COVID-19

Letter:RE: postponement of screening mammograms, and the status of other medical imaging tests

Your Radiologists (specialized medical imaging doctors) provide this essential service to fellow Albertans in both AHS hospital sites and in our community clinics, with only four hundred or so actively practicing Radiologists in Alberta handling three million exams per year in […]

COVID-19

Alberta COVID-19 cases rise 22 to 119

Alberta has confirmed 22 additional cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 119. Currently, 83 cases in the Calgary zone, 27 cases in the Edmonton zone, four cases in the North zone, three cases in the Central zone, and two cases in the South zone. […]

COVID-19

Government puts brakes on one aspect of physician compensation changes

Changes to physicians’ payments for complex modifiers will not go ahead as planned on March 31, the Government of Alberta announced Tuesday afternoon. Complex modifiers are intended to provide incentives to doctors to spend more time with patients who have complex medical needs.
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COVID-19

Alberta COVID-19 cases increase by 18 to 74

Eighteen additional cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Alberta, bringing the provincial total number to 74. Alberta Health now confirms there are cases in each of the provinces five zones: 52 cases in the Calgary zone, 18 cases in the Edmonton zone, two cases in the Central zone, one case in the South zone, and one case in the North zone. […]