By Jill McKeon
June 12, 2023 – Tennessee-based revenue cycle management vendor Intellihartx (ITx) disclosed a data breach to the Maine Attorney General’s Office that impacted 489,830 individuals. The breach stemmed from a February 2023 hack…
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By Jill McKeon
May 05, 2023 – Tennessee-based Murfreesboro Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter (MMC) is actively recovering a “sophisticated criminal cyberattack” that it suffered on April 22, its website states.
In response to the attack, MMC immediately…
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What You Should Know:connectRN, the nurse staffing community that provides clinicians with flexible scheduling opportunities and resources, announced today that nurses have begun using the platform to find hospital shifts at multiple Nashville hospitals.Previously, clinicians…
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From left: Lynn Sessions, a partner with Baker Hostetler, was the panel moderator. She was joined by Jesse Fasolo, head of technology infrastructure and cyber security of St Joseph’s Healthcare System; Marti Arvin, chief…
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Nearly one in five people who are incarcerated battle opioid use disorder (OUD), and opioid-related overdose is the leading cause of death for those released from the criminal justice system. A new collaboration aims…
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Baptist Memorial will deploy LockDeep’s advanced telehealth technology throughout its system of 22 affiliate hospitals.WHY IT MATTERS
The collaboration utilizes LookDeep’s Clinical Action Platform, built on modern SOC2 Type II audited software, to provide Baptist…
Heather Bassett, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, XSOLISToday’s relationship between payers and providers is more fraught than ever. With a history of transactional, often adversarial, fee-for-service contract negotiations, it’s no wonder that the healthcare industry…
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The series of attacks on our healthcare infrastructure, particularly hospitals where ransomware attacks are on the rise, is a worrying trend that puts lives in jeopardy. A ransomware attack could mean the difference between…
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BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee unveiled its first Health Equity Report Tuesday, which analyzed six topics of health disparities: behavioral health, cancer, child and adolescent care, chronic condition management, Covid-19 and maternal health.
The report serves as a way to understand the inequities that exist among its members to determine ways the payer can address the disparities, said Dr. Andrea Willis, chief medical officer of BCBS Tennessee. “We wanted to get a better picture of the health issues and barriers to care faced by our members and Tennesseans as a whole, so that we could more effectively partner with health care providers to…
