March 21, 2019 Issue 77
Déjà vu All Over Again

You might recall that last year Anthem announced their intention to reduce payment for office visits (E&M services) performed on the same day as an office diagnostic or therapeutic procedure (billed using the CPT modifier 25) by 50%. The Kentucky Medical Association, together with the American Medical Association, the Greater Louisville Medical Society and several national specialty societies were able to convince Anthem to withdrawal their ill-conceived policy. This policy, which ignored established CPT rules, not only would have reduced payment to physicians but also delayed patient care and inconvenienced patients.

Registration and Hotel Reservations Now Available for 2019 KMA Annual Meeting

KMA members can now register online for the 2019 Annual Meeting, as well as make their hotel reservations . The meeting will be held Sept. 20-22 at the Louisville Marriott East.

The theme of this year’s meeting will be Moving Medicine: Together for Tomorrow . The theme will celebrate and encourage the unification of physicians around issues of importance, particularly public health advocacy.

A number of exciting events are planned for the weekend, with additional details forthcoming. For more information, contact KMA Education Director Miranda Mosley, mosley@kyma.org .  
March Public Health Minute: Obesity

Kentucky continues to rank as a top ten state for rates of obesity among both teens and adults. In this month’s Public Health Minute, Commissioner Jeffrey Howard, M.D. discusses talking to patients about healthy eating and exercise habits and how to instill those habits into children and teens.

Obesity is one of the five focus areas of KMA’s AIM for Better Care: Administrative Improvements in Medicine initiative. More information about AIM is available at kyma.org/AIM .  

Click here to view video.
Science and Service Led Bradley Blankenship to Medicine

Bradley Blankenship says a combination of science and service is what led him to pursue a medical career.

“I remember being young and saying that’s what I was going to do,” he said.

Currently a third-year medical school student at the University of Kentucky, Blankenship grew up in Scottsville, Ky. and is the first in his family to study medicine. 

MEMBER NEWS
Riley, Furman and Stites Nominated for "Most Admired Women in Health Care"

KMA members Beth Riley, M.D. , and Christian Furman, M.D. , both with UofL Physicians, and Charlotte Gay Stites, M.D. , Smoketown Family Wellness Center, have been nominated for "Most Admired Woman in Health Care" by Today's Woman .
Mazloomdoost Featured for Offering Alternatives in Pain Management

KMA member and House of Delegates Speaker Danesh Mazloomdoost, M.D. , Wellward Regenerative Medicine, was featured in MD-Update for "presenting a new wellness paradigm for pain."
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