Month: June 2018
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Anesthesia group, BCBST quarrel puts Middle Tennessee hospitals in limbo
The row could mean more surprise bills for patients. Mid-state hospitals “find themselves between a rock and a hard place.” Balance billing is a tough health care problem to fix.
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The Weekender: TennCare chief talks opioids + TN sales tax boost from SCOTUS?
Spotlighting what you might have missed on BirdDog and why a few headlines from elsewhere matter for Tennessee.
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Competition shakes up Tennessee ACA exchange: Highlights urban-rural divide, ups interest in cost impact
The distinguishing characteristic of Tennessee’s 2019 individual health insurance market may be competition—and geography will matter.
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Frist talks Cressey’s desire to find tech-enabled companies changing health care in 5 years
Cressey & Co. wants to invest in companies that have an innovative edge that will improve — not just disrupt — health care in the coming years.
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Tennessee poised to get new ACA health insurers for 2019
Tennessee’s individual health insurance market is poised for new entrants and territory expansions from existing insurers in 2019 — a sharp reversal of the diminishing options that many shoppers faced in recent years. Bright Health and Celtic/Ambetter plan to offer insurance that complies with the Affordable Care Act, per filings with the Tennessee Department of […]
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The BirdDog experiment: Phase II
This project turned 12 weeks on June 13, which means I’m officially describing it in “months” versus “weeks.” That’s a crazy milestone by itself. But what’s even more astounding to me is that BirdDog already hit the readership, engagement and audience-reach milestones I had tentatively targeted for September. I couldn’t be more excited about that. […]
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Tight labor market highlights skills gap, wage obstacles in South
Tennessee Reconnect, a statewide adult education initiative, could be a model to boost access to skills training in the South, per a new report that assesses whether the region is primed to close the gap that keeps workers from some well paying jobs despite historically low unemployment rates. There aren’t enough workers in the South […]
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The Weekender: PE investors like MDs, ‘survival math’ of being poor + the frailty of Social Security
Spotlighting what you might have missed on BirdDog and why a few headlines from elsewhere matter for Tennessee.
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The Weekender: McDonald’s kiosks, sneaky greens + Nashville’s growing pains
Spotlighting what you might have missed on BirdDog and why a few headlines from elsewhere matter for Tennessee.
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ACA health insurance market poised for election year revamp
Federal maneuvers are launching health insurance and the popular protection of pre-existing conditions back into public discourse in a significant election year in Tennessee.
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