As we approach various deadlines for COVID-19 vaccine mandates, both in the private and the public sector, there appears to be confusion over when vaccine information may be shared with employers and what obligations employers have, if any, under The Health Information Portability and Accounting Act ("HIPAA") to protect such information once obtained.
It is always important for medical practices to be aware of the issues that need to be considered with the retirement plan when a physician leaves the group.
The first Provider Relief Fund (PRF) reporting deadline of September 30 has come and gone.
Starting November 1, DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa will change their hospitalist care to coincide with their sister hospital Northport Medical Center, whose changeover began October 1. Both facilities will now be served by Capstone Health Services Foundation and IN Compass Health.
Emergencies don't always come from disasters or cyberattacks. "One company I knew had clinics in strip malls," says Jeff Dance, MBA, executive director of Kassouf Healthcare Solutions that manages 16 healthcare locations.
Which procedure is lower risk--gallbladder surgery or a gastric sleeve? "Even physicians are often surprised when I tell them a bariatric sleeve procedure is lower risk the way we do it today," Ascension St. Vincent's surgeon Katie Novitski, MD said
Ed Logue, MD is a familiar name to most Alabama healthcare professionals. Logue, who at age 86 still goes into the office every day, has been practicing psychiatry in Birmingham for 50 years.
For decades, a routine annual mammogram has been the gold standard in breast cancer screening.
The human body is an amazing organism, and in the millions of years since we became distinct from our nearest mammalian ancestors, we've adapted in many different directions.
During the early days and the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, many hospitals across the country were limiting elective procedures and tests that fell in the category of cancer screenings, and patients themselves were cancelling primary care appointments out of fear of COVID.
And What Can be Done to Change This?
In October, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury (collectively, the "Departments") and the Office of Personnel Management jointly released rules that implement the dispute resolution provisions of the No Surprises Act (the "Act").
Physician groups should check their income distribution plans to make sure they comply with new Stark changes that will go into effect January 1, 2022.
Health care providers across the United States continue to face an acute shortage of physicians particularly in Medically Unserved Areas ("MUAs") and Health Professional Shortage Areas ("HPSAs"), which areas are determined by the United Stated Public Health Service and which include certain areas in and around Alabama.
In yet another reversal by the Biden Administration of a Trump-era policy, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a proposed rule reversing the Trump Administration's decision to eliminate the inpatient-only service list (IPO List) over a three-year period.
The next breakthrough in surgical imaging has arrived in Birmingham at Princeton Baptist Medical Center.
A new minimally invasive treatment for wrist replacement offers pain relief and the restoration of function.
UAB Researched Drugs That Changed CF Outlook
As summer break began, it seemed like the worst of the pandemic was behind us.
Kidney stones are on the rise in children, especially ages 12 to 18.
When asked what conditions she encounters most, Alicia Webb, MD, a Pediatric Emergency Physician at Children's of Alabama, says "we are still seeing too many serious injuries from children riding ATVs.
"It's hard to do the elevator pitch for this specialty," says Drew Davis, MD, one of the three physicians in Children's Division of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM). "We're the function people," adds Cynthia Wozow, DO, another member of the PRM team.
Zane Hyde, MD has joined OrthoAlabama Spine & Sports. Hyde, who is a fellowship-trained sports medicine surgeon, specializes in ankle, hip, knee, and shoulder arthroscopy as well as ACL reconstruction, partial and total knee replacement, shoulder replacement, and ultrasound-guided injections.
Paul Clark, MD has joined Neurosurgical Associates.
A new national report shows actions by Alabama physicians are advancing the fight against the opioid crisis. Since 2011, Alabama physicians have reduced the number of opioid prescriptions in the state by 38 percent, the American Medical Association reported today.
Charles Welden IV, MD, who is board certified in Internal Medicine, has joined Gastro Health and is practicing in the St. Vincent's East and Pell City care centers.
Birmingham-based Bradford Health Services, the southeast's largest provider of addiction treatment programs, has acquired Cornerstone of Recovery, a Tennessee-based substance use disorder treatment provider.
Barbara Evers is now serving as the new executive director of the EyeSight Foundation of Alabama (EFA) where she succeeds Torrey DeKeyser, who has retired after holding the post for 22 years.
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham will investigate the usefulness of a new non-invasive method to measure the expansion of hematomas in the brain.
A new national report shows actions by Alabama physicians are advancing the fight against the opioid crisis. Since 2011, Alabama physicians have reduced the number of opioid prescriptions in the state by 38 percent, the American Medical Association reported today.
Paul Clark, MD has joined Neurosurgical Associates.
Zane Hyde, MD has joined OrthoAlabama Spine & Sports. Hyde, who is a fellowship-trained sports medicine surgeon, specializes in ankle, hip, knee, and shoulder arthroscopy as well as ACL reconstruction, partial and total knee replacement, shoulder replacement, and ultrasound-guided injections.
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