The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a Special Fraud Alert from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) highlighting the fraud and abuse risks associated with the offer, payment, solicitation, or receipt of remuneration related to speaker programs sponsored by healthcare companies.
In September 2020, the state of Alabama was awarded $1.8 billion in Coronavirus Aid, Relief & Economic Security (CARES) Act money to support health care organizations and providers, communities, and businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Children's of Alabama, in partnership with the Alabama Department of Mental Health, has found a way to help physicians facing the shortage of pediatric mental health providers in rural Alabama.
Known for its contributions in research and basic science, HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology in Huntsville also has a mission to bring that new knowledge to patient care.
Prior to COVID-19, most healthcare providers were benefiting from a strong economy, low unemployment and increased patient insurance coverage thanks to the Affordable Care Act (but unfortunately not Alabama, which continues to refuse to expand Medicaid). Then, everything changed. The COVID-19 pandemic.
T. Prescott Atkinson, MD, PhD has a lifelong love of biology, a passion that led him to his career as a pediatric allergist at Children's of Alabama, and kindled his avocation in paleontology.
Andrew Smith MD, PhD, doesn't refer to the AI he helped to develop as artificial intelligence.
It's hard to stop what you don't understand. The American College of Surgeons has secured a grant to identify individual & community risk factors for non-lethal firearm injuries.
We use the term 'broken heart' to describe someone suffering emotional distress, but not experiencing an actual medical condition. In cardiovascular medicine, however, this phrase is no longer strictly symbolic. Medical professionals now understand that there is a direct link between severe emotional and a serious cardiac condition.
The innovative All of Us initiative from the NIH provides researchers with a rich source of data to speed discoveries in both precision medicine and population health.
As if hospitals don't have enough challenges with the fallout from COVID-19, they also need to comply with the new Hospital Price Transparency Rule (See 45 C.F.R. Part 180) which is effective January 1, 2021.
Although HIPAA is probably best known for its privacy and security provisions, it also affords certain essential rights to ensure that individuals have access to their medical records.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, employers are taking a second look at even the most routine of workplace situations. Where multi-employee Monday morning watercooler gatherings once took place, empty spaces with social distancing reminders have appeared.
There have been a number of recent enforcement actions announced by the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") regarding alleged discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic.
UAB is looking for Covid-positive individuals for an outpatient study that examines the effect of a common drug on inhibiting the progression of the disease, especially in people with comorbidities.
A COVID-19 vaccine candidate that underwent extensive preclinical testing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham this spring and summer is poised for clinical testing to begin in December.
While COVID-19 vaccines are dominating coronavirus news, researchers are still working on treatments for the virus as well, and progress in that regard is being made by a team led by UAB scientists.
Imagine suddenly learning you have to give up a career you love--a profession you have spent a lifetime building that has become a major part of your identity. Not in a few years or months or even days, but right now, this moment, someone else has to cover your appointments for the rest of the day, and forever
"We're thrilled. I knew we had good quality outcomes and I knew this was something we focused on, but I had no idea how well we stacked up against other hospitals in the nation," says Jesanna Cooper, MD, OBGYN and chair of the Women and Infants Department at Princeton Baptist Medical Center.
Infertility can be emotionally challenging for anyone. For women born without a uterus or who lose theirs' to illness and surgery, it can be devastating, with a finality that until now has ended their hope of ever bearing a child.
One of the most frightening aspects of COVID-19 is the fact that some patients struggle with symptoms for months after their recovery from the disease.
Through funding from the NIH Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics initiative (RADx), the University of Alabama at Birmingham will launch a community-based testing model in Jefferson County as part of an effort to improve access, uptake and follow-up to COVID-19 testing in underserved populations.
The Alabama State Nurses Association (ASNA) has chosen Lindsey Harris, DNP, FNP-BC to be the organization's president, making her the first person of color to hold the position since ASNA formed 107 year ago.
Chilton Medical Associates has named Barry Rowe as the Practice Administrator. With over 30 years of healthcare experience, Rowe joins the practice after serving as Director of Operations for American Family Care Urgent Care.
Robbie Hindman has joined Brookwood Baptist Medical Center as chief nursing officer (CNO) while continuing her role as CNO of the Brookwood Baptist Health System.
Keith Granger has announced his retirement from his role as CHSPSC President of Region 1, which includes hospitals in Alabama, Georgia and the Florida panhandle, at the end of 2020. Prior to this position, Granger served as CEO of Flowers Hospital in Dothan and Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham.
Erin Shaughnessy, MD has been named director of the division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Children's of Alabama where she succeeds former division director Robert Pass, MD.
Jason Biddy, MBA, CMPE, the CEO of Urology Centers of Alabama, has been elected to serve as President of Alabama Medical Group Management Association (MGMA).
Mark Parker, MD, FACS has been elected to serve as President of the Alabama Chapter of the American College of Surgeons.
Beau Grantier, MD has joined Southlake Orthopaedics and is seeing patients at the Grandview office. Grantier specializes in Sports Medicine non-surgical and is a member of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine.
Adamsville Family Medicine has joined the Complete Health family of primary care practices, making it the second Complete Health practice in the Birmingham area, along with Birmingham Internal Medicine Associates.
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