Alabama Hospital Association

The Ask Your Doctor campaign is being promoted across Alabama, where residents are encouraged to ask their physician about the flu shot and other vaccines. The Alabama Department of Public Health, the Alabama Hospital Association, and the Medical Association of the State of Alabama are all backing the initiative.

Close to two hundred thousand people in Alabama, and two other States could see over $300 million dollars in medical debt disappear. A New Orleans-based system of hospitals and clinics is working with a New York nonprofit to wipe out their doctor bills.

One of the last remaining birthing units in southern Alabama is closing. The small, nonprofit Grove Hill Memorial Hospital in Clarke County will discontinue its labor and delivery services on Friday, Aug. 16 at the end of the business day.

A new report shows expanding Medicaid in Alabama would lead to a boost in the economy. The new data from the nonprofit Community Catalyst shows more residents are at risk of falling into the Medicaid coverage gap. This is due to scaling back policies that were in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.

More Alabamians are in the hospital for COVID-19 now than they have been since early March. That’s according to the Alabama Hospital Association (AlaHA).

A group of midwives, doctors and health care activists are working to provide a path for freestanding birth centers in Alabama to keep their doors open.

Alabama’s Physician Workforce Act is now in effect. The bill was first introduced by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama earlier this year before receiving unanimous support from both Alabama House and Senate committees in late April. Governor Kay Ivey signed the bill into law this June.

The Alabama Department of Public Health is seeking public comment on new proposed regulations that could limit the role of midwives and birthing centers in Alabama.

Fourth of July is today, and many Alabamians are getting ready to cook a homemade meal or fire up the grill. Whatever the occasion, health professionals warn of possible food dangers and ways to avoid them this Independence Day.

The Equal Justice Initiative has opened up a new health clinic in Montgomery. The facility will offer free health screenings for former Alabama prison inmates or those in the low-income bracket.