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Grand Rounds December
Saint Thomas Opens Southeast’s First Lung Cancer & Thoracic Center
NORTH HIGHLAND ANNOUNCES RECENT PROMOTIONS
RIBBON CUTTING & OPEN HOUSE AT NEW MAURY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
eMids Achieves ISO 27001 Certification
Save the Date
Brentwood Woman Participating in National Campaign to Focus Attention on Bleeding Disorder
SOUTHERN HILLS MEDICAL CENTER CEO TO MANAGE 521-BED HOSPITAL IN SALEM, VA
NorthCrest Celebrated National Hospice Month in November
Lipscomb University Now Accepting College of Pharmacy Applications
Baptist Seeking Volunteers for New “Support of Survivors” Program to Help Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
BOLES CERTIFIED IN NEW CONTRACEPTIVE METHOD
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Physician Spotlight: Dr. Karen Rhea
There’s no place like home for Dr. Karen Rhea.
Although she grew up just a few miles down the road, Rhea has traveled many paths she never imagined during her rural West Tennessee upbringing on her way to becoming Centerstone’s vice president for Medical Services.
CINDY SANDERS |
Nashville Health Care Council Releases New Family Tree
A family tree shows where a person comes from and how the person is related to everyone on the other branches.
The annual Family Tree published by the Nashville Health Care Council is a revealing study of the genesis of the healthcare industry in Nashville and how successful companies have spawned successful offshoots that contribute to the vitality and vigor of one of Nashville’s most robust industries.
KELLY PRICE |
When Food Is the Enemy
For many years, physicians tended to avoid discussions with patients concerning weight or eating habits lest they offend someone. With today’s epidemic of overweight and obese Americans, however, conversations centering on diet and exercise are playing an increasingly prominent role during office visits.
CINDY SANDERS |
Growth Spurt for Local Healthcare
Construction, expansion, renovation — these words describe recent activity at some of Nashville’s busiest hospitals.
In October, Centennial Medical Center, part of the TriStar Family of Hospitals, announced a $143 million campus expansion plan and filed a Certificate of Need with the Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency (HSDA) to renovate and expand patient care and support areas..
KELLY PRICE |
Renfrew Center Opens in Brentwood
The Renfrew Center, which originally opened its doors in Philadelphia in 1985 as the nation’s first residential facility for women with eating disorders, has now expanded service to Middle Tennessee.
CINDY SANDERS |
Vanderbilt Health at One Hundred Oaks
One Hundred Oaks, Nashville’s first indoor mall, will be transformed into a state-of-the-art healthcare center, Vanderbilt Health at One Hundred Oaks, with an emphasis on providing patients with an innovative way to receive healthcare and to get and stay healthy.
KELLY PRICE |
Warning Signs of Major Eating Disorders
Anorexia Nervosa (Self-Imposed Starvation): Common warning signs include continuing weight loss (losing 15 percent or more of ideal body weight); the patient continues to restrict food even though not overweight; has distorted body image; is preoccupied with food, calories, nutrition or cooking; denies hunger; exercises obsessively; weighs frequently; loses hair or begins to experience thinning hair; stops menstruating; feels cold even though the temperature is normal or only slightly cool.
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Can-Do Attitude
Great energy and excitement surround the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (TDMHDD) these days.
New programs and new facilities have recently been launched, grant money has been awarded and the innovative ideas of the TDMHDD are being recognized on a national level.
CINDY SANDERS |
Danny Leverette, Spring Hill Mayor |
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State Agency to Look Again at Proposal for Spring Hill Hospital
SPRING HILL — “It’s a four-quarter ballgame. It’s halftime, and it’s 1 to 1. This one could very well go into overtime.” That’s Spring Hill Mayor Danny Leverette’s summation of the process so far to build an HCA-owned hospital in his city. The game will resume on Feb. 27, 2008.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Congress Dances Around CMS Physician Pay Cuts
Congress is, once again, engaged in its annual “death dance” with the medical community. Absent some extraordinary action by Congress, physicians are scheduled to take a 10 percent pay cut in Medicare reimbursement rates on January 1, 2008. As of this writing, the law makers were a long way from consensus on the resultant fix for physician pay; however, a consensus appears to be building.
DICK COWART |
Stark II, Phase III Changes Take Another Swipe at Ancillary Services
After Dec . 4, the new Stark II, Phase III final rules — all 516 pages of them — take effect.
These new rules -— and how the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) interprets a number of the provisions — will influence going forward the financial relationships between physicians and healthcare entities to which they refer patients, and parties with existing financial relationships may have to restructure or even unwind those arrangements.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Sandra Long, CPA |
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Year-end Gifts to Family Can Reduce Taxes
When we discuss year-end gifts, we don’t mean the tie you give to Uncle Al or the toys you give to your nephews and nieces as holiday presents. We’re talking about significant gifts, such as helping a child put a down payment on a home or start a business, or paying a grandchild’s college tuition or a relative’s medical expenses. Under these circumstances, making gifts to family members can help save federal gift and estate taxes and, in some situations, overall family income taxes.
SANDRA LONG, CPA |
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