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Health care
What's with all the requests for reviews from health care providers?
May 20, 2022
As patients search the web for a doctor or dentist, online reviews have become more important to health care providers.
The Biden administration is extending the public health emergency. Here's what that means.
May 17, 2022
The original declaration of January 2020 changed the health care landscape.
How some companies help employees access abortions
May 3, 2022
Before the leaked Supreme Court opinion on Roe v. Wade, some employers said they would help workers pay for procedures like abortions.
Mall-to-medicine transitions make health care more convenient for suburban patients
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Blake Farmer
Apr 13, 2022
With abundant parking and layouts that are easy to navigate, one-time shopping malls are attractive to some medical facilities looking to expand.
COVID hot spots are pointing the way for future health care development plans
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Blake Farmer
Apr 11, 2022
In Nashville, health care facilities are expanding to serve some areas that were hit hardest by the pandemic.
Company aims to buy and restore struggling rural hospitals in Tennessee
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Blake Farmer
Mar 24, 2022
For rural communities, a key question: Can a new company that is taking over ownership restore confidence in the care the local hospital provides?
Pandemic price gouging complaints raise staff tensions with traveling nurses
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Blake Farmer
Feb 15, 2022
Hospitals say that staffing agencies charge too much for providing traveling nurses. The nurses say they're the ones doing the heavy lifting.
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Shift to health services shows signs of success for big pharmacy chains
Feb 9, 2022
CVS has found a positive side effect of providing vaccines — increased retail sales. But what happens when vaccinations slow down?
Nashville VC fund invests in health startups led by Black entrepreneurs
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Blake Farmer
Jan 27, 2022
One goal is to address inequities in health care, and to help make sure those inequities don't get worse as medicine relies more on big data.
Labor Department outlines unlawful imbalance in coverage between mental, physical care services
Jan 25, 2022
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said the department will ramp up legal enforcement: “We need to make sure people are covered.”