June 20, 2016          Issue 12            

Community Connector
Davis
Medicine -- a Way to Make a Difference in People's Lives

Mary Helen Davis, MD, seemed to always be on the path for a career as a physician.
 
"I was one of those people who kind of decided when I was 6 years old that I wanted to be a doctor," she said.
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Health is Foundation for Productive Communities

Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, believes in three "buckets of prevention" in health care.

Those buckets--traditional clinical prevention, innovative clinical prevention and community-wide prevention--can go a long way in improving the health of our nation, Dr. Frieden told attendees at the SOAR Innovation Summit in Pikeville June 6.
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AMA Considers MACRA, Other Issues Important to Kentucky Physicians

The American Medical Association considered many issues during its Annual Meeting in Chicago last week.
 
Bruce Scott, MD, of Louisville, who was re-elected as vice-speaker of the AMA House of Delegates, said the hundreds of issues discussed at the meeting are relevant and important to the daily practice of medicine for physicians.
 
"Our profession is being challenged from so many directions, it is essential that all physicians get involved," Dr. Scott said. click here

Call for Resolutions

In accordance with the KMA Bylaws that were adopted by the 2014 House of Delegates, all resolutions being submitted for consideration during the 2016 KMA Annual Meeting must be received at the KMA headquarters  no later than  Friday, Aug. 12, 2016.  All resolutions received after the deadline will be considered new business at the House of Delegates, and must:
  • Show that the issue addressed by the resolution either did not exist or was unknowable until after the deadline;
  • Be accepted by the House as new business with unanimous consent; and
  • Acquire an affirmative vote of three-fourths of those Delegates present and voting for adoption.
Please submit your resolutions to KMA at hartz@kyma.org or by fax at 502-426-6877.


Medical Practice Blog Contains Up-To-Date Info You Can Use

Want to know the procedure for challenging Medicaid overpayment claims?  What about important changes physician reimbursement? This information and more is easily available to you on the new KMA website. Check out the "Medical Practice Blog" on the Membership and Education page. This blog is updated regularly to include news and information important to physicians. 


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If you regularly share health care news with your patients on Twitter or Facebook, check out @kymedassoc for useful informational graphics and health care updates.    

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Member News
James Supports Health Initiative in His Community

Naren James, MD, KMA Board of Trustees member, spearheaded "Get Healthy Stanford-Lincoln County" in his community. Click here to see a list of expanded efforts taking place this year in June.  
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Seifert Named to 
Advisory Panel

KMA member Tad R. Seifert, MD, has been named chairperson of the Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Medical Advisory Panel. He serves as director of Norton Healthcare's Sports Concussion Program and is a clinical assistant professor of neurology at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine.
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Going On?

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