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Tennessee Moves Up in Health Rankings
State Climbs Three Notches from 2010
After years spent in the bottom 10 when it comes to health rankings in the United States, Tennessee pulled up to number 39 in the nation. True, the state is still in the bottom third of the country when it comes to health... Read More
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Tennessee Moves Up in Health Rankings
State Climbs Three Notches from 2010
After years spent in the bottom 10 when it comes to health rankings in the United States, Tennessee pulled up to number 39 in the nation...
CINDY SANDERS |
HEALTHCARE LEADER: Angie Wilson
Committed to maintaining group’s quality of care
Angie Wilson loves healthcare. “It’s who I am,” she said. “I’ll probably continue working forever.”
While she has not served as the administrator for Memphis Gastroenterology Group (MGG) forever, she has been there for the past 17 years. Her nebulous job title serves as a catch-all for a professional who manages the...
DAPHNE THOMAS |
Healthcare community embarks on year of prevention
As the local medical community continues grappling with healthcare reform, the year 2012 is almost certain to be an extension of what already has been occurring. “What you have is the providers, insurance companies and state and local governments getting ready for the big year, which is 2014,” said Cyril Chang,...
LINDSAY JONES |
Financial obstacles slow race to beat Congress
Hospitals and physicians’ groups may become more prominent in 2012 as a result of the politicization of healthcare reform in 2011. Aware that some reforms may actually stick, healthcare providers are racing to beat Congress to the punch...
JONATHAN DEVIN |
MEDICAL ECONOMICS: Well-Advised To Use Tax Advisors
Ever-changing laws make these experts more valuable than ever for medical practices and small businesses. During the last few years, we have seen a multitude of changes in tax and healthcare law. Numerous provisions in these bills affect medical practices and small businesses...
RENEE GOETZKA, CPA |
Memphis’ Child Advocacy Center Seeks Healing For Victims
On guard against sexual abuse
In the wake of the recently publicized sexual abuse charges against two former assistant college coaches, Jerry Sandusky of Penn State and Bernie Fine of Syracuse University, and Memphian Robert “Bobby” Dodd, President and CEO of the Amateur Athletic Union, there...
PAMELA HARRIS |
Hospitals’ New Focus: Heal Thyself
Employers, employees tackle weighty problem
While hospitals typically respond to their patients’ immediate healthcare needs, they now are adding their employees’ health to their list of priorities...
DAPHNE THOMAS |
ACOs Today
Where are we? Where are we going? How will the rules be affecting providers?
In the year 2000, there were approximately 43 million Medicare eligible beneficiaries in America. When the last of the Baby Boomer generation reaches age 65 in 2035, there will be close to 78 million folks eligible to participate in the Medicare program...
BARNEY HEBERT |
PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Barrett G. Haik, MD, Ophthalmologist
Leading the fight to eliminate blinding disorders
They said it couldn’t be done. But, in 1995, Barrett Haik, MD, left the prestigious first endowed chair in ophthalmology at Tulane University – a chair that bears the name of his famous father – to tackle an impossible dream in Memphis. Fast forward 17 years,...
JUDY OTTO |
Grand Rounds January
Medicare Covers Screening And Counseling For Obesity The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that Medicare is adding coverage for preventive services to reduce obesity. This adds to Medicare’s existing portfolio of preventive services that are now available without cost sharing under the Affordable Care Act...
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Too Few American Adults Getting Needed Vaccinations: CDC
Title: Too Few American Adults Getting Needed Vaccinations: CDC
Category: Health News
Created: 2/2/2012 4:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 2/3/2012 Posted Friday, February 3, 2012 1:00 am CST
| | Mouse Study Suggests Alzheimer's Spreads Through Brain Like an Infection
Title: Mouse Study Suggests Alzheimer's Spreads Through Brain Like an Infection
Category: Health News
Created: 2/2/2012 4:06:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 2/3/2012 Posted Friday, February 3, 2012 1:00 am CST
| | Could a Blood Test Help Spot Depression?
Title: Could a Blood Test Help Spot Depression?
Category: Health News
Created: 2/3/2012 10:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/3/2012 Posted Friday, February 3, 2012 1:00 am CST
| | Sex and the Elderly: STD Risk Often Ignored
Title: Sex and the Elderly: STD Risk Often Ignored
Category: Health News
Created: 2/3/2012 11:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/3/2012 Posted Friday, February 3, 2012 1:00 am CST
| | New Heart Failure Risks: Fractures and Memory Problems
Title: New Heart Failure Risks: Fractures and Memory Problems
Category: Health News
Created: 2/3/2012 11:01:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/3/2012 Posted Friday, February 3, 2012 1:00 am CST
| | 1 in 2 Stroke Survivors Has High Blood Pressure
Title: 1 in 2 Stroke Survivors Has High Blood Pressure
Category: Health News
Created: 2/3/2012 11:01:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/3/2012 Posted Friday, February 3, 2012 1:00 am CST
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My New Home: Online listing didn't give East Memphis house its due - Memphis Commercial Appeal
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My New Home: Online listing didn't give East Memphis house its dueMemphis Commercial AppealSince buying the Oakland starter house, their family had grown from two people to three. And before their son, Grayson, reached school age, both Kathryn and Dawson knew they wanted to be in East Memphis. Kathryn, for her part, had grown up in the city. |
Posted Sunday, February 5, 2012 12:01 am CST
| | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Celebrates 50 Years - MarketWatch (press release)
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Celebrates 50 YearsMarketWatch (press release)MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- In 1962, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital opened its doors amid an emotionally charged debate regarding how to treat childhood cancer. At that time, few children with the most common form of ...and more » |
Posted Saturday, February 4, 2012 7:01 am CST
| | Family medicine is student focus - Memphis Commercial Appeal
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Family medicine is student focusMemphis Commercial AppealBy Leslie Champlin, Special to My Life Kentera Hix, a second-year medical student at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has been named the American Academy of Family Physicians student liaison to the Student National Medical Association ... |
Posted Sunday, January 29, 2012 12:11 am CST
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| Peer-to-Peer Health Care: Generating Hope
More often than not, the most important part of your social media presence is not what your organization or practice has to say, but what your patients have to say – especially to one another. Peer-to-peer interaction is one of the most valuable functions of social media...
tim@gobigfishgo.com |
Plantar Fasciitis and Obesity
Plantar fasciitis is an inflammation of the band-like ligament at the bottom of the foot called the plantar fascia. This band runs from the tubercles of the calcaneus to the metatarsal heads and is responsible for helping the foot adjust to different terrains, as well as helping the foot turn...
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Hot Topics in Health Law
CMS Issues Final ACO Rules
On October 20, 2011, CMS released the Final Rules governing Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). A centerpiece of discussion in the healthcare industry of late, ACOs are a significant focus of the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) introduced in March, 2010.
Cory Brown |
Novel Target Agent for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Colon cancer [CRC] is the third leading non-squamous-basal cell cancer in the western world. While it is largely preventable with screening colonoscopy, approximately 150,000 new cases of invasive disease are diagnosed annually in the US, of which one-third die.
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