinger, David McArthur, diagnosis, endometrial, estrogen-driven, estrogen-driven endometrial cancer, ever-increasing obesity epidemic, field of oncology, first-time telehealth user, frontline, general obstetrics, guidance of Daniel Metzinger, gynecologic, gynecologic condition, gynecologic malignancy, Gynecologic oncologist, Gynecologic oncology, gynecologic oncology clinic, Gynecologic oncology embrace diagnosis, health literacy, HIPEC, HPV, image001 photo, image002 photo, James Graham Brown, James Graham Brown cancer center, Louisville, Louisville school, maintain number, malignancy, malignant gynecologic condition, medical side, Moffitt cancer center, OB/ GYN, oncologist, oncology, optimal continuity, ovarian cancer, painful privilege, palliative care, pap, papilloma virus, personal distance, photo, physician, post-menopausal bleed, re-evaluation, Rebecca Todd, recurrence, respective diagnosis, Robert Todd, robotic, robotic surgery, Sarah Todd, screen, shadow opportunity, spectrum, subspecialty, surgeon, surgery, surgery-based, surgery-based practice, surgical side, system-wide rollout, telehealth, telehealth conference, Todd, Todd state, Todd treat, tumor, tumor of the ovary, ultimate continuity, ultimate continuity of care, uninterrupted patient consultation, university of Louisville school of medicine, UofL, UofL health, UofL physician, vulvar dysplasia, wake of COVID-19, wide spectrum, wide spectrum of diagnosis

LOUISVILLE In early April 2020, when personal distancing and restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic were high, Sarah Todd, MD, had

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How to Assess Your Healthcare Practice Operations

May 1, 2020September 4, 2020 Adam Shewmaker accelerated medicare payment, breach notification rule, business hazard, care act benefit, care act stimulus, cash, cash disbursement, cash flow, cash flow forecast, cash receipt, change regulatory environment, civil right state, clear answer, code staff, control break, covered health care provider, COVID-19, current practice operation, decreased resource, economic injury disaster loan, forgiveness requirement, fraud triangle, full speed, future financial performance, future state of operation, good faith provision, good faith provision of telehealth, guidance, healthcare, healthcare crisis, Healthcare practice operation, HIPAA, HIPAA compliance, HIPAA privacy, human resource, injury disaster loan, maintain HIPAA compliance, medical practice face, Medicare payment, month-end reconciliation process, multiple business hazard, new code guidance, notification, office of civil right state, optimize care act benefit, partner, paycheck protection program, people feel increased pressure, poignant question, PPP, PPP fund, practice face, practice operation, process of transaction, report expenditure, required analysis, segregation of duty, short term operation, short-term account, take advantage, take advantage of the new code guidance, telehealth, term operation, violation of the HIPAA privacy

We understand the pressure you are experiencing during this crisis and know you may have questions about how the uncertainty

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Compliance: The Best Risk Management Tool

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What is compliance, anyway? Something that you will know when you see it? What is an effective compliance plan? To

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Kentucky’s New Telehealth Act

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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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2018 Kentucky Legislative Update

June 1, 2018September 10, 2018 E. Douglas Stephan affidavit, amount of damage, area reduce long commute, attorney, bill, Bill 148, Bill 4, controlled substance of a deceased hospice, deceased hospice, emergency worker, failed session, HB 148, HB 428, healthcare, healthcare provider, hospice, hospice prescription medication, Kentucky, Kentucky legislative update, liability reform, litigation, malpractice, malpractice action, Matt Bevin, medical incident, medical liability reform, medical malpractice action, medical provider, medical review panel process, opioid crisis, peer, peer review, peer review investigation, plaintiff, plaintiff 's attorney, post-event investigation, provider, review panel process, SB 112, SB 20, senate, Senate allow hospice, Senate Bill 112, statute, statute make, subsequent medical malpractice action, telehealth

The last day of the Kentucky 2018 legislative session was April 14, 2018. Here is a brief review of some

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Events News & Events

Events – Jun 2018

June 1, 2018September 10, 2018 MD-Update Staff $, $2, 000, 000 check, Alvarado, assistant education director, Breanne Vergonet, cath, cath lab, central Kentucky radiology team, CNA, controversial session, costly ER visit, David Kirn, Dr. Alvarado, Dr. John Collins, encouraged member, Ephraim McDowell, Ephraim McDowell house museum, ER visit, extensive review of legislation, find cure, finish line, finisher, fun, Gil Dunn, Gil Dunn doctor, Gil Dunn Lauren Clontz, Gil Dunn LMS, Gil Dunn LMS president, Gil Dunn Mike Frazier, Gil Dunn senator, Gil Dunn Tad Hughes, Gil Dunn team, Gil Dunn Vicki, golf, golf tournament, good state of medicine, Gurney Derby, healthcare, healthcare transparency, Healthcare week, high risk delivery, HR, image001 photo, image002 photo, image003 photo, image004 photo, image006 photo, Jared Napier, John Westmoreland, Joseph, Joseph hospital, Kentucky, Kentucky radiology team, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, lab, legislative recap, Lexington, Lexington medical society, LMS, LMS alliance, LMS foundation, LMS image007, LMS image007 photo, Lori Martin, Mamata Majmundar, Marian Bensema, Marty Luftman, MD image005, MD image005 photo, medical oversight of midwifery, medical review panel, mentees, OR, PharmD, photo, pirate, pirate of the OR, potential advancement, president of the LMS foundation, program of saint, Pt, PTA, R., radiology, Ralph Alvarado, ReHabulous, risk delivery, RN, RT, Sarah Covey, senator, SJHF, T, telehealth, top finisher, Tuyen, Tuyen T., worker comp reform

LEXINGTON MEDICAL SOCIETY HEARS LEGISLATIVE RECAP FROM SENATOR RALPH ALVARADO, MD LEXINGTON The May 8, 2018 dinner meeting of the

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