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The Doctors Group Completes $1.3B Purchase of ProAssurance Med Mal Provider

More than a year after it announced plans to buy Birmingham, Alabama-based ProAssurance, The Doctors Company said it has completed the billion-dollar acquisition. The Doctors Compa...

Alabama Establishes Private-Employer Voluntary Hiring Preference Program for Veterans and Spouses

Alabama has enacted a new law aimed at improving access to employment for uniformed services personnel and their spouses. Quick Hits Effective January 1, 2027, private employers i...

When the Only Insurer in Town Says No

Huntsville Hospital CEO Jeff Samz elected to lead Alabama Hospital Association board

Huntsville Hospital CEO Jeff Samz elected to lead Alabama Hospital Association board

Alabama court reopens interpleader route to resolve hospital liens on settlements

Two hospital liens, a settlement on hold, and a state immunity claim that lost on appeal

The Physician’s Guide to Long-Term Disability Insurance Claims

As a physician, your ability to practice medicine is the result of years of education, training, and specialization. When an illness, injury, or medical condition interferes with t...

Insurance consolidation is a patient safety problem

Imagine a physician who has been practicing anesthesiology for 20 years. She is skilled, board-certified, well-liked, and respected by her team. She now works more hours than she d...

From Medicaid work requirement exemptions to AI safeguards in coverage: New AMA policies from annual meeting

The organization released a series of new policy announcements, alongside a new president-elect, at its Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates.

Rural health care delivery is not a coverage problem

Earl Haskell doesn’t exist. But thousands of patients exactly like him do. They live in counties where the nearest hospital is more than an hour away. Where the local clinic closed...

Consumer Privacy Protections Come to the Heart of Dixie

People Moves: IMA Financial Names Price Head of Alabama Market

IMA Financial Group, a large North American insurance brokerage, named Rob Price as Alabama Market president, based in Birmingham, the firm announced. Price has been a top performe...

The Alberta government says its new dual practice health model, which allows some physicians to…

Eligible doctors in Alberta can work in both public, private systems starting this fall | CBC NewsThe Alberta government says its new dual practice health model, which allows some...

Avizo Group Merges with BMSS Advisors & CPAs, Expanding Alabama Gulf Coast Presence

First medical cannabis store opens in Alabama after years of delays

Amanda Taylor, a patient advocate, bought the first medical cannabis product in Alabama Wednesday morning at Callie’s Apothecary in Montgomery. Taylor, who has multiple sclerosis,...

Freeway Insurance adds California and Alabama franchises

California's insurer retreat and Alabama's 18% uninsured driver rate help explain why Freeway's non-standard franchise model has grown 174% in two years

Business Moves: The Doctors Co. Completes Buy of ProAssurance

The Doctors Company said on June 26 that it completed the acquisition of ProAssurance Corporation for $25 per share in cash—a total value of about $1.3 billion. ProAssurance is a s...

Arkansas doctors continue to fight for transparency and fair compensation

Public hearings further reinforced support for the state’s VBM rule, Act 142.

Locum tenens coverage becoming ‘more purposeful’ staffing strategy: Definitive Healthcare

Definitive Healthcare identified four key workforce trends around contingent staffing, advanced practice providers, new behavioral health delivery models and AI tech as a workforce...

California Company Paying $3.3M to Resolve False Claims Allegations

California medical providers and their medical director have agreed to pay $3.3 million to settle allegations they submitted claims to healthcare programs and commercial insurers f...

Commonwealth Fund: 21% of adults experienced a coverage denial in the past year

One in five adults with private insurance coverage said that they or a family member had a medical service denied in the past year, even though it was recommended by their physicia...