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Updating the Way to Pay: Additional Proposed Changes to PFS, QPP

Aug 14, 2018 at 04:53 pm by admin

Last month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the proposed rule for the 2019 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Quality Payment Program (QPP). Billing the ch.... Read More

'Mercy' Fundraiser To Be Held August 25

Aug 14, 2018 at 04:48 pm by admin

The Memphis Mission of Mercy, a nonprofit organization that organizes surgical missions to rural parts of the Philippines, will hold its inaugural fundraising gala at 6:30 Sat.... Read More

St. Baldrick's Foundation Grants Awarded to St. Jude, UTHSC Researchers

Aug 14, 2018 at 04:46 pm by admin

The St. Baldrick's Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to funding childhood cancer research, has awarded more than $650,000 in new grants to support researchers at St. Jude Chil.... Read More

UT- Methodist Transplant Institute Names Director of Research

Aug 14, 2018 at 04:26 pm by admin

Valeria Raquel Mas, PhD, has been named Director of Transplant Research for the UT- Methodist Transplant Institute. She will also hold the Transplant Institute Endowed Profess.... Read More

Mid-South Internal Medicine Welcomes Kimberly Freeman, MD

Aug 14, 2018 at 04:25 pm by admin

Kimberly W. Freeman, MD has joined Mid-South Internal Medicine, 7550 Wolf River Boulevard in Germantown. Dr. Freeman is board certified in Internal Medicine in the state of Te.... Read More

Transplant Organization Elects Gina Castellaw as Board Chair

Aug 14, 2018 at 04:24 pm by admin

Gina Castellaw, owner of ACCESS Data Network Solutions, Inc. and a dual organ transplant recipient, has been elected chair of the board of directors of the National Foundation.... Read More

Joyce Hoffman Joins All Better Pediatrics

Aug 14, 2018 at 04:22 pm by admin

Joyce Hoffman, MD, has joined All Better Pediatrics and will practice medicine at the pediatrics medical practice at 1102 Brookfield Road in Memphis She moved to Memphis after.... Read More

Qsource Community Partnerships Offering Grant-Funded Support

Aug 14, 2018 at 04:20 pm by admin

Qsource Community Partnerships (QCP) is accepting applications for a new grant-funding program to support community projects that pursue improvement in health outcomes. Establ.... Read More

Two Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett Nurses Honored

Aug 14, 2018 at 04:16 pm by admin

A pair of nurses at Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett received honors for their performance in July. Ashley Portis, an RN, received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. Th.... Read More

Two Baptist Physicians Earn National Recognition

Aug 14, 2018 at 12:27 pm by admin

Two Baptist Memorial Health Care physicians - Raymond Osarogiagbon and Robert Optican - were recognized recently for their work. Osarogiagbon, a thoracic oncologist, last mont.... Read More

Saint Francis Adds Mazor X Robotic Guidance System for Spinal Surgeons

Aug 14, 2018 at 12:25 pm by admin

Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis has expanded its spine surgery to include a $1.2 million upgrade of its Mazor Robotics' Renaissance technology with the Mazor X™ Robotic Guidanc.... Read More

Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis Earns CARF Accreditation

Aug 14, 2018 at 12:23 pm by admin

Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis has received a three-year accreditation from CARF International (Commission of Accreditation for Rehabilitation Facilities) for its adult Inpati.... Read More

State Clinical and Translational Science Institute Established

Aug 14, 2018 at 12:22 pm by admin

Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) have formed the Tennessee Clinical and Translational Science Institute (TN-CTSI) to address health ine.... Read More

Role of the Healthcare CFO Both Unique and Challenging

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:48 pm by admin

Memphis Chief Financial Officers Reveal Strategies, Hurdles Creating strong business strategies and maintaining financial stability are important objectives for any chief fina.... Read More

While Debate Over ERs Continues, Baptist Proposes One for Arlington

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:39 pm by admin

During the last decade, hundreds of freestanding emergency facilities have cropped up across the country, fueled by a building boom that began in Texas. In Tennessee, there ar.... Read More