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Patient safety issues threaten hospital's Medicare funding
A Tennessee hospital has learned that patient safety cannot be overlooked. If Mercy Medical Center St. Mary's doesn't improve patient safety measures, it will lose its Medicare funding on June 5,
SPOTLIGHT: Exemptions allow insurers to offer less generous benefits
Insurers in Florida, New Jersey, Ohio and Tennessee can continue offering less generous benefits than they would otherwise be required to provide this year, reports the New York Times. The Obama
States grapple with severe Medicaid cuts
Despite the potential for states to receive increased federal support for their Medicaid programs in 2014 , in the short term, at least two states--Michigan and Tennessee--expect things to get worse
Medicaid funding gaps: Hospital taxes may not bring quick relief
Roughly half of all states already have hospital provider taxes or fees in place, according to the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation. However, these taxes have seen renewed interest in recent
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
