The 2023 regular session of the Kentucky General Assembly, which is known as the 30-day “short session,” convened on Tuesday, January 3. Part I of the session is scheduled to conclude on January 6. Lawmakers will return for Part II on February 7 and must adjourn on or before March 30. KMA has been active … Continue reading “Kentucky General Assembly Convenes for 30-Day Session”
Physicians will see a 2 percent cut in Medicare reimbursement for 2023 and at least an additional 1.25 percent reduction in 2024 based on the passage of the massive $1.7 trillion spending bill that was signed into law by the President on December 29. Originally, physicians were facing as much as an 8.5 percent reduction … Continue reading “Partial Medicare Physician Payment Cuts Included in Year-End Budget Deal”
KMA Past President Brent Wright, M.D., was recently featured in a short video highlighting the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, KMA, and KFMC’s partnership on the Tobacco-Free for Students campaign. The effort, launched in 2019, provided new, free signage to school districts across the state who agreed to comply with the tobacco free schools law … Continue reading “Tobacco-Free for Students Campaign Video Released by FHKy”
The Kentucky Department for Public Health has released a health alert regarding the surge of pediatric flu cases across the state, and is urging providers to encourage vaccination among patients in the coming weeks. Six Kentucky children have died from influenza since late November, including three in the last week. This equals the most pediatric … Continue reading “KDPH Urging Flu Vaccination Amid Recent Surges”
On Friday, December 2, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an FAQ further delaying enforcement of a provision of the Federal No Surprises Act requiring Good Faith Estimates (GFEs) provided to uninsured or self-pay individuals to include cost estimates from co-providers and co-facilities beginning January 1, 2023. Based on comments and … Continue reading “CMS Delays Enforcement of Good Faith Estimate Co-Provider Requirement”
The government soon will stop paying for the covid drug that has proved to be the most effective at keeping patients alive and out of the hospital.
Unless Congress acts by the end of the year, physician Medicare payments are scheduled to be cut by 4.5 percent on January 1, 2023. The cut is the result of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposal to reduce reimbursement for all physician services by 4.5 percent in 2023 to offset payment policy improvements … Continue reading “Act Now – Ask Congress to Stop Medicare Physician Payment Cuts”
December always feels like crunch time. We have the holidays, decorating, planning, gifting and get-togethers. Patients trying to get everything in since they’ve met their deductible before the end of the calendar year. Then there’s the elephant in the room: it’s officially “sick season”. It feels like we are busier than ever. My schedule is … Continue reading “December 2022 President’s Message: Let’s Remove the Red Tape”
KMA has launched a new public education campaign aimed at promoting the physician-led, team-based care model, “Kentucky Physicians Care.” The effort is a result of a $65,000 grant KMA received from the AMA’s Scope of Practice Partnership in August. Kentucky Physicians Care includes an op-ed by KMA President Monalisa Tailor, M.D., which was published last … Continue reading “KMA Launches “KY Physicians Care” Scope of Practice Campaign”
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