CMS Expands the Open Payments Program
By James F. Henry Published: August 15, 2022 James Henry In June, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published its 2021 data from the Open Payments Program. The Open Payments Program makes information available to the public about financial relationships between certain manufacturers and group purchasing organizations (“Reporting Entities”) who make payments or […]
The No Surprises Act’s Good Faith Estimates – What Every Provider Needs to Know
Howard Bogard The No Surprises Act (“NSA”), which became effective January 1, 2022, protects consumers against surprise medical bills. However, a lesser known part of the NSA, called the Good Faith Estimate provisions, requires health care providers make available a good faith estimate (“GFE”) of charges for items and services provided to an uninsured patient […]
The No Surprises Act’s Good Faith Estimates – What Every Provider Needs to Know
Howard Bogard The No Surprises Act (“NSA”), which became effective January 1, 2022, protects consumers against surprise medical bills. However, a lesser known part of the NSA, called the Good Faith Estimate provisions, requires health care providers make available a good faith estimate (“GFE”) of charges for items and services provided to an uninsured patient […]
Challenges with Pediatric Mental Health
Dan Marullo, PhD Even in the best of times, surviving childhood and adolescence to become a healthy, functioning adult can be complicated. Just as you’re trying to figure out who you are and think your way through a flood of hormones, you have to learn to cope with new problems, new feelings and adults’ expectations […]
Challenges with Pediatric Mental Health
Dan Marullo, PhD Even in the best of times, surviving childhood and adolescence to become a healthy, functioning adult can be complicated. Just as you’re trying to figure out who you are and think your way through a flood of hormones, you have to learn to cope with new problems, new feelings and adults’ expectations […]
The Sunrise Clinic Helps Child Trafficking Victims
By Laura Freeman Published: August 15, 2022 Deb Schneider, Kara Huls By Laura Freeman Next time you are Atlanta-bound on I-20, you’ll probably notice the busy truck traffic. But you may not realize that other travelers on the road can include underage teens from Mississippi or New Orleans. There could be little girls and boys […]
The Sunrise Clinic Helps Child Trafficking Victims
By Laura Freeman Published: August 15, 2022 Deb Schneider, Kara Huls By Laura Freeman Next time you are Atlanta-bound on I-20, you’ll probably notice the busy truck traffic. But you may not realize that other travelers on the road can include underage teens from Mississippi or New Orleans. There could be little girls and boys […]
UAB and Infirmary Health Expand Partnership
By Jane Ehrhardt Published: August 15, 2022 Rodney Rocconi, MD Mobile-based Infirmary Health recently added Rodney Rocconi, MD to their cancer care team as Associate Director and Director of Research. With the appointment, Rocconi will practice in Mobile with Infirmary Cancer Care (ICC), while also serving as professor of gynecologic oncology at UAB, the only […]
UAB and Infirmary Health Expand Partnership
By Jane Ehrhardt Published: August 15, 2022 Rodney Rocconi, MD Mobile-based Infirmary Health recently added Rodney Rocconi, MD to their cancer care team as Associate Director and Director of Research. With the appointment, Rocconi will practice in Mobile with Infirmary Cancer Care (ICC), while also serving as professor of gynecologic oncology at UAB, the only […]
What You Don’t Know About Edward Logue, MD
Ed Logue, MD is a familiar name to most Alabama healthcare professionals. Logue, who at age 86 still goes into the office every day, has been practicing psychiatry in Birmingham for 50 years. In 1974, he established the psychiatric unit at Brookwood hospital, which grew to a 96-bed clinic. He has been named the Mental […]