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The problem with writing a post about Happy Hour on your lunch break is the cruel reality that you’re still half a day away from Happy Hour. Then there are things that happen between the time I’m writing this and when it’s going to post, like, oh I dunno, the 3pm presser with Willie...
WPLN reports that Federal Officials have approved the so called “Bed Fee” that will help stave off cuts in TennCare. The fee, the only revenue enhancement approved by the state legislature this session, imposes a 3.5% rate on net revenue generated by private hospitals for the benefit of the state’s public institutions. The fee,...
KnoxViews has the breakdown of how much of the “middle-class” is currently uninsured. The numbers for Tennessee are alarming. The report is being released during Cover the Uninsured Week (March 14-20), a campaign organized by RWJF to advocate for health coverage for all Americans. In Tennessee, median household income declined 8.2% from 2000 to...
Tennessee Blue Cross Blue Shield is planning to cut reimbursement to some doctors and hospitals. From the article: In a report to state lawmakers, BlueCross said that while it has been able to operate at a loss “for a short period of time due to our financial strength, we cannot sustain significant operating losses.”...
Good morning loyal readers. It’s Tuesday, and while that means…well…really nothing, it’s still Tuesday, the least mentioned day of the week. We’ve heard about people having the “Mondays”, Wednesday is “Hump Day”, everyone “thanks God for Fridays”, and while Thursday is mentioned less than many, it brings people the hope of something better, just...
The CA reports that some state officials will be touring the MED today along with members of the Shelby County delegation. I wonder if anyone sent an invite to Mike Ritz Probably not…
R. Neal over at Knoxviews points to a report by the Kaiser Family Foundation that shows record growth in Medicaid last year. Tennessee, Rhode Island and Maine were the only three states that saw negative growth in Medicaid for adults. MaineCare cuts WILL hit home Budget: Carcieri’s $7.5B plan cuts locally, relies on aid...
Since late October, with the announcement that certain services may be cut without additional funding, the Regional Medical Center at Memphis, The MED, has been at the center of a conversation about ensuring the public’s access to critical services, management issues, and more than anything else, money. The $32 million shortfall that currently threatens...
Jackson Baker takes a look at the issues surrounding the complaint filed my Shelby County Commissioner Mike Ritz (8.3mb PDF). With the Med in financial crisis, and with a beleaguered county government (which just upped its own contributions from $27 million to $37 million) getting no or minimal help from equally strapped city and...
The Memphis Daily News looks at two TennCare recipients who lost their coverage but fought back… The story of two Memphis-area patients facing the loss of their TennCare coverage was first told in the Oct. 31, 2009, issue of The Memphis News, sister publication of The Daily News. Both patients have fought their battles...