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PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: : Dr. Thomas Lavie Knows the Healing Power of Art

Oct 03, 2014 at 06:33 pm by Staff

Psychiatrist Thomas Lavie, MD, and abstract expressionist artist Willem de Kooning are both well acquainted with loss and new beginnings. At age 22, de Kooning left his home.... Read More

Local Experts Weigh in on Hospital Reimbursement

Oct 03, 2014 at 06:33 pm by Staff

Let’s talk reimbursement. Hospitals have absorbed $121 billion of new cuts since 2010, including $2.1 billion in uncollected debts. In 2012, the American Hospital Association.... Read More

Direct Pay Business Models Changing Reimbursement Landscape

Oct 03, 2014 at 06:33 pm by Staff

Remember when medicine revolved around patient care rather than ICD codes? While the days of country docs trading chickens for childbirth are long past, the simpler practice.... Read More

Turning Predictive Modeling into Practical Medicine

Oct 03, 2014 at 06:33 pm by Staff

“Predictive modeling, on its face, has absolutely no value.” That’s a strong statement from a man who makes his living in the field, but Dan Hogan, president and CEO of Nash.... Read More

Plugging In for Peace of Mind

Oct 03, 2014 at 06:33 pm by Staff

Evermind Technology Supports Independent Living Necessity might be the mother of invention, but for Dave Gilbert, PhD, it was actually grandmother who made invention a neces.... Read More

HEALTHCARE ENTERPRISE: NaviLife Health Solutions

Oct 03, 2014 at 06:33 pm by Staff

Helping Hospitals Navigate Patient Throughput Middle Tennessee can add another national headquarters to the long list of healthcare service firms that call this area home..... Read More

Health Care Council Launches 2015 Fellows Recruitment

Oct 03, 2014 at 06:33 pm by Staff

Recruitment for the 2015 Fellows class — an annual initiative of the Nashville Health Care Council — is underway. Now in its third year, this nationally unique program bring.... Read More

Access to Medically Necessary Treatment Under New DEA Rule

Sep 23, 2014 at 12:03 pm by Staff

AMA’s New Fact Sheet for Physicians Aims to Help Ensure Patients Continue to Have Access to Medically Necessary Treatment Under New DEA Rule The American Medical Association.... Read More

Tennessee Facing Litigation Over Medicaid Practices

Sep 04, 2014 at 03:33 pm by Staff

Delays in TennCare Determinations at Heart of Lawsuit Tennessee became one of the first states in the nation to face litigation over its Medicaid practices in the post-ref.... Read More

TennCare Responds to Criticism, Lawsuit & Looks to the Future

Sep 04, 2014 at 03:33 pm by Staff

Between a much-publicized letter of reprimand from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in June and a lawsuit filed in July, the Bureau of TennCare has been on the re.... Read More