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Administrator's Corner: Michael Conrath, The Frist Clinic
As executive director of the Frist Clinic, Michael Conrath, MBA, CMPE, oversees a large, diverse practice with a little more than 200 employees who cover the main office on Patterson Street on the Centennial Medical Center campus plus Frist Clinic Family Care Centers in Ashland City and Kingston Springs...
CINDY SANDERS |
Physician Spotlight: Stephen J. D’Amico, MD
Although better known as an actress than a philosopher, Bette Davis knew what she was talking about when she observed, “Old age ain’t for sissies.”
Stephen D’Amico, MD, a practicing internist and geriatric specialist at Cornerstone Medical Group in Franklin, knows how right she was...
KELLY PRICE |
Locking Horns
BlueCross Launches Transparency Ratings Amid Provider ConcernsAs BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee's quality and cost information on physicians was revealed online last month, the giant insurer and many doctors and administrators in its network remained locked in a philosophical struggle over the transparency initiative's purpose and accuracy...
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Retiree Hot Spot
Nashville Senior Living Real Estate is Booming
When in August Forbes ranked Nashville as one of the top 10 most affordable places in the United States to retire, it was just another validation of what real estate investors already knew – Nashville is a hot spot for senior living...
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Vanderbilt Focused on Integrated Geriatric Care
Even before the growing needs of the rapidly swelling ranks of senior citizens became part of the national consciousness, Vanderbilt University was already laying the groundwork for geriatric care in both the educational and clinical setting...
CINDY SANDERS |
Going for Equity
More Physicians Own their Office Space
Remember when you were finally out on your own, renting your first apartment? Remember your parents’ admonishments to, as quickly as possible, buy your first home and stop "throwing your money down the drain" by renting?...
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Keeping Seniors on Their Feet
They happen to children all the time. Ice skaters and hockey players learn the proper way to execute them. And comedians use them to get a laugh … but there’s nothing funny about falling for millions of Americans over the age of 65...
CINDY SANDERS |
NHCC Sponsors Successful European Trade Mission
Senior level healthcare executives headed across the Atlantic for a six-day international trade mission to Stockholm and Berlin. The mid-September trip was the seventh trade mission sponsored by the Nashville Heath Care Council and Nashville Chamber of Commerce to build relationships between area companies and overseas counterparts...
KELLY PRICE |
Centerstone Research Institute Officially Launches New Look, Location
Last month, Centerstone Research Institute officially unveiled new office space, a new logo and the organization’s 100th research study.
With the springtime merger of Nashville-based Centerstone with Indiana-based Center for Behavioral Health (CBH) and Quinco Behavioral Health Systems, the combined organization became the nation’s largest provider of community-based behavioral health services...
CINDY SANDERS |
Finding Effective Solutions for Seniors
Council on Aging Provides Links to Resources
For an agency that doesn't "do" anything, the Council on Aging of Greater Nashville certainly accomplishes a lot.
"We're not a service provider so we don't need a huge staff," explained Maribeth Farringer, executive director of the non-profit agency. "We're set up to bring in expertise from other agencies to focus on specific issues..."
CINDY SANDERS |
Healthcare Enterprise: Wellness Environments
Tell hospital administrators that there's one thing they can buy that will improve staff efficiency and promote patient healing at the same time, and you have their attention. That's the pitch for Wellness Environments, which sells what it calls "patient rooms for the future."...
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Cutting ER Wait Times
Two Nashville Initiatives Attack the Problem from Different PerspectivesWhen patients sit in a hospital emergency waiting room, here’s what happens:
The patients aren’t being treated, and their condition may be deteriorating.
Emergency vehicles may be diverted.
The hospital isn’t making any money.
The patients and the providers are frustrated...
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Best Practices: Perioperative Management of Patients with Coronary Artery Stents
The advent of coronary stenting as a primary revascularization option over the past decade has created management challenges for cardiologists, surgical subspecialists, anesthesiologists, and primary care physicians alike. Significant among these has been the problematic selection of specific therapeutic approach and device selection in patients with coronary artery disease...
Henry S. Jennings III MD, FACC, FSCAI, Interventional Cardiologist, Vanderbilt |
THA, TNA Prepare for Annual Meetings
Workforce Issues, Policy on AgendasThe Tennessee Hospital Association and Tennessee Nurses Association host their annual meetings in October. Both organizations are scheduled to look at key workforce issues facing nursing, as well as health policy, public health agendas, and the development of a climate of quality and safety for patients and staff...
CINDY SANDERS |
NHCC & NCN Focus on Healthcare Investments
When opportunity knocks, healthcare investors want to open the door to an experienced executive team with a well thought out idea.
That was the consensus of the experts at a recent luncheon hosted by the Nashville Health Care Council and the Nashville Capital Network and sponsored by KPMG, The Human Capital Group, and Sherrard & Roe...
KELLY PRICE |
New Law Increases Potential Tax Benefits of Real Estate Cost Segregation
If you plan to purchase, construct or renovate a building, or have done so in the past, you could save a bundle in taxes if you invest in a cost segregation study.
An under-used tax strategy, cost segregation can help you get the maximum return on your real estate investment by reducing taxes and increasing cash flow. For 2008 only: the potential tax savings are increased by a provision in the Economic Stimulus Package Act of 2008...
KEVIN DOSTALER, CPA |
Exercise Benefits Those Who Need it Most
If the benefits seen in the mirror and on the scale aren’t enough to convince you, new research shows that regular exercise can also have a dramatic impact on your pocketbook. The financial benefits are more pronounced for those who stand to gain the most physically from routine activity — older adults with chronic disease.
RENE ELLINGTON |
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