telehealth – MD Update

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

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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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New Kentucky Legislation Clears State Law Barriers to Direct Primary Care Practice Model

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During the 2017 regular session, the Kentucky Legislature paved the way for the “Direct Primary Care” practice model with the

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Q&A with Stephen Toadvine, MD President of Baptist Health Medical Group

May 1, 2016 MD-Update Staff academic family medicine, area nurse home, area of high need, associate program director, baptist health, Barbourville, care doctor, chief medical officer, chief medical officer position, CMO, CMO job, CMO position, Corbin, critical premature neonate, direct patient care, doctor, Dr. Ross Halbleib, family medicine, family practice, family practice residency, fellowship, general breadth, general breadth of knowledge, group of Booth, Hardin memorial health, health family medicine physician, health system, healthcare, healthcare administration, hospital 's CEO, hospital-owned, hospital-owned practice, ideal of a physician, ideal primary care doctor, John Henson, Ky., longtime baptist health family medicine physician, Louisville Stephen Toadvine, MD-UPDATE, MD-UPDATE Editor-in-Chief Jennifer Newton, medical school, medical staff committee, medicine, national healthcare policy, physician, physician leadership, practice of clinical medicine, president of baptist health, primary care, professional satisfaction, Q&A, reimbursement, residency, rural track residency, Rush-Copley, Rush-Copley hospital, satisfaction, spectrum of age, strong sense of service, telehealth, TOADVINE, track residency, tremendous example, tremendous example of the ideal primary care doctor

LOUISVILLE Stephen Toadvine, MD, was named president of Baptist Health Medical Group, effective April 4, 2016. As a longtime Baptist

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Treating Patients by Telehealth in Kentucky

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You may already be practicing telehealth, or considering it, if you have patients who cannot be seen in your office

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Special Section

Innovation Expands Access

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Access to primary care is the key to creating a healthier Kentucky, but it remains limited at certain times and

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