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What is step therapy? How to get insurance to pay for your ‘nonpreferred’ medication
Lifestyle

What is step therapy? How to get insurance to pay for your ‘nonpreferred’ medication

  • Alex Evans for GoodRx
  • Updated 18 hrs ago

GoodRx reports that step therapy requires patients to try lower-cost medications before coverage for prescribed treatments.

How quality control impacts the cost of prescriptions at your local pharmacy
Lifestyle

How quality control impacts the cost of prescriptions at your local pharmacy

  • Jianna Lieberman for Kivo
  • Updated Apr 15, 2026

Kivo reports that quality control significantly drives up prescription costs by ensuring safety and compliance in the pharmaceutical industry.

Ads for GLP-1 drugs are flooding the internet – here’s how to know if it’s safe to buy them online
Lifestyle

Ads for GLP-1 drugs are flooding the internet – here’s how to know if it’s safe to buy them online

  • Sujith Ramachandran, University of Mississippi and Liang-Yuan (Claire) Lin, University of Mississippi
  • Updated Apr 15, 2026

The thriving market in online, counterfeit GLP-1 drugs that do not meet FDA criteria poses serious risks to consumers.

Terri Sewell introduces bill to fix payment policies at rural hospitals
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Terri Sewell introduces bill to fix payment policies at rural hospitals

  • Nathan Prewett
  • Apr 1, 2026

Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) has introduced a bill alongside Rep. David Kustoff from Tennessee to fix what they say are outdated Medicare payment…

Whitfield Foundation raises $29K for Demopolis hospital at second annual Soiree
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Whitfield Foundation raises $29K for Demopolis hospital at second annual Soiree

  • Cindy Fisher
  • Updated Feb 3, 2026

Whitfield Foundation raised $29,000 at their 2026 Soiree at Demopolis Civic Center on Saturday, beating last year's amount.

Ivey announces $203 million secured for Rural Health Transformation Program
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Ivey announces $203 million secured for Rural Health Transformation Program

  • Nathan Prewett
  • Dec 30, 2025

Alabama has been granted $203,404,327 in first-year funding for the Rural Health Transformation Program as part of an effort to improve access…

Whitfield, Vaughan earn Cs in latest hospital safety survey
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Whitfield, Vaughan earn Cs in latest hospital safety survey

  • By Brad Fisher
  • Updated Dec 3, 2025

Whitfield Regional Hospital in Demopolis and Vaughan Regional Medical Center in Selma received grades of C in the latest hospital safety survey.

Medical association, BCBS reach prior authorization agreements
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Medical association, BCBS reach prior authorization agreements

  • Alabama Daily News
  • Nov 5, 2025

The state’s medical association and largest health insurer this week announced improvements to the prior authorization process needed before d…

SHIP to offer help with Medicare enrollment in Dallas County
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SHIP to offer help with Medicare enrollment in Dallas County

  • Nathan Prewett
  • Oct 14, 2025

An ATRC State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) Coordinator will host two Medicare open enrollment assistance sessions on Wednesday a…

Shutdown forces Medicare patients off popular telehealth and hospital-at-home programs
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Shutdown forces Medicare patients off popular telehealth and hospital-at-home programs

  • By Tim Henderson | Alabama Reflector
  • Oct 10, 2025

The federal government shutdown is forcing a reckoning for two remote health care programs because they automatically expired Oct. 1.

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