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Tennessee Facing Litigation Over Medicaid Practices

Sep 09, 2014 at 09:15 am by admin

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-refor.... Read More

Teaming Up to Turn the Tide on Pancreatic Cancer

Sep 09, 2014 at 09:15 am by admin

Deadly and defiant, pancreatic cancer was one of the major oncologic threats Congress hoped to address with passage of the “Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act,” which was signe.... Read More

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Sep 09, 2014 at 09:15 am by admin

I was deeply disturbed to read the front page story on what doctors and nurses say about each other in the May 2014 Memphis Medical News. Questioning the accountability of n.... Read More

Hey Doc, What It Is

Sep 09, 2014 at 09:15 am by admin

Are you still trying to decide if there is a return-on-investment available through the use of social media? While you’re waiting you’re losing. Losing future dollars. Losing.... Read More

HEALTHCARE LEADER: David M. Stern, MD, Executive Dean UTHSC

Sep 09, 2014 at 09:15 am by admin

Raising the profile of the College of Medicine In 1920, only nine years after the founding of what is now the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), administ.... Read More

PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Stephen B. Edge, MD

Sep 09, 2014 at 09:15 am by admin

Baptist Cancer Center’s director has plenty on his plate After 21 years at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York, Stephen B. Edge, MD, was ready for a new chall.... Read More

MEDICAL ECONOMICS: General Motors Recall

Sep 09, 2014 at 09:15 am by admin

With so much at stake, why didn’t GM act sooner? The answer, according to many people familiar with the automaker, is a corporate culture reluctant to pass along bad news. “.... Read More

Project Advancing Personalized Medicine

Sep 09, 2014 at 09:15 am by admin

St. Jude study helps transfer genetic knowledge into clinical practice With the help of the thousands of infinitesimal clues to the origin and treatment of disease that have.... Read More

BCBS Consolidation Aims for Efficiency

Sep 09, 2014 at 09:15 am by admin

Insurance provider reorganizes its Jackson office In June, BlueCross BlueShield (BCBS), the largest health insurance provider in Tennessee, reorganized its offices in Jackso.... Read More

"Combination of insurmountable obstacles” Blamed for Crittenden’s Closing

Sep 09, 2014 at 09:15 am by admin

Gene Cashman, CEO of Crittenden Regional Hospital in West Memphis, blamed this month’s closing of the facility on a “combination of insurmountable obstacles,” including “a ch.... Read More

Gene Stollerman, MD, Former UT Chair, Leaves Important Contributions

Sep 09, 2014 at 09:15 am by admin

The Memphis medical community mourned the death of Gene H. Stollerman, MD, former chair of the Department of Medicine at what is now the University of Tennessee Health Scienc.... Read More

August 2014

Aug 13, 2014 at 04:03 pm by admin

Memphis Obstetrics and Gynecological Association Welcomes Dr. Jason Williams The physicians of Memphis Obstetrics and Gynecological Association, PC (MOGA) are pleased to ann.... Read More

Emerging & Reemerging Infectious Diseases

Aug 13, 2014 at 04:03 pm by admin

Chikungunya and new strains of influenza are among a list of emerging infectious diseases that have grabbed recent headlines, but reemerging diseases including measles and pe.... Read More

Letter To The Editor

Aug 13, 2014 at 04:03 pm by admin

All of us in the medical community enjoy your newspaper tremendously. It is a shame however that you gave Dr.Manoj Jain the bully pulpit in your July edition. (Dr. Jain is ru.... Read More

New ‘Medical Center’ Continues to Grow

Aug 13, 2014 at 04:03 pm by admin

Wolf River tenants line up to upgrade older buildings Germantown, with its current expansion of treatment facilities, continues to build its reputation as a rapidly growing.... Read More