Great publicity surrounded the passage of SB4 during the recent legislative session of the Kentucky General Assembly—the bill that established medical review panels to evaluate
With reported revenues in the billions of dollars and net profits not far behind, insurance companies providing a Medicaid Managed Care product are making huge
According to the National Practitioner Data Bank, Kentucky reported an average of 269 payments each year from 2011 through 2015. This number includes all payments
With the election of Donald Trump and the announced appointment of Tom Price as secretary of Health and Human Services, uncertainty and apprehension loom concerning
It is very rare for the Amendments to the United States Constitution to have any applicability to the practice of medicine. However, the treatment of
Breast cancer affects one out of eight women in their lifetime. The primary tool physicians rely upon to detect, treat, and monitor breast cancer is
Beginning in 2004, teenager Yarushka Rivera, a Medicaid beneficiary, received counseling services at Arbour Counseling Services in Massachusetts. In 2009, she suffered seizures as an
It has been a long time coming, but on March 30, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a final rule (“the
Recently, Kentucky courts have considered whether to recognize a new cause of action called “negligent credentialing.” Generally, a negligent credentialing claim involves allegations that a
Models for physician compensation arrangements continue to change as health systems move toward physician alignment and clinical integration. Determining fair market value is critical for
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