healthcare

TennCare Fraud Perp Gets Prison

by Editorial Staff on January 12, 2011

A mere 12 days into the New Year, Tennessee has already seen plenty of TennCare fraud news, from “doctor shopping” to one case in which a health worker was sentenced to eight years in…

Tagged as: fraud, healthcare, medicaid, tenncare, tennessee office of inspector general

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Dialysis Treatment Investigation Reveals Poor Care, High Costs

by Editorial Staff on November 15, 2010

The nonprofit website ProPublica last week published a wide-ranging investigation into dialysis treatment in America.

Shoddy treatment practices and unsanitary conditions are not uncommon, ProPublica reported, and in severe cases have resulted in…

Tagged as: centers for medicare and medicaid services, dialysis, healthcare, kidney disease, kidney failure, propublica, renal disease

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Health Care War in TN Going Nuclear

by Mark Todd Engler on March 23, 2010

GOP: Say you’re sorry! Dems: You’re sorry! Ill will is rising as lawmakers spar over national health care package.

Tagged as: Bell, Casada, healthcare, Mumpower, obama, Turner

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Ramsey Wants House To Vote On Anti-Healthcare Mandate Bill

by TN Press Release Center on March 19, 2010

Press Release from Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, R-Blountville, March 19, 2010:

Bill Would Protect Tennesseans From Federal Action

(Nashville) – Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey (R-Blountville) today called on a House committee to…

Tagged as: government, healthcare, mandate, Ramsey, tennessee

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