The week in politics: Tennessee lawmaker grills corrections department over prison woes
Plus, Democrats again file a safe-storage bill and there's no hearing set yet for Rep. John Ragan's 'bona fide' voter ...
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Tennessee tries to rein in Ballad’s hospital monopoly after years of problems
Ballad, a 20-hospital system in northeastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia, was created six years ago through monopoly ...
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What we know about the first case of measles detected in Tennessee
Health officials say a case of the measles has been detected in Tennessee. This is the first positive measles case reported in the state since 2019. The Tennessee Department of Health confirmed ...
Tennessee officials aim to hold Ballad Health more accountable after years of complaints, protests
Government documents obtained by KFF Health News reveal that Tennessee officials, in closed-door negotiations, are attempting ...
Tennessee Department of Health confirms first measles case since 2019
The department said suspected measles cases should be reported to the state health department at 615-741-7247. A release from ...
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What we know about the first case of measles detected in Tennessee
The Tennessee Department of Health confirmed the positive test came from a college student who recently traveled ...
Here are the number of COVID-19 cases across the Mid-South
The Shelby County Health Department reported 316 new cases over a 7-day period as of Sept. 14, 2024. That makes a total of 332,362 cases and 3,830 deaths in the county since the beginning of the ...
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Tennessee tries to rein in Ballad’s hospital monopoly after years of problems
Since then, Ballad has consistently fallen short of the quality-of-care goals, according to annual reports released by the Tennessee Department of Health. Despite these failures, Tennessee has ...
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Tennessee officials pressure Ballad Health's hospital monopoly
Ballad Health, a 20-hospital system with the nation’s largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly, consistently falls short of ...