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AAFP Represents Members During 2025 Legislative Session

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

The 2025 Alabama Legislative Session concluded on May 14 at midnight. HB 86 – Rural Hospital Investment Fund Bill What’s in the Bill: Sponsored by Rep. To incentivize donations to these hospitals, the bill suggests creating a tax credit for individuals and entities to offset their state income tax liability.

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MN Legislative Session 2025: Updates on Health Care Bills

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

Key proposals included increasing hospital Medicaid reimbursement rates , preventing mid-year changes to prescription drug formularies and establishing a School Health Advisory Committee. SENATE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) COMMITTEE On Tuesday, March 18, 2025, the Senate HHS Committee heard a series of health care bills: S.F.

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Dedicated ICU management: Navigating the transition

Sound Physicians

For hospitals, this means investing in cutting-edge medical interventions and partnerships that help them transition to the modern best-practice of dedicated ICU management. Sound Critical Care is at the forefront of bringing coordinated leadership and clinical excellence to hospital ICUs and the patients within them.

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An Additional Physician from Leading Sarasota Cardiology Practice to Now Offer the Hybrid Choice™ Concierge Program from Concierge Choice Physicians

Concierge Choice Physicians

Managing heart health often requires a level of trust between a doctor and patient, something can take time to build. He completed his Internal Medicine training at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital from 2015-2018 accompanied by a focus in Medical Education. This special program allows for that time,” says Dr. Caruso.

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Green Practice News: May 2025

My Green Doctor

This financial predictability allows for better budgeting and resource allocation.​ – Reduced Operational Costs : Implementing energy-efficient technologies, such as LED lighting and automated energy management systems, can decrease energy consumption by up to 30%, leading to further cost reductions. ​ 3 “Each U.S.

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ICU telemedicine programs bring essential critical care to community hospitals

Sound Physicians

With the absence of intensivists on the ground in these community hospitals, the question becomes how to treat these patients where and when they need care. Our tele-ICU program , which is part of our critical care specialty, has brought meaningful and much-needed intensive care to remote communities for the past five years.

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Hydrops MRI Accurately Differentiates Meniere Disease, Vestibular Migraine

Physician's Weekly

MONDAY, June 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The combination of cochlear endolymphatic hydrops (CEH) and vestibular endolymphatic hydrops (VEH) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) accurately diagnoses Meniere disease (MD) and vestibular migraine (VM), according to a study published online May 13 in Frontiers in Neurology.

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