Business/Tech

State Doctors Debate Healthcare Policies at TMA Annual Meeting

May 26, 2022 at 03:57 pm by Staff

Tennessee’s Top Advocacy Organization Announces 2022-2023 Officers NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Medical Association assembled nearly 130 of its physician m.... Read More

Physician Compensation on the Rise as Data Reports Pre-Pandemic Levels of Stability  

May 25, 2022 at 07:40 pm by Staff

  MGMA's 33rd annual DataDive Provider Compensation reveals greater productivity after challenging few years Following the financial impacts that the COVID-19.... Read More

Xtend Healthcare achieves HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year Certification to further Mitigate Risk in third-party Privacy, Security, and Compliance

May 25, 2022 at 07:29 pm by Staff

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. -- Xtend Healthcare, a leading healthcare revenue cycle management company, today announced that, Prism, its proprietary suite of applications and i.... Read More

AMA Says Health Insurance Industry Continues to Falter on Prior Authorization Reform

May 24, 2022 at 09:18 am by Staff

  Survey shows reform goals are unfulfilled after nearly four years despite heavy toll on patients CHICAGO - Despite mounting evidence that insurer-imposed authorizatio.... Read More

AMA Announces CPT Update for Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate

May 23, 2022 at 08:19 pm by Staff

Provisional codes assigned to Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for young childrenThe American Medical Association (AMA) has announced an editorial update to Current Procedural Te.... Read More

Ascension Saint Thomas River Park Granted Approval to Open Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

May 23, 2022 at 02:09 pm by Staff

  The Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency (HSDA) granted Ascension Saint Thomas River Park approval of its Certificate of Need (CON) application to open a C.... Read More

Why So Slow? Legislators Take on Insurers’ Delays in Approving Prescribed Treatments

May 22, 2022 at 10:52 pm by Staff

By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News Andrew Bade, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes nearly two decades ago, is accustomed to all the medical gear he needs to kee.... Read More

Solve.Care Announces the First Crypto-Enabled Healthcare Marketplace, with devices immediately available to US customers

May 19, 2022 at 09:14 am by Staff

   The first crypto-enabled marketplace to promote the use and purchase of remote-monitoring healthcare devices such as EKG and BPM monitors Devices sold on Ca.... Read More

HealthStream Acquires CloudCME

May 19, 2022 at 06:57 am by Staff

HealthStream expands its presence as a market leader in healthcare continuing education and continuing medical education management with the acquisition of another powe.... Read More

Should You Worry About Data from Your Period-Tracking App Being Used Against You?

May 16, 2022 at 07:15 pm by Staff

By Hannah Norman and Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News  It’s estimated that millions of people in the U.S. use period-tracking apps to plan ahead,.... Read More