Clinical

CMS Steps to Provide More Access by Telehealth

May 15, 2020 at 10:11 am by steve

In the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has taken steps to make healthcare services more accessible through telehealth.... Read More

Clinical

UAB Opens COVID-19 Clinic

May 15, 2020 at 10:10 am by steve

When COVID-19 began to emerge as an urgent healthcare issue in Birmingham, UAB physicians from several specialties, including infectious diseases, internal medicine, and famil.... Read More

Business

2020 Chronic Care Management Additions

May 15, 2020 at 10:07 am by steve

Several years ago, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services released Chronic Care Management (CCM) to assist in improving the quality of chronic illness care which should.... Read More

Business

HIPAA Relaxation during COVID-19

May 15, 2020 at 10:05 am by steve

Over the past several months, the Office for Civil Rights ("OCR"), the entity responsible for compliance with and enforcement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountab.... Read More

Clinical

Self Care on the Front Lines of Coronavirus

May 15, 2020 at 10:02 am by steve

With coronavirus dominating news cycles for weeks now, it seems difficult ... if not impossible ... to escape the mounting death toll, case load, unemployment figures and econ.... Read More