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Perry County

In Middle Tennessee, several hospitals are still haunted by a failed billing scheme

By Blake Farmer

July 18, 2022

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Part of Perry Community Hospital’s financial collapse was due to losing a contract with BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, which is still demanding the hospital pay back $5 million in overbilling for inflated lab testing.

Filed Under: Business, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: lab billing, Perry Community Hospital, Perry County, rural health, rural hospitals, Wess Ward

How Main Street Revitalization And Bottled Water Helped Turn Around One Rural Tennessee County

By Chas Sisk

September 12, 2017

Listen Out in the woods of Perry County, Jim Bruner flips the switch on a stainless-steel pump. Up flows mineral water, about 52 degrees Fahrenheit, drawn from a mile below. “So it’s natural,” he says. “Natural artesian water, with natural alkalinity. It has a pH of about 8.3. The mineral content is in trace amounts. […]

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Perry County, rural economies

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