Health Care

Press Release from Department of Economic and Community Development; Jan. 18, 2012:

Trade Mission Focusing on Medical Device Manufacturers, Applications Due Feb. 1

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development announced…

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Members of a House subcommittee are studying the implications of a bill that limits when nurse practitioners and other trained caregivers who are not licensed physicians can administer drugs injected within a half-inch of the spinal cord.

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Speaking at an anti-Obamacare event in Nashville Saturday, the Tennessee House speaker pro tem said he hopes this year’s tort reform legislation is only “the first step of several steps.”

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Middle-income families are the ones facing the most pressure on tuition increases at state colleges and universities, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam said Friday. And he reiterated a theme he’s been hitting on a lot…

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Sen. Mae Beavers’ bill that attempts to block the most controversial component of the federal health care law had no problem moving along through the legislative process Tuesday.

The Senate Commerce, Labor and Agriculture…

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State of Tennessee Notice of Change in TennCare II Demonstration; Jan. 28, 2011:

The Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration is providing official notification, pursuant to 42 CFR §…

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A trio of East Tennessee lawmakers sat down recently with their local newspaper, the Cleveland Daily Banner, and laid out a few issues they expect the Tennessee Legislature to take up next year.…

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Press Release from the Bill Haslam for Governor Campaign, Sept. 15, 2010:

Discusses Strategy to Grow Jobs in Memphis and Shelby County

ARLINGTON – Republican gubernatorial nominee and Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam focused…

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Home to one of the largest military populations in the country, Tennessee is trying to teach its nurses and counselors how to better relate to veterans and service members struggling with mental and behavioral disorders.

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Press Release from Susan Lynn for Senate; July 19, 2010:

Urges Opponent to Follow Her Own “Guidelines”

Lebanon, TN. – The campaign of 17th district State Senate candidate Susan Lynn denounced statements in…

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A consensus appears to have formed that the current leadership at TennCare has adroitly managed the operation — and the days of upheaval seem to have subsided, for now. But the new governor will find that cost-containment problems have not been solved.

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The last big battle of the 106th Tennessee General Assembly likely marks the commencement of full-blown hostilities in the war for the 17th District state Senate seat.

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