Shareholders of Franklin-based Community Health Systems accuse the for-profit hospital chain of downplaying its precarious finances and even hiding its troubles through accounting tricks.
Congressional leader requests an investigation into HCA’s hospital admission practices
Nashville-based HCA, the nation’s largest private health system, has faced years of scrutiny from a powerful labor union over how it runs its emergency departments. And now Rep. Bill Pascrell, a Democrat from New Jersey, is calling for a federal investigation and asking questions of his own.
To fill clinical roles, Vanderbilt begins training truck drivers, cleaning workers and other existing staff
Vanderbilt has more than 100 openings for medical assistants, with people leaving all the time. So the health system put out the offer to its 29,000 employees: We’ll pay you while you train.
With rural hospitals in financial straits, some Tennessee communities are selling theirs for $1
A Florida-based company called Braden Health is snapping up closed and distressed hospitals in West Tennessee that few others seem to want.
Two years in, 25,000 Tennesseans have died of COVID and hospitals are reporting widespread burnout
On Saturday, Tennessee hit two years since the first case of COVID was confirmed in Tennessee. By the numbers, the state has tracked more than 2 million cases and will likely break 25,000 deaths this week.
Mt. Juliet nurse shares difficult homecoming after COVID travel nursing
There came a point for Sara Dean where uprooting or being separated from her 12-year-old daughter to continue travel nursing wasn’t worth the sacrifice.
Tennessee hospitals join call for crackdown on alleged ‘price gouging’ by staffing agencies
Staffing shortages continue to cripple some Tennessee hospitals dealing high COVID numbers among patients and their own staff. The pinch is being felt by both large medical centers and small rural hospitals.
One in every 33 Nashville residents has COVID. Let that sink in.
There has never been so much COVID in Nashville. One in 33 Davidson County residents has an active case right now. But hospitals are not yet feeling the pinch like they did with the Delta variant.
Saint Thomas Midtown’s new ICU was redesigned to make life easier for nurses
COVID has inspired changes to a $300 million addition to Saint Thomas Midtown. The hospital is building a new critical care and surgical tower.
Facing a shortage of nurses, hospitals turn to higher pay and international staff
There’s some truth in a joke circulating among frustrated ICU nurses right now. They ask for their hospitals to appropriately pay them for the hazards they’ve endured through the pandemic. And they’re rewarded with a pizza party.
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