Business

End of an Era: COVID-19 Public Health Emergency is Ending

Mar 13, 2023 at 08:01 pm by kbarrettalley

By: Kelli Carpenter Fleming The Biden Administration recently announced its intent to end the national emergency and public health emergency declarations on May 11, 2023, ove.... Read More

Fake Nursing Licenses on the Rise

Mar 13, 2023 at 08:00 pm by kbarrettalley

The scope of this fraud scheme is astonishing By LYNNE JETER If you employ nurses with nursing degrees from Siena College, Palm Beach School of Nursing, or Sacred He.... Read More

The Legislature Could Save Alabama Hospitals with Medicaid Expansion

Mar 13, 2023 at 07:55 pm by kbarrettalley

By Steve Spencer In 2014, the Affordable Care Act offered to fund states’ Medicaid expansion with the federal government paying 100 percent of the costs for the first t.... Read More

Alabama Hospitals Facing Financial Collapse

Mar 13, 2023 at 07:51 pm by kbarrettalley

From the Alabama Hospital Association: Hospital margins in Alabama have dropped 79 percent since the start of the pandemic, despite receiving financial assistance directly fr.... Read More

Value Based Care Model is Reinventing Primary Care

Feb 21, 2023 at 12:25 pm by kbarrettalley

By Jane Ehrhardt By 2030, CMS aims to change most Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries to a value-based care (VBC) program. That means Medicare will reimburse provi.... Read More