Month: August 2022
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Drawing a Line at Pharmacists Prescribing Medicine
For the 5th installment of an in-depth look into each of the Medical Association’s “Top 10 Highlights” from the 2022 regular session, we will look at the Association’s opposition to allowing pharmacists blanket authority to prescribe vaccines and immunizations At the beginning of the 2022 Regular Session, a bill was drafted and supported by the…
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Inside the massive proposed 2023 Medicare physician pay schedule
The Medical Association of the State of Alabama is working with the AMA and national specialties to analyze CMS’s proposed physician fee schedule for 2023 to determine its impact on physician practices. The Medical Association in partnership with these other medical organizations will provide appropriate comments to CMS once the full impact of the proposal…
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I Have to Correct What?
By Kelli C. Fleming, Burr & Forman, LLP A client recently informed me that their practice was experiencing a large increase in the number of medical record amendment requests it was receiving from patients. My perception is that this is the result of two things: (1) the widespread transition to electronic medical records, and (2)…