Birmingham Physician Brings New Procedure to the State
All of Us Research Program Will Bring Enormous Value to Healthcare
UAB First in World to Use New Device for Electrophysiology Procedures
Tom McElderry, MD

Business

Five Productivity Killers and How to Overcome Them

Oct 16, 2024 at 10:41 pm by kbarrettalley

By Megan Hays, PhD Productivity can foster a sense of accomplishment, reducing stress and cultivating a positive workplace environment with greater morale. Many everyday acti.... Read More
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

All of Us Research Program Will Bring Enormous Value to Healthcare

Oct 16, 2024 at 10:32 pm by kbarrettalley

By Steve Spencer In his 2015 State of the Union, President Obama announced the Precision Medicine Initiative with the goal of one day being able to tailor medical treatments.... Read More

Feature Profiles

Managing Chronic Care More Effectively And Getting Paid For It

Jun 20, 2024 at 07:10 pm by kbarrettalley

By Laura Freeman   Chronic Illnesses take a toll. The price patients pay can be years of pain, diminished quality of life, damage to other organs, early death and the b.... Read More

Clinical

Untreated Venous Disorders can Devolve into Serious Complications

Oct 16, 2024 at 10:42 pm by kbarrettalley

By Charles Hunt II, MD, FACS, RVT   As a Cardiothoracic Surgeon who has transitioned to the treatment of Venous Disorders, I have gained appreciation for the destructiv.... 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
Tom McElderry, MD

UAB First in World to Use New Device for Electrophysiology Procedures

Oct 16, 2024 at 10:30 pm by kbarrettalley

By Jane Ehrhardt Electrophysiologist Tom McElderry, MD, with the UAB Cardiovascular Institute, became the first physician in the world to utilize a new vascular closure syste.... Read More

Chronic Pain Management in a Value-Based Care Model

Sep 19, 2024 at 12:12 pm by kbarrettalley

By Ty Thomas, MD   In recent years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been promoting value-based care (VBC) initiatives in an effort to improve.... Read More
Birmingham Medical News October 2024 Cover

October 2024

Oct 16, 2024 at 10:27 pm by kbarrettalley

Your October 2024 Issue of Birmingham Medical News is Here!