International Conference on Physician Health: Call for Abstracts
The American Medical Association, the Canadian Medical Association and the British Medical Association will host the International Conference on Physician HealthTM in 2016. The conference, which is held every other year and is hosted by a founding association, will be held Sept. 18-20, 2016, in Boston, Mass. The agenda for the research-driven conference is determined […]
Kentucky Health Cooperative Will Go Out of Business Dec. 31
The Kentucky Health Cooperative is going out of business at the end of this calendar year. The company announced in a press release Friday that it will not offer health insurance plans for 2016. The nonprofit health insurance company serving all 120 Kentucky counties did not receive federal risk corridor funding it had relied on, […]
ICD-10 Countdown — Are You Ready?
Implementation of ICD-10 is two weeks away. Lindy Lady, medical business manager for the Kentucky Medical Association, offers some reminders for what physicians’ staffs will need to remember when processing claims: All claims with dates of service of Oct. 1, 2015, or later must be submitted with a valid ICD-10 code; ICD-9 codes will no […]
2015-16 KMA Officers
New officers were elected at the 165th Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Medical Association. From left, Nancy Swikert, M.D., of Union, was chosen as president-elect, and Brent Wright, M.D., of Glasgow, was selected vice-president. Theodore Miller, M.D., Ph.D., was installed as KMA president. G. Randolph Schrodt, M.D., of Louisville, was elected chair of the KMA Board […]
