Business

Understanding the Merit Based Incentive Payment System

Oct 12, 2016 at 05:37 pm by steve

Starting in 2019, Medicare's push toward value-based reimbursements will be within reach of the finish line. "It can sound terrifying," says Joni Wyatt, MHA, MHIA, CPHIMS, FHI.... Read More
Clinical

Administering Additional Antibiotic Prior to C-section Reduces Infection Rates by 50 Percent

Oct 12, 2016 at 05:37 pm by steve

Physicians at UAB and colleagues have discovered that administering the antibiotic azithromycin alongside the standard recommended antibiotic regimen, cefazolin, reduces infec.... Read More
Business

Innovative Technology at Brookwood Baptist Health

Oct 12, 2016 at 05:37 pm by steve

In addition to Brookwood Baptist Health, a number of other Birmingham-area hospitals made the Hospitals & Health Networks Most Wired List including: St. Vincent's Birmingh.... Read More
Business

Easing into MACRA

Oct 10, 2016 at 05:37 pm by steve

On September 8th, Medicare announced two more ways to participate in the upcoming shift to the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). "There are four different.... Read More
Clinical

UAB Patients Receive New Dissolving Heart Stent

Oct 10, 2016 at 05:37 pm by steve

Cardiologists at UAB Hospital are the first in Alabama to treat coronary artery disease patients with a new dissolving heart stent. The Abbott's Absorb bioresorbable vascular.... Read More
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The February 2026 Issue of Birmingham Medical News is here!