Baptist Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital has been named the best physical rehabilitation center in Tennessee by Newsweek magazine.

Ceremony will be held at Belmont University in Nashville.

“This is my advice: Go get a full physical. Try to find out everything that is going on with you.”

Michael Ugwueke, president and CEO of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, received the CEO of Distinction Award from the Tennessee Hospital Association.

Low evaluations in graduate medical education programs underline need for better supervision, said Chancellor Dr. Steve Schwab.

The gifts build on projects West Cancer Foundation started in 2020 with the University of Memphis and UTHSC.

With a supercomputer, science will be able compare one person’s DNA against thousands of others in a matter of minutes. 

Graceland Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is set to reopen to visitors. The problem is, the facility is not allowed to ask guests for proof of vaccination or a COVID negative test. 

More low-income people have government healthcare now that TennCare has been effectively prohibited from taking away coverage. It’s a big shift from before the pandemic when the agency frequently took people off the rolls.

The lawsuit, filed in federal civil court, in Tennessee’s Middle District, alleges the scheme between Methodist and West Cancer executives cost Medicare and Medicaid more than $800 million in fraudulent payments. 

Think of it as Tamiflu for COVID.

“People don’t understand why they are being asked to name people. They don’t understand the whole role of contact tracing,” said Dr. Rebecca Wurtz, director of Public Health Administration and Policy at the University of Minnesota. 

In its application to the Board of Adjustment, St. Jude says the new garage will improve blighted, unusable property and exposed sections of the Gayoso Bayou. 

Also stresses adherence to the mask mandate in K-12 schools and where compliance issues can be reported. 

It is looking for young people to be part of control groups in clinical trials looking at the affects of inflammation.

Germantown will review a PILOT for new medical offices Monday evening. Aldermen will also review a resolution formalizing their stance on consolidation.

The U.S. government Wednesday, Sept. 22, said it considering filing a motion to intervene in the whistleblower case against Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and former signatories, including former CEO Gary Shorb and former CFO Chris McLean.

FCS was informed the student had been out of school since Aug. 16 due to an unrelated issue before being diagnosed with coronavirus, according to FCS spokesperson Erica Williams.

At 7:02:56 Central Time Wednesday, a 29-year-old Memphian named Hayley Arceneaux rocketed Memphis and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital into space. 

On Wednesday, September 15, Baptist hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the freestanding ER, the first of its kind in Shelby County. The hospital bought 80 acres at the site in 2003.

Hayley Arceneaux — a former St. Jude patient who now works as a physician assistant at the hospital — is poised to become the youngest person to ever orbit the Earth when Inspiration4 rockets into space Wednesday. Arceneaux says that representing St. Jude patients on the mission is “the biggest honor of my life.”

Portal for applying will open Sept. 29; no date yet on when funds will arrive.

ConveyMD podcasts helps health care professionals fulfill continuing education requirements on the run.

In the first of two parts, leading physicians speak to the history of COVID-19, its possible origins, the safety and effectiveness of vaccines, and the the role of masking, among other topics. 

Sites across the nation were asked to recruit more 5- to 11-year-olds to get a broader look at vaccine side effects.