6-11 Daily Update

Jun 12, 2020 at 10:54 am by Staff

Nashville will remain in phase two of the reopening plan with the 14-day new case trend still in the yellow. Dr. James Hildreth called for protesters to get tested for the cor.... Read More

Senate Health Committee Chairman Alexander Says Congress Should Prepare This Year for the Next Pandemic

Jun 10, 2020 at 10:15 am by Staff

WASHINGTON, June 9, 2020 -- Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released "Preparing for the Next Pandemic" -- a white paper with five recommendati.... Read More

AHCA/NCAL Reacts to Distribution of Provider Relief Funds for Medicaid Providers

Jun 10, 2020 at 09:47 am by Staff

The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and long term care facilities across the.... Read More

Vanderbilt, AstraZeneca Sign New COVID-19 Antibody Agreement

Jun 10, 2020 at 09:31 am by Staff

Vanderbilt University and the global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca have signed a new agreement that will enable AstraZeneca to advance two coronavirus-neutralizing ant.... Read More

Request for $5 Billion to Help Assisted Living Communities in Response to COVID-19

Jun 10, 2020 at 09:01 am by Staff

Dear Secretary Azar and Administrator Gaynor: On behalf of the long term care industry, we would like to express our appreciation for the recent actions taken by the Departme.... Read More

6-8 Daily Update

Jun 08, 2020 at 04:46 pm by Staff

Last week, Mayor John Cooper slowed Nashville's reopening efforts after the new case trend line fell into the yellow category. The city will remain in the current phase two of.... Read More

Prevent Child Abuse Tennessee provides guidance for talking with children about race and anti-racism

Jun 08, 2020 at 02:30 pm by Staff

June 8, 2020 -- Widespread protests in response to the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer and countless other unjust killings of Black Americans throughout.... Read More

Susan R. Bailey, M.D., inaugurated as 175th president of the AMA

Jun 08, 2020 at 09:19 am by Staff

CHICAGO - Susan R. Bailey, M.D., an allergist from Fort Worth, was sworn in today as the 175th president of the American Medical Association (AMA), the nation's premier physi.... Read More

South Carolina Family Physician Chosen as AMA President-elect

Jun 08, 2020 at 09:18 am by Staff

The American Medical Association (AMA) today announced the election of Gerald E. Harmon, M.D., a family medicine physician from Pawleys Island, S.C., as the new president-elec.... Read More

AMA Board of Trustees pledges action against racism and police brutality

Jun 08, 2020 at 09:15 am by Staff

CHICAGO - At a virtual Special Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates, the AMA Board of Trustees today pledged action to confront systemic racism.... Read More