In 2007, Kentucky led the nation’s death rate due to child maltreatment. In 2015, Kentucky was second in the nation for child abuse cases. “There’s
In 2015, more people died from a drug overdose than died in motor vehicle accidents, and many of those overdoses involved opioids. As a trauma
By Melinda Ruberg, Fourth Year Medical Student, University of Louisville School of Medicine Diabetic patients of highly empathetic primary care physicians have 42 percent fewer
A new law, House Bill 333, took effect June 29, 2017, and will affect rules related to prescribing Schedule II controlled substances. While HB 333
It’s a simple, yet powerful, beginning. Mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters—all simply saying the names of family members who have died
One in four women and one in nine men were victims of domestic violence—contact sexual violence, physical violence and/or stalking—by an intimate partner with some
Kentucky physicians will face some changes in prescribing following the 2017 legislative session and that could affect their usage of KASPER, Kentucky’s system for tracking
What makes a leader? Are leaders born or taught? Several studies have been done using past leaders in different types of situations to seek the
Sen. Ralph Alvarado, M.D., has one message for physicians regarding the passage of legislation earlier this year that established the Medical Review Panel process in
KMA Business Advocacy Manager Lindy Lady explains the MIPS quality payment program and the four categories of MIPS.
