Birmingham MGMA New Board of Directors
The Birmingham chapter of the Medical Group Management Association has elected the Board of Directors for the upcoming year.
Lenora Jones, who is the administrator for Henderson & Walton Women’s Center, is the incoming President, and Thalia Baker with UAB has been elected Vice President.
Connie McDonald of Cardiovascular Associates is the Chapter Historian and Philip Langston of Lemak Sports Medicine is the Treasurer. Richard Stroud of UAB Eye Care and Joseph Bolen of ART Fertility Program of Alabama are the Members at Large.
Kovacik Joins Norwood Clinic
Mark S. Kovacik, MD has joined the Norwood Clinic Neurology practice.
Larremore Named Partner at Waller
Kristen Larremore has been named a partner with Waller where she practices in the health law division, counseling hospitals, health systems, outpatient service providers, and medical practices on Stark law compliance, federal and state anti-kickback regulations, HIPAA, patient privacy and state healthcare regulations.
Larremore earned her BSBA in Economics and Accounting from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2001 before earning her Masters in Theological Studies and Juris Doctorate, Law from Vanderbilt University.
She gained experience with Balch & Bingham and Bradley Arant before joining Waller in November 2013.
Birmingham Heart Clinic Opens Vein Center
Birmingham Heart Clinic (BHC) has opened a BHC Vein Center to diagnose and treat venous disease with minimally-invasive procedures. The BHC Vein Center offers many services in detecting and treating venous disease including duplex ultrasound, ablation therapy, laser therapy and more.
About 15 percent of Americans have venous disease, which is caused by diseased or abnormal veins. When vein vessels become damaged, blood flows backward causing the veins to stretch, swell and twist. One of the most common signs of venous disease is spider veins, which appear as small, purplish clusters of veins on the leg. Varicose veins are larger, bluish veins.
Venous disease may not present itself until leg pain or skin problems emerge. Venous disease symptoms may include the following:
• Swelling in legs
• Leg pain or cramping
• Varicose or spider veins
• Discoloration of skin
• Dry or weeping eczema
• Leg ulcers
• Restless legs
Venous disease can worsen over time due to the pressure created by the backflow of blood in the legs. This may lead to additional spider and varicose veins, and in some cases can lead to swelling and venous ulcers.
The Sanders Trusts Builds and Acquires New Properties
The Sanders Trust (TST), a Birmingham-based medical real estate investment firm, has undertaken several new projects recently.
In late February, TST began construction on Reliant Norwood Rehabilitation Hospital near Cincinnati, Ohio. Construction of the 40-bed, $17 million inpatient rehabilitation hospital will take 11 months to complete and is expected to open in February of 2016.
Earlier in the month, TST acquired four healthcare clinics representing a total of $11.9 million and 45,932 square feet. The clinics are located in key suburbs in Indiana, Georgia, and Pennsylvania.
The acquisitions include the 15,000-square-foot Collegeville Park Medical Center, located in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. The facility is anchored by Jefferson Outpatient Imaging, an affiliate of Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals.
TST also acquired two multi-specialty clinics located in the Atlanta suburbs of Peachtree City and McDonough, Georgia. The stand-alone clinics have a combined total of 18,205 square feet and are leased by Emory Specialty Associates and Emory Hospital-Midtown.
Similarly, TST acquired Orthopaedic Associates and Deaconess MOB located near Evansville, Indiana. The 13,000-square-foot facility is leased to Orthopaedic Associates, an independently owned and operated orthopaedic clinic, as well as Deaconess Health System.
