Birmingham Medical News

Code Modifiers Generate Reimbursements

Sep 11, 2015 at 09:12 am by steve

“A lot of people think there’s nothing to coding and billing. They say, ‘How complicated can it be?,” says Eddye Sheffield, a certified professional co.... Read More

IMOs and ICD-10

Sep 11, 2015 at 09:12 am by steve

More tools are rolling out to help with the onerous transition to ICD-10 codes due to start on October 1. “You have options,” says Tammie R. Olson, CPC, CPCO, a ce.... Read More

Rapamycin Could Be the Miracle Anti-aging Drug

Sep 08, 2015 at 09:44 am by steve

The solution to slowing aging may already be in people’s hands. “It’s been wildly successful,” says Steven Austad, PhD, chair of UAB Department of Biol.... Read More

Verapamil May Reverse Type 1 Diabetes

Aug 11, 2015 at 09:08 am by steve

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Functional Medicine Offers Surprising Outcomes

Aug 11, 2015 at 09:08 am by steve

A 55-year-old man with peripheral neuropathy taking three diabetes medications came to Farah Sultan, MD, a primary care physician in Birmingham, fed up and in pain. Within six.... Read More