Senate Health Committee Introduces Plan to Address Mental Health Crisis in America

Apr 07, 2016 at 01:34 pm by Staff

Last month, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee members, including Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) an.... Read More

Haslam Announces Dr. Wendy Long as New TennCare Director

Apr 07, 2016 at 09:26 am by Staff

On April 6, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam announced Wendy Long, MD, will become the director of TennCare and deputy commissioner of Health Care Finance and Administration (HCFA)..... Read More

Using Data to Deliver Care, Decode Complex Treatment Options

Apr 06, 2016 at 05:33 pm by Staff

There are few areas of medicine as complex and compelling as delving into the intricacies of the human mind. The very uniqueness that creates individuality.... Read More

At the Crossroad of Innovation & Operations

Apr 06, 2016 at 05:25 pm by Staff

Chris Trimble is on a mission. A Dartmouth adjunct professor for the Master in Health Care Delivery Science and MBA programs, Trimble is well-known for his.... Read More

CHS Board Approves Completion of the Spin-off of Quorum Health Corporation

Apr 01, 2016 at 03:27 pm by Staff

On April 1, Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) announced that its board of directors has approved the distribution to its stockholders of 100 percent of the common sto.... Read More

Gordon Stepping Down from TennCare

Mar 30, 2016 at 03:31 pm by Staff

From our sister publication NashvillePost 3/30/2016:TennCare Director Darin Gordon will step down in June after a decade leading the state’s $10.5 billion Medicaid program for.... Read More

AMA Details Vision for Ending Opioid Epidemic at National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit

Mar 29, 2016 at 09:37 am by Staff

Patrice Harris, MD, MA, chair-elect of the American Medical Association and the chair of its Task Force to Reduce Opioid Abuse, laid out the AMA’s vision for ending the opioid.... Read More

Citizens for Insure TN Launch Billboard Campaign Demanding Action

Mar 21, 2016 at 05:08 pm by Staff

On March 21, a grassroots coalition of more than 70 citizens, businesspeople and community leaders launched a series of billboards throughout the state calling on Speaker Beth.... Read More

Rabies Confirmed in Two Middle Tennessee Dogs

Mar 14, 2016 at 09:59 am by Staff

The Tennessee Department of Health has recently confirmed a diagnosis of rabies in two dogs in Middle Tennessee. One puppy died in Wilson County in February and was submitt.... Read More

HighPoint Health & Sumner Regional Celebrate Opening of the Carpenter Cancer Center

Mar 07, 2016 at 08:47 am by Staff

On March 4, HighPoint Health System and Sumner Regional Medical Center (SRMC) celebrated the grand opening of the Carpenter Cancer Center at Sumner Station in Gallatin. The $1.... Read More