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Hospital-clinic partnership aims to reduce ER overcrowding, costs
In the span of just a few short months, a Nashville hospital has improved access to primary and preventive care for uninsured and impoverished patients and is on its way to reducing emergency care
Hospitals claim state witholding federal reimbursement dollars
The state of Tennessee isn't playing fair when it comes to reimbursing public hospitals for uncompensated care, charge some critics. A large chunk of the money provided by the federal government to
Mississippi to sponsor EMRs for Medicaid patients--with claims data
Mississippi's Division of Medicaid will sponsor web-based EMRs for the approximately 600,000 state residents enrolled in the low-income insurance program. The system will include e-prescribing,
Tennessee top spot for transplant candidates
When Apple CEO Steve Jobs needed a liver transplant, he registered with transplant units in locations around the country. He hit the jackpot in Tennessee, which had a 229-person waiting list for a
Case study: How TN physicians are changing their practice
With Medicare cuts looming, many physicians vowed that they'd stop accepting Medicare patients entirely if and when the cuts went through. The thing is, even though Medicare cuts have been held off,
TN lawmakers pass medical malpractice reforms
With the bill lacking only the governor's signature, it's looking as though though Tennessee will soon see the first change in its medical malpractice law in decades. The bill, which is designed to
ALSO NOTED: Nurse practitioners play big role in TN; CT hospital construction project creates collapse danger; and much more...
> Nurse practitioners are playing an increasingly important role in Tennessee, which is considering expanding the roles NPs can fill.
MA leaders seek crackdown on medication abuse
State health authorities are proposing a major campaign to catch patients who are doctor-shopping in search of multiple prescription painkiller and stimulant scrips. Authorities say that
ALSO NOTED: IT leaders, other execs clash over spending priorities; Med mal insurer offers discounts for PHR use; and much more
> It seems that IT leaders disagree with others in the healthcare executive suite when it comes to where the money should be spent.
TN makes doctor shopping a felony
As every physician knows, there's a small but determined percentage of the population who will do whatever it takes to get their drug of choice--including seeing multiple doctors for the same
