Distribution

Apr 29, 2015 at 12:00 am by admin

Memphis Medical News' total distribution by mail is 10,050 healthcare professionals in the Memphis region and 90 miile radius including: • 5,400 physicians • 4,650 healthc.... Read More

Senate passes Medicare SGR bill

Apr 15, 2015 at 12:45 pm by admin

The Senate last night approved a bill to repeal Medicare’s sustainable growth rate formula, hours before double-digit payment cuts to physicians were set to take effect. Pass.... Read More

Mental Health Treatment through Research

Apr 08, 2015 at 03:02 pm by admin

I am often asked, “Why should a physician refer patients to psychiatric clinical trials?”  Simply put, we need more treatment alternatives for people with mental illness. Cli.... Read More

April 2015

Apr 08, 2015 at 02:54 pm by admin

St. Jude Administrative Director Achieves Certification Sanford Mann, administrative director of the Division of Anesthesiology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, has.... Read More

Some Answers in Short Supply During ‘Day on the Hill’ Event

Apr 08, 2015 at 02:54 pm by admin

Attendance was up approximately 20 percent for this year’s Day on the Hill, the annual one-on-one meeting in Nashville of legislators and physicians, nurses and healthcare ad.... Read More

HEALTHCARE LEADER: Cameron Brackett, Executive Director, Mid-South eHealth Alliance

Apr 08, 2015 at 02:54 pm by admin

Perhaps it’s no accident that the acronym for Health Information Exchange is HIE, which literally means “to go quickly or hasten,” since the man spearheading the Mid-South eH.... Read More

PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Kenneth Ennis, MD

Apr 08, 2015 at 02:54 pm by admin

Psychiatrist believes Memphis VA is meeting challenges of treating veterans Kenneth Ennis, MD, can’t speak for all of the Veterans Administration hospitals across the countr.... Read More

Letter to the Editor: Physician Expresses Concerns about Retail Clinics

Apr 08, 2015 at 02:54 pm by admin

Dear Editor of the Memphis Medical News, The Page One article in the February issue (“Partners in Retail Clinics Tout Early Success”) appears to be an endorsement for this m.... Read More

Letter to the Editor: New Thoughts on Organ Transplant Needs

Apr 08, 2015 at 02:54 pm by admin

To the Editor: Recently I spoke with Dr. James Eason, Memphis’ own leading organ transplant surgeon. He has voiced approval of and signed a letter issued this summer by abou.... Read More

MEDICAL ECONOMICS: Healthcare Industry Facts…

Apr 08, 2015 at 02:54 pm by admin

Some low cost generic drugs that have “helped restrain” healthcare costs for decades are seeing unexpected price spikes of up to 8,000 percent. “If generic drug prices contin.... Read More

New Group Brings More Health Services to the Underserved

Apr 08, 2015 at 02:54 pm by admin

After years at Christ Community Health Services, doctors open Resurrection Health Fueled by faith and driven by compassion for the poor, Rick Donlon, MD, has spent the last.... Read More

Healthcare Real Estate Market Solid In Spite of Economic Challenges

Apr 08, 2015 at 02:54 pm by admin

In spite of tight budgets and other economic challenges, the healthcare real estate market in the Memphis area remains on an upward trend, according to decision makers involv.... Read More

Integrating for Improved Outcomes

Apr 08, 2015 at 02:54 pm by admin

Community-Based Solutions Answer Some of Tennessee’s Toughest Behavioral Health Challenges Hillary Clinton famously said, “It takes a village.” For behavioral health provid.... Read More

St. Jude Research Team Targets

Apr 08, 2015 at 02:33 pm by admin

Ewing Sarcoma with New Approach  During the past two decades there has been little improvement in the long-term survival rate of 75 percent for children and young adults wit.... Read More

What Physicians Need to Know About Medicare Payment Cuts – from the Tennessee Medical Association (TMA)

Apr 06, 2015 at 10:54 am by admin

The U.S. Senate’s recent inaction regarding the Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act means the current Medicare payment patch expired last Wednesday, April 1.  Subsequently,.... Read More