Business

Value Based Care Model is Reinventing Primary Care

Feb 21, 2023 at 12:25 pm by kbarrettalley

By Jane Ehrhardt   By 2030, CMS aims to change most Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries to a value-based care (VBC) program. That means Medicare will reimburse provi.... Read More
Clinical

David Sibley, MD Began His Career with a Diagnostic Breakthrough

Feb 21, 2023 at 12:25 pm by kbarrettalley

By Marti Webb Slay   Significant medical developments are the result of creative thinking, attention to scientific data and good teamwork. Sometimes, they are also the.... Read More
The UAB Cardio Oncology team with Andrikopoulou first row, far right.
Feature Profiles

Efstathia Andrikopoulou, MD on the New, Growing Field of Cardio Oncology

Feb 21, 2023 at 12:25 pm by kbarrettalley

This January, Efstathia Andrikopoulou, MD, a cardiologist in the UAB Cardiovascular Institute, sat down with the Birmingham Medical News to talk about Cardio Oncology.  .... Read More
Pankaj Arora, MD confers with a patient.
Clinical

UAB Cardiogenomics Clinic Helps Patients with Inherited Heart Disease

Feb 21, 2023 at 12:25 pm by kbarrettalley

By Steve Spencer   Back in the early 2000s when Pankaj Arora, MD was training in population genomics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Broad Institut.... Read More
Feature Profiles

Birmingham Hospitalist in Iraq

Feb 21, 2023 at 12:25 pm by kbarrettalley

by Laura Freeman The 20-year mark is when most military personnel think of retiring to civilian life. After 21 years in the Air Force, Ronald Roan, MD returned to the Army wi.... Read More