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Considerations Before Opting Out of Medicare

May 15, 2025 at 08:47 pm by kbarrettalley

By Kelli Fleming   In recent years, we have seen an emerging number of physicians and healthcare providers transitioning to concierge, direct-to-consumer practices. Man.... Read More
Judy Corbett, MD

New Device Offers Mental Clarity Without Medication

May 15, 2025 at 08:46 pm by kbarrettalley

By Ansley Franco   Three months ago, Judy Corbett, MD, was attending a medical convention in Nashville, looking for tools she could bring back to her Gulf Coast GYN and.... Read More

CMMI Signals New Strategy and Terminates 4 Value-Based Care Models

May 15, 2025 at 08:45 pm by kbarrettalley

By Miranda A. Franco and Beth Pitman   The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) recently released a statement on its plans to unveil a new strategy focus.... Read More
Along with the UAB Medicine and UAB St. Vincent’s surgical teams, Hassan Alkhawam, MD (center) holds the Navitor TAVR device.

UAB St. Vincent’s New Treatment for High-risk Aortic Stenosis

May 15, 2025 at 08:45 pm by kbarrettalley

By Marti Webb Slay   When Hassan Alkhawam, MD, interventional and structural cardiologist at UAB St. Vincent’s, had a patient needing a new aortic valve, he.... Read More
Patrick Peavy MD in surgery.

Peavy Performs Alabama’s First Cementless Oxford Unicondyl Knee Surgery

May 15, 2025 at 08:44 pm by kbarrettalley

By Laura Freeman   Since the first advances in knee replacement surgery in the 1960s and 1970s, a steady progression of innovations in techniques and technology has con.... Read More