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As 2019 approaches, the healthcare industr y is preparing for the challenges the new year will bring. This issue of MD News offers examples of how area hospitals, physicians and business professionals are doing just that. Western Reserve Hospital is staying ahead of the ever- increasing demand for specialized care by growing its vascular surgery team. Vascular surgeons Jeffrey Stanley and Nicole Ramon discuss their approach to delivering care — one that focuses on the patient, as well as the needs of the referring physician, to ensure a high level of satisfaction. Also on the surgery front, Dr. Daniel Myer, a board- cer tif ied, fel lowship-tra ined or thopaedic surgeon with Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center, talks about the opportunities cartilage preservation surgery using Matrix Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (MACI) provides patients. Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs' Joe Feltes gives a refresher on Ohio's revised informed consent statute, which became effective late this year, and how it reaffirms the responsibility for obtaining a patient's written informed consent to a surgical or medical procedure remains with the physician. A llison Cole with Kruglia k, Wilkins, Griff iths & Dougherty, closes her cybersecurity series with a seven-step roadmap for documenting and implementing a cyberse- curity compliance program. And, Joseph Bucaro with Brouse McDowell discusses the expanded Medicare reimbursement for virtual care as addressed in the final 2019 Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program. We hope you find these stories and articles interesting and informative. Thanks for reading, and Happy New Year. Ted DiFiore Cleveland/Akron/Canton 05-737 PUBLISHER from the ............................................... Ted DiFiore PUBLISHER Cleveland/Akron/Canton ............................................... Ted@matabopub.com 330-313-1525 ............................................... @MDNewsCLECAK Publisher: Ted DiFiore Managing Editor: Steve Barrett Contributing Writers: Neil Allen, Joseph M. Bucaro, Allison E. Cole, Esq., Joseph J. Feltes, JD, Daniel M. Myer, MD Contributing Photographer: Chris Smanto President: Eric Silberman Chief Marketing Officer: Jason Skinner Vice President of Creative Services: Eric Jackson Vice President of Operations: Tyler Hardekopf In Memoriam: Robert J. Brennan, Founder Account Manager: Allison Bryan Designer: Michael Simmons Creative Services: Erika Bennett, Mariela Cosentino, Sarah Fredriksson, Jenny Havron, Emily Main, Jennifer Oncay, Kimmi Patterson, David Smith Production: Wade Sain Financial Services: Ashley Byrd Audience Development: Debbie Dodski MD News is published by True North Custom 1301 Riverfront Parkway, Suite 112 Chattanooga, TN 37402 423-266-3234 | truenorthcustom.com Although ever y precaution is taken to ensure accuracy of published materials, MD News cannot be held responsible for opinions expressed or facts supplied by its authors. Copyright 2018, True North Custom. All rights reser ved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. The healthcare providers featured in MD News comply with applicable Federal laws and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability or sex. P O S T M A S T E R : Please send notices on Form 3579 to 1301 Riverfront Parkway, Suite 112, Chattanooga, TN 37402. Advertise in MD News For more information about advertising in the MD News Cleveland/Akron/Canton edition, contact Ted DiFiore at 330-313-1525 or Ted@matabopub.com. Contact Information Send press releases and all other information related to this local edition of MD News to cac@mdnews.com.