Category: Leadership
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Dr. Brittney Anderson Appointed to Board of Trustees for the Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences
Gov. Kay Ivey has appointed Brittney Anderson, M.D., of AndersonFamily Care in Demopolis, to the board of trustees of the Alabama School of HealthcareSciences. The newly established school will be located in Demopolis and offer Alabama studentsa high school experience that trains them to enter an in-demand medical career or topursue higher education after graduation.…
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America’s ‘Other’ Health Emergency Needs Attention Too
Drug overdose deaths could surpass 100,000 in the U.S. for the first time ever By John Meigs, Jr., MD For the past 12 months, the nation’s medical community correctly and understandably focused nearly all its attention on the COVID-19 pandemic. Now with millions being vaccinated, we are hopefully about to turn the corner and can…
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Op-ed: Alabama physicians face challenges head-on during vaccine rollout
By: John Meigs, Jr., MD, President – Medical Association of the State of Alabama Because of a seemingly slow rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, physicians have started to hear many concerns from their patients. Understandably, the people of Alabama are growing more eager each day to get vaccinated. Physicians were privileged to be included in…
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Discussions with Decisionmakers: Senator Dan Roberts
1. Please tell us a little bit about yourself – Primary occupation? Interests? Hobbies? Growing up, my family moved around a good bit, and we lived as far north as Buffalo, New York, and as far south as Mobile, Alabama. That said, I finished high school in Birmingham and went on to Auburn University where…
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Honoring Dr. Jefferson Underwood
Long-time Montgomery physician and Medical Association member Jefferson Underwood III, M.D., was recently honored with two distinct awards. The Alabama Chapter American College of Physicians recognized Jefferson Underwood III, MD, FACP, as the 2020 Laureate Award recipient and the Medical Association of the State of Alabama presented Dr. Underwood with the 2020 Samuel Buford Word…
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President’s Statement on Coronavirus COVID-19
We now have thirty-two confirmed cases of the new coronavirus infection in Alabama. We have all seen how this new virus has spread around the world from its beginning in China just a few months ago. The World Health Organization has now classified this as a pandemic. However, please remember that compared to the flu,…
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Call for Elective Offices
The following are positions for offices in the Medical Association which will be elected at the 2020 Business Session. Nominations for statewide offices are presented through a Nominating Committee process. District offices (*) are nominated from district caucuses. Qualified candidates shall have been regular, government or academic employee members of the association for at least…
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What Should You Consider When Planning Physician Compensation?
The changes in health care reimbursement and the rising costs of the health care business have prompted groups to look at options related to physician compensation. The addition of mid-level providers and ancillary services, the revenue and costs in a practice can look quite different than it did five to 10 years ago. A group…
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Practice Culture is a Reflection of Leadership
This article is a continuation of the leadership series started by Jim Stroud in 2018. As many of you may know, Jim retired from Warren Averett in December 2018, after serving for many years as an advisor in our health care division. Practice administrators and physicians would seek his advice related to dissension among the…
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ALBME Names New Executive and Associate Executive Directors
MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Board of Medical Examiners has named Sarah H. Moore as its new executive director and William M. Perkins as its associate executive director. Moore and Perkins, both of Montgomery, are the first female and first African American to serve the ALBME in executive roles. “We are fortunate to have individuals of…