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Healthcare Real Estate: As Space Shrinks, Creativity Grows

Apr 15, 2019 at 04:52 pm by admin

Decision Makers Finding Other Ways to Meet Challenge A changing Memphis landscape in healthcare real estate is forcing those involved to refocus their plans and become more cr.... Read More

21st Century Healthcare Integration

Apr 15, 2019 at 04:17 pm by admin

Panel Views Physician-Hospital Assimilation At the March meeting of the Mid-South MGMA, three healthcare leaders discussed Physician Hospital Integration. The discussion was.... Read More

Practices Don't Always Get a Second Chance

Apr 15, 2019 at 03:40 pm by admin

Proactive Patient Retention Can Pay Large Dividends Phyllis Blount remembers when her elderly mother was in the emergency room after a fall. Blount didn't call Dr. Vincent Smi.... Read More

Five Reasons Your Practice Is Losing Patients

Apr 15, 2019 at 03:38 pm by admin

It costs your hospital or practice about five times more to obtain a new patient than to keep an existing patient within your database. That's why patient retention matters.... Read More

Despite Improved Technology, Healthcare Cyber Attacks Rise

Mar 14, 2019 at 03:25 pm by admin

Reducing Employee Negligence a Critical Goal In the two years since this publication featured a story about cybersecurity, hackers have launched even greater cyber assaults on.... Read More

Unity's Lynn Doyle Gains Wisdom from Her Seniors

Mar 14, 2019 at 03:20 pm by admin

"Old age ain't no place for sissies." Bette Davis is credited with saying it first. But few people understand the deeper darknesses that face aging seniors -- and how to help.... Read More

Le Bonheur Selects Michael Wiggins President

Mar 14, 2019 at 03:10 pm by admin

Le Bonheur Children's Hospital has selected Michael Wiggins, MBA, FACHE, as its next president. He will begin his tenure April 8, 2019. Wiggins comes to Le Bonheur from Childr.... Read More

MLH Moving Quickly Following End of Partnership

Mar 14, 2019 at 03:07 pm by admin

Since its partnership with West Cancer Center officially ended last month, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare (MLH) has wasted little time in starting to build its own cancer tre.... Read More

The Evolving Role of the CMO

Feb 15, 2019 at 03:20 pm by admin

Chief Medical Officers Discuss Adjusting to a Changing Focus Over the past two decades, the role of Chief Medical Officer has evolved far beyond one of being a hospital-based,.... Read More

TMA Hopes to Serve as Resource as State Lawmakers Meet

Feb 15, 2019 at 03:04 pm by admin

Group Focusing on Opioids, Scope of Practice While Building Relationships Officials of the Tennessee Medical Association (TMA), the state's largest professional organization f.... Read More

THA Eyes Three Issues During Current Session Of General Assembly

Feb 15, 2019 at 02:55 pm by admin

The Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) is working to bring three pieces of legislation to the Tennessee General Assembly in addition to focused advocacy on a number of other.... Read More

Healthcare 2019: Experts' Expectations for the New Year

Jan 22, 2019 at 12:07 pm by admin

The Financial and Business Case for Transformation Despite a series of unexpected challenges to healthcare as 2018 drew to a close, experts who follow the industry in the Unit.... Read More

Mancell Adds Another Leadership Hat to the Mix

Jan 22, 2019 at 12:00 pm by admin

The problem with being widely acknowledged as a leader in your field is that it can rapidly lead to a "functional multi-personality disorder," Jimmie Mancell, MD, notes with a.... Read More

Court Rules HHS Payment Cuts Unlawful; HHS Seeks Stay in Proceedings

Jan 22, 2019 at 11:24 am by admin

In an opinion issued December 27, 2018, a Federal District Court ruled that the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) exceeded its authority by reducing Part B drug.... Read More

Memphis Healthcare Leaders Report Continued Growth & Expansion

Jan 02, 2019 at 10:46 am by admin

Reaching More Patients With More Services is Key The Memphis-area healthcare market continues to experience steady growth - both physically with new facilities and technologic.... Read More