Birmingham Archives

The Challenge Facing HCIT

Jul 18, 2008 at 03:24 pm by steve

Information is like water. Getting enough is essential, but a flood can leave you drowning in data. The volume of information flowing through the average medical practice has.... Read More

The Digital Horizon

Jul 18, 2008 at 03:24 pm by steve

Three decades into the Information Age, we’ve become accustomed to ever-faster speeds and larger data capacities in smaller hardware. Kilobytes became megabytes, then gigabyt.... Read More

CMS Issues Two Advisory Opinions

Jul 18, 2008 at 03:24 pm by steve

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) is authorized to issue advisory opinions regarding whether a proposed arrangement violates the Ethics in Patient Referral.... Read More

Physician-Owned Rural Health Care Facilities and CMS Advisory Opinion 2008-02

Jul 18, 2008 at 03:24 pm by steve

Physician-owned hospitals represent a small but rapidly growing sector of the healthcare industry. Proponents argue that physician-owned hospitals take advantage of financial.... Read More

Will Income Taxes Increase in 2009?

Jul 18, 2008 at 03:24 pm by steve

Being in the midst of an election year, we muskkassouft look ahead for the changes that are likely to occur when the executive and/or legislative branches of the federal gover.... Read More