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HFMA Offers Best Practices for Fair Debt Resolution

Jul 14, 2021 at 02:25 pm by admin

It's a subject no one really wants to discuss, but communication is key when it comes to addressing a patient's financial responsibility for medical bills. To help with those.... Read More

UTHSC Chancellor Steve Schwab, Contemplates 2022 Retirement, Reflects on Tenure

Jul 14, 2021 at 01:08 pm by admin

For the last decade, Steve Schwab, MD, not only witnessed impressive strides in the local medical community, but also played a significant role in that success while serving a.... Read More

Regional One Director of Oncology Operations Guiding New Cancer Center

May 05, 2021 at 03:10 pm by admin

A pre-schooler's career decision that never wavered As director of oncology operations at Regional One Health Cancer Center, Tiffany Rooks, RN, MBA, oversees the day-to-day wo.... Read More

No Sale - Saint Francis Remains Steadfast in Memphis

Mar 24, 2021 at 02:06 pm by admin

Sally Deitch, CEO Tenet Healthcare, Mid-South Group discusses what's next. Sally Deitch, RN, has always welcomed a good challenge, and she has recently had a handful. As chief.... Read More

Memphis Healthcare: The Next Generation

Jan 28, 2021 at 05:51 pm by admin

Q & A with a New Class of Memphis Healthcare Leaders Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation... - Alan Autry Over the pa.... Read More

Lawsuit Questions Referral Arrangement

Nov 23, 2020 at 06:41 pm by admin

A summary of complaints & the responses in suit against local providers Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and West Clinic engaged in a patient referral and kickback scheme t.... Read More

ACO Pays Off for Patients and Physicians in Western Tennessee

Oct 07, 2020 at 10:05 am by admin

Everyone wins the benefits of an Accountable Care Organization Since their inception, accountable care organizations (ACO)s have blazed a path of innovation in the healthcare.... Read More

Four Ways COVID-19 is Changing Health Care - Now and in the Future

Oct 07, 2020 at 10:01 am by admin

As Tennessee and the nation continue to navigate the deep impacts of COVID-19, one thing seems certain -- the pandemic has changed the way many of us have traditionally viewed.... Read More

Revised Regulations Make Some Employees of Healthcare Entities Newly Eligible for Paid Leave

Oct 07, 2020 at 09:57 am by admin

Many healthcare entities have been issuing "blanket denials" of employee requests for coronavirus related family leave under the (correct) belief that their healthcare entity.... Read More

Dr. Ronald Kirkland Steps Up as President-Elect for the TMA

Oct 07, 2020 at 09:36 am by admin

West Tennessee physician tackles healthcare issues statewide As President-Elect of the Tennessee Medical Association (TMA), West Tennessee's Dr. Ron Kirkland will be taking ov.... Read More

Legal & Practical Considerations for Telemedicine

Oct 07, 2020 at 09:32 am by admin

AHLA Panel Looks at Current, Post-Pandemic Landscape In the face of a global health crisis that called for limiting close, in-person contact, it's not surprising telemedicine.... Read More

AMA Issues New Privacy Principles

Aug 11, 2020 at 11:28 am by admin

Organization Looks to Restore Trust, Power to Patients From wearables and fitness apps to EHRs and patient portals, an individual's health data resides in a lot of different p.... Read More

Nurses' Roundtable

Jun 12, 2020 at 08:32 am by admin

COVID-19 and should nurses be allowed to practice without physician oversight? Florence Nightingale may be the world's best-known nurse and since 2020 is the 200th anniversary.... Read More

Op-ed: Protecting Our Medical Supplies from Foreign Dependence

Apr 16, 2020 at 09:48 am by admin

There is one thing the Coronavirus Pandemic has brought to everyone's attention. The United States is far too dependent upon China and other Asian countries for our drugs and.... Read More

Bringing Law, Order and Expansion to a Time-Honored Institution

Apr 15, 2020 at 03:57 pm by admin

Eric Schnapp, MBA, JD, CEO-Mays & Schnapp Pain Clinic & Rehabilitation Center When Dr. Kit S. Mays and Dr. Moacir Schnapp, pioneers in the field of pain management, f.... Read More