Birmingham Archives

On-Call Arrangement with Nonprofit Hospital Does Not Violate the Anti-Kickback Statute

Nov 07, 2007 at 09:38 pm by steve

In an advisory opinion dated September 27, 2007, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found that an on-call coverage and uncompensated care arrangement between physicians.... Read More

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Grand Rounds November

Nov 07, 2007 at 09:34 pm by steve

Donna Stariha Joins MediSYS as Medical Billing Services Manager Donna Stariha joins MediSYS as Manager of Medical Billing Services. Donna brings to MediSYS over twenty years.... Read More

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Physician Spotlight: Dr. John Farley

Nov 07, 2007 at 09:33 pm by steve

Dr. John Farley is a busy man whose professional life changed forever when his father, a third-generation physician, died of cancer. Farley was so impressed with the hospice c.... Read More

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Baptist Health System Transforms Itself

Nov 07, 2007 at 09:32 pm by steve

Part 2 of 2: Baptist Health System Looks to the Future) Once the largest healthcare system in the state, Baptist Health System (BHS) of Alabama has slimmed down over the la.... Read More

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New System Will Coordinate Trauma Care for Critical Patients

Nov 07, 2007 at 09:32 pm by steve

When Alabama ranked near the bottom of a 2006 healthcare study by the American College of Emergency Physicians, state healthcare leaders took action to begin addressing the pr.... Read More