Lawmakers in 2015 passed Senate Bill 192, anti-heroin legislation designed to curb drug addiction and overdose deaths. The legislation, commonly known as the “Heroin Bill,”
The 2016 Legislative session was the most successful for KMA in more than 15 years. A large part of this success can be attributed to
Effective January 1, 2016 Medicare started paying physicians for advance care planning which includes counseling patients on end-of-life decisions. The voluntary counseling may be performed
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt on July 13 told lawmakers that “CMS is considering delaying the start date for Medicare
Leadership isn’t Measured by Age Middlesboro Elementary Students Work for Change, Get Smoking Ban Passed Chloe Burchett saw a problem in Middlesboro, one that she
Kentucky has one of the highest poverty rates in the nation—about one in five Kentuckians live in poverty—combined with some of the worst health statistics
Gordon R. Tobin, M.D. When Eugene (Gene) H. Conner, MD, 94, died in January, Kentucky lost a medical history and pulmonary physiology champion. He was
Members of the Kentucky Medical Association’s Public Health Commission in June proposed a resolution to support removal of pain management from surveys on patient satisfaction
Gov. Matt Bevin signed an emergency amendment to the Reportable Disease Surveillance regulation making the Zika Virus Disease reportable in Kentucky. A report should be
Julie Lee, MD, believes physicians should all speak up for their profession and let their legislators know how they feel. That’s exactly what she did
