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Linking Financial Data: The Key to Real Quality and Cost Outcomes

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:16 pm by admin

I have a book on my desk that tends to scare people, but its thesis is a great way to introduce the importance of linking clinical and financial data to improve healthcare. Th.... Read More

2018 MIPS Update: 10 Changes You Should Know About

Jun 12, 2018 at 05:25 pm by admin

In the new 2018 Quality Payment Program (QPP) Final Rule, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has outlined a wide range of changes to its value-based care pro.... Read More

Five Memphis CNOs Share Nursing Insights

May 07, 2018 at 04:41 pm by admin

Compassionate Roundtable Discusses Job's Most Vital Issues Editor's note: Five chief nursing officers from five Memphis hospitals were invited by the Memphis Medical News t.... Read More

Searching for Sustainable Solutions to the Physician Shortage

May 07, 2018 at 04:19 pm by admin

Adequate GME Funding Continues to be a Concern Complex problems rarely have simple solutions. Certainly that is the case with the looming physician shortage facing the United.... Read More

Suggestion Concerning Cataract Procedures Draws Concerns

Apr 10, 2018 at 04:07 pm by admin

Question Raised: Is Monitored Anesthesia Care Always Needed? A suggestion from one of the nation's largest for-profit managed healthcare companies concerning the use of anesth.... Read More

Family Lessons Guide OsteoRemedies' CEO

Apr 10, 2018 at 03:58 pm by admin

Hard work and family are at the heart of Chris Hughes' work ethic as he serves as Chief Executive Officer for OsteoRemedies. Growing up in Cleveland Ohio, Hughes' parents inst.... Read More

Growth of Medical Facilities Continues Across Mid-South

Apr 10, 2018 at 01:38 pm by admin

Renovations, Expansions Abound Throughout the Memphis Area From eastern Arkansas to Germantown, Tennessee, the growth of medical development continues dramatically throughout.... Read More

5 Reasons Healthcare Data Is Unique and Difficult to Measure

Apr 10, 2018 at 01:24 pm by admin

Those of us who work with data tend to think in very structured, linear terms. We like B to follow A and C to follow B, not just some of the time, but all the time. Healthcare.... Read More

Tennessee Legislature Approves Physician-Friendly MOC Bill

Apr 10, 2018 at 01:17 pm by admin

The Tennessee Medial Association reports in a recent news release that its "physician members are praising a new law that will ease the costly, burdensome and in many cases ma.... Read More

Ransomware Attacks, Breach Notification, Security, And Rule Compliance: What You Need to Know Now

Mar 09, 2018 at 03:03 pm by admin

The Breach Notification Rule was introduced to healthcare in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009. Since that time, more tha.... Read More

St. Jude's Planned Research Tower Will Draw Talent, Propel Discovery

Mar 09, 2018 at 01:59 pm by admin

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's recently announced plans to develop a $412 million advanced research center is expected to not only "propel discovery" and scientific b.... Read More

Opioids Head Lawmakers' List Of Critical Healthcare Issues

Feb 08, 2018 at 09:54 am by admin

Associations, Providers Weigh in with Their Agendas Of all the healthcare issues on the table at Tennessee's legislative session currently taking place in Nashville, the stun.... Read More

Transformed by Skilled Leadership, UTMG Moving in Right Direction

Feb 08, 2018 at 09:31 am by admin

The New UCH 'Financially Strong and Growing' Several years and what he described as "a lifetime ago," Drew Botschner arrived in Memphis to oversee what he thought would be a t.... Read More

UTHSC's Growth Dramatic Under Brown's Guidance

Jan 22, 2018 at 02:50 pm by admin

"I hear it all the time. People say, 'The Health Science Center is one of Memphis' best-kept secrets," complains Dr. Kennard D. Brown, JD, MPA, PhD, FACHE, Executive Vice Chan.... Read More

CMS Clarifies Position on Texting Patient Information

Jan 22, 2018 at 02:22 pm by admin

After a confusing month of contradicting guidance, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a memorandum clarifying its position regarding the use of.... Read More