There are 21 article(s) tagged Methodist Le Bonheur:

• May 2024

  • Le Bonheur unveils $95M expansion

    The Stax Music Academy Band belted out a rousing rendition of the Bar-Kays’ “Soulfinger” as hundreds of guests gathered on Le Bonheur’s front lawn Wednesday, May 8. 

    By Aisling Mäki May 08, 2024

• July 2023

  • Teens get paid while learning about health care careers

    The summer program, which launched in 2022, pays teens $15 an hour as they learn.

    By Jada Ojii July 07, 2023

• March 2023

  • Lower insulin costs could be coming to Shelby County diabetes patients

    According to the 2021 Tennessee Diabetes Action Report, 13.8% of adults in the state have been diagnosed with diabetes, and Type 2 Diabetes accounts for 90%-95% of Tennessee’s diagnosed cases. 

    By Aisling Mäki March 06, 2023

• January 2023

  • Methodist, BlueCross BlueShield still at odds

    “The insurance company is really going to get out-flanked, from a PR standpoint, by the Methodist system. Who wants to see kids not get the health care they deserve?” Dr. John Rodney said.

    By Jane Roberts January 12, 2023

• December 2022

  • Memphis impacted by shortage of antibiotics, children’s pain relievers

    “I’ve been a retail pharmacist for 33 years and I’ve never seen a shortage of antibiotics until this year,” said the owner of a local pharmacy.

    By Aisling Mäki December 22, 2022

• October 2022

  • Saving Memphis one teen mom at a time

    A young mother, a community educator and a new social development firm work to unpack and defy grim teen birth statistics, build healthy families and ‘redesign’ the community.

    By David Waters October 25, 2022

• September 2022

  • Methodist Transplant Institute patient calls changes ‘jarring’

    Dr. James D. Eason’s sudden departure last month from the institute that bears his name leaves patients and their families concerned about how their care will be affected.

    By Aisling Mäki September 11, 2022

• April 2022

  • Justice Department intervenes in lawsuit against Methodist Healthcare

    The 2017 lawsuit claims Methodist and West Cancer Center knowingly defrauded federal and state health care programs.

    By Christin Yates April 22, 2022

• December 2021

  • Artist rolls into Summer Avenue, ready for street’s new chapter

    A new gallery and studio space, owned by architect and artist Brantley Ellzey, has opened on Summer Avenue in the Highland Heights neighborhood. 

    By Julia Baker December 13, 2021

• June 2021

  • Le Bonheur pediatric physicians want Methodist-UTHSC pact delayed

    The 250-member group at Le Bonheur makes up the core of the hospital medical specialties.

    By Jane Roberts June 25, 2021

  • Court documents detail kickbacks, fraud in Methodist, West Cancer case

    West says it provided no services for the $16 million contract and provides records that show how much its physicians’ salary pool increased during the “partnership.”

    By Jane Roberts June 17, 2021

• May 2021

  • New YMCA offers promise of rich resource for Whitehaven

    The new facility will offer a community resource center, early childhood learning center, wellness center, gymnasium — and, yes, a new indoor swimming pool. 

    By Omer Yusuf May 10, 2021

• February 2021

  • Health care workers among those reluctant to get vaccinated

    Despite public health experts’ pleas to get vaccinated, health care workers are among a third of reluctant Americans wanting to wait to get a COVID-19 shot. 

    By Daja E. Henry February 01, 2021

• November 2020

  • FTC sues to block Methodist purchase of Saint Francis

    Federal agency says proposed acquisition would substantially reduce competition and health care costs would rise, according to its complaint.

    By Jane Roberts November 17, 2020

• April 2020

  • Methodist cuts executive pay, furloughs staff

    Methodist said efforts to reduce expenses were made to minimize the impact on employees, and that some have taken voluntary furloughs. The cuts are temporary.

    By Jane Roberts April 28, 2020

  • Doctor recovers, gives first serum donation at Methodist University

    Methodist is participating in a study the Food and Drug Administration is conducting with Mayo Clinic, giving COVID-19 patients serum from those who have recovered from the disease.

    By Jane Roberts April 24, 2020

• March 2020

  • At Methodist, healing happens in marketplace too

    In the last five years, Methodist has done $156 million with women- and minority-owned firms here, including more than $45 million with subcontractors.

    By Jane Roberts March 12, 2020

• December 2019

  • Methodist-St. Francis deal will tighten competition, tax base

    For-profit St. Francis will take $2 million in county taxes away when it leaves and Methodist takes over. 

    By Jane Roberts December 26, 2019

• July 2019

  • Methodist Le Bonheur plans to raise minimum wage to $15 by 2021

    Methodist Le Bonheur is raising its minimum wage as part of series of changes to help fight poverty in Memphis. 

    By Jane Roberts July 30, 2019

• February 2019

  • Daily Briefs

    • Chris Jenkins named Saint Francis Hospital- Bartlett COO
    • Airport board OKs surveillance, parking system contracts
    • Amazon to fund computer science courses in seven Memphis area high schools

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 22, 2019

  • Daily Briefs

    • Methodist South Hospital names new president
    • Bella Vita Gifts & Interiors moving to Germantown
    • Methodist Le Bonheur, St. Jude and FedEx among 2019 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 15, 2019