Jim Hoover

A Reminder For All Health Care Providers When Forming Business Arrangements

Oct 16, 2024 at 10:40 pm by kbarrettalley

By Jim Hoover   According to a federal district judge in Mississippi, a cancer center’s investors bought themselves a lawsuit because of a conscious decision not.... Read More
Amanda Williams, MD

Alabama Physicians Plead with Insurers to Make Prior Authorization Manageable

Oct 16, 2024 at 10:39 pm by kbarrettalley

By Lauren Johnson   Insurance companies have been gradually expanding the use of prior authorizations for routine medical care, which is bogging down physicians with pa.... Read More
Beth Neal Pitman

Information Blocking Disincentives Are in Effect: Considerations and Implications for Providers

Oct 16, 2024 at 10:38 pm by kbarrettalley

By Beth Neal Pitman This article is Part 2 of a two-part series on the information blocking disincentives for healthcare providers that took effect on Aug. 1, 2024, following.... Read More
Kelly Fowler

Ambulatory Surgery Centers

Oct 16, 2024 at 10:36 pm by kbarrettalley

A Continuing Trend For Growth   By Laura Freeman Not long ago, surgery was primarily done in hospital operating rooms. This began to change as an aging population deve.... Read More

Birmingham Physician Brings New Procedure to the State

Oct 16, 2024 at 10:34 pm by kbarrettalley

By Ansley Franco Christopher DeGroat, MD, an interventional cardiologist with Cardiology Specialists of Birmingham and St. Vincent’s, recently became the first in Alaba.... Read More
Cover image of the January 2025 issue of Birmingham Medical News

January 2025

Jan 10, 2025 at 11:39 am by kbarrettalley

Your January 2025 Issue of Birmingham Medical News is Here!