Black Patients with Cancer Face Worse COVID Outcomes: Study

Apr 04, 2022 at 09:24 pm by Staff

Tom Wilemon Black patients with cancer experienced significantly worse outcomes after COVID-19 diagnosis than non-Hispanic white cancer patients in a study published March 28.... Read More

Team Helps Patients Battle Post-COVID Cognitive Issues

Apr 04, 2022 at 09:22 pm by Staff

  Bill Snyder and Nancy Humphrey Jane Storie always considered herself to be a “sunshiny” person. But then, in October 2020, she became ill with COVID-19. N.... Read More

Horst Named Medical Director for Telehealth at VUMC

Apr 04, 2022 at 06:44 pm by Staff

  Jill Clendening During the COVID-19 pandemic, outpatient telehealth appointments at Vanderbilt University Medical Center reached a peak of 2,700 in one day as clinici.... Read More

Vanderbilt’s Duchenne Clinic First in Tennessee to be Certified

Apr 04, 2022 at 06:40 pm by Staff

    Jessica Pasley The Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Clinic at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt was recently recognized as a Certified Duch.... Read More

New Clinician Spotlight: Rebecca (Ribka) Berhanu

Apr 04, 2022 at 06:36 pm by Staff

  Rebecca Berhanu, MD, assistant professor of Medicine, has joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Division of Infectious Diseases as a clinician and resear.... Read More

There’s No Slowing Arterial Stiffening

Apr 04, 2022 at 06:34 pm by Staff

by Paul Govern Age related stiffening of the central arterial system is associated with problems such as coronary artery disease, hypertension, stroke, atrial fibrillation an.... Read More

Insulin Copay Cap Passes House Hurdle, But Senate Looks for a Broader Bill

Apr 04, 2022 at 06:22 pm by Staff

By Michael McAuliff, Kaiser Health News The chances of passing election-year legislation to help people afford insulin — which weeks ago seemed mired in political.... Read More

Patients’ Perilous Months-Long Waiting for Medicaid Coverage Is a Sign of What’s to Come

Apr 04, 2022 at 06:13 pm by Staff

By Bram Sable-Smith and Rachana Pradhan, Kaiser Health News Korra Elliott has tried to avoid seeing a doctor while waiting to get on Medicaid. She worries she.... Read More

Delays for Autism Diagnosis and Treatment Grew Even Longer During the Pandemic

Apr 04, 2022 at 04:25 pm by Staff

By Andy Miller and Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News  Wylie James Prescott, 3, had to wait more than a year after his autism diagnosis to begin behavioral th.... Read More

2023 Medicare Advantage and Part D Rate Announcement

Apr 04, 2022 at 04:06 pm by Staff

Today Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Announcement of Calendar Year (CY) 2023 Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Pa.... Read More