I am writing this column while sitting in the ER at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. My wife had a syncopal episode resulting in a concussion. She is alright now, thank goodness. While I sit here, I am amazed at watching the interns, residents, and med students. Their enthusiasm and spirit reminds me of several years ago when I was in their place. The only difference now is the new technology and of course the computer bases in every nook and cranny, for the Electronic Health Records.
KMA members who are employed physicians or considering employment have the opportunity to learn more about how to modify or enter into an employment contract at KMA’s Physician Employment Contracting Symposium.
Experts from Louisville law firm Stites and Harbison will serve as panelists at this event on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018 from 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at the Louisville Marriott East.
For more information, contact Miranda Mosley at mosley@kyma.org or 502-814-1393. This symposium is offered at no cost as a member benefit and space is limited.
Twenty-seven resolutions were submitted by various medical societies and individuals for consideration by the House of Delegates at the 2017 KMA Annual Meeting. These resolutions will help determine KMA policy. Click here for a list of each resolution.
2018 Medicare Changes to Pain Management Questions
Beginning with patients discharged in January, 2018 three new pain management questions will be used and will no longer require patients to “rate their pain.” Instead the survey questions involve communication about pain and how to effectively treat pain, a subject Phillip Chang, M.D., recently discussed at KMA’s Annual Meeting.
KMA member Brad Sutton, M.D., M.B.A., UofL associate professor of medicine, will serve as a co-principal investigator at UofL’s Center for Health Organization Transformation site.
