T. Sharp on Twitter (@newscoma) Steve Ross on Twitter (@vibinc) Steve Steffens on Twitter (@leftwingcracker)The Memphis Daily News reports that Mike Ritz goes medieval on Governor Bredesen, saying that the state’s underfunding of the MED harms minorities disproportionately. Shelby County Commissioner Mike Ritz has filed a formal civil rights discrimination complaint on behalf of minority populations in Memphis over Gov. Phil Bredesen’s distribution of federal reimbursements for uncompensated...
The Memphis City Council is grappling with the prospect of funding The MED. The City Council voted Tuesday to delay a request for $2 million in temporary funding for the Regional Medical Center at Memphis so it can work toward a comprehensive plan to shift city school funding to Shelby County and fully fund...
The Tennessee Hospital Association voted to recommend a bed tax to help fund TennCare. The tax, which the association is calling a “coverage fee,” could range from 1 percent to 2 percent of a hospital’s annual gross receipts. The idea is that the state would use the revenue from the fee to draw down...
The Memphis Daily News reports that the Shelby County Commission will take up the issue of funding for the Regional Medical Center (The MED) again today The resolution is sponsored by Commissioner George Flinn. Flinn originally called for a greater share of the federal funds. He agreed to an amendment by Commissioner Mike Ritz...
Tom Humphrey talks about the latest attempt to save charity hospitals such as THE MED. The Tennessee Hospital Association is floating the idea of a new “bed tax” on hospitals as a means of offsetting the impact of Gov. Phil Bredesen’s proposed budget cuts to TennCare. The new tax would work something like the...