The shift from volume to value in health care reimbursements is well underway. Pure fee-for-service now accounts for just 37 percent of payments, according to the Change Healthcare-sponsored State of Value-Based Care in 2018 survey of payers. By 2021, just a quarter of reimbursements are exp…

The Post team in late October welcomed about 200 people to City Winery for a breakfast and panel discussion on how care providers, technology companies and patients are making better use of health care data. The gathering — which was sponsored by DVL Seigenthaler, a Finn Partners company, an…

“In the end, quality should win,” says Chris Gerard, COO of home health and hospice provider Amedisys. “If you’re first in quality, you should be able to keep taking market share.”

“Time is brain” is one of the fundamental rules of stroke treatment. But in community hospitals where neurologists are lacking, it can be a hard rule to follow. Transferring patients as quickly as possible used to be the standard protocol when a patient presented with stroke symptoms. Today,…

Consumerism has hit the health care industry with some force — and providers are being forced to listen. Patients are taking (or being pushed to take) control of their health care and spending like never before and pushing hospitals and doctors to reform old practices in the name of patient …

As retail philosophies make greater inroads into health care, incumbent players are having to become more nimble in how they connect with patients far less willing and able than in the past to take large blocks of time to visit sprawling hospital complexes.

The Mayo Clinic’s annual Transform Conference in September featured a debate, moderated by ABC correspondent John Donvan, on whether a full-on retail approach can fix much of what’s not working in the U.S. health care system. The debaters were:

By Jeffery Parrish

If the formation of data science institutes is the measurement, 2018 could go down as the year big data truly took hold in Middle Tennessee. Three higher education institutions have announced such ventures this year: Middle Tennessee State University launched its interdisciplinary center in …

Fred Ward took over as CEO of fast-growing Marquee Dental Partners from founder Jim Usdan earlier this year, about 12 months after coming aboard as COO. Ward has spent most of the past decade in the dental practice management business and before that was an operations VP at Carlson Hospitali…

After working for two years as chief medical officer at an Arizona addiction treatment center owned by Acadia Healthcare, Michael Genovese moved to the corporate level nearly two years ago and has been Acadia’s chief medical officer since late 2017. In light of the increased attention addict…

Sometimes, success comes quickly. Other times, it’s the result of a long grind that gets its due reward. For Xsolis CEO Joan Butters and her team, 2018 has been a case of the latter. The six-year-old company has added dozens of clients, beefed up its executive talent and secured funding for …

By Jessie Goldman and Yulan Egan

Senior care facilities — much like various offerings in the health care realm — continue to evolve, with many assuming a form and function that would have been unthinkable even, say, five years ago.

This fall, the Nashville Health Care Council convened a large crowd at War Memorial Auditorium for an event spotlighting the 50th anniversary of what is today HCA Healthcare. The evening’s highlight was a panel discussion featuring former CEO Jack Bovender, current CEO Milton Johnson and CEO…

Several recent government and private-sector initiatives are helping combat the opioid epidemic in Tennessee and across the country but it is becoming apparent that the road to full recovery will be long and hard-fought.

Care transitions have always been important for the patient. Until relatively recently, though, they haven’t been a source of financial angst for providers. But with the advent of readmission penalties from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and similar penalties private payers a…

The nonprofit Nashville International Center for Empowerment played host this fall to two fellows from a U.S. Department of State-funded initiative that places grassroots leaders from around the world in American organizations, both as a way for the fellows to learn skills to bring back to t…

By Jean W. Frydman

In January, when the seventh cohort of Nashville Health Care Council Fellows will convene for its four-month-long session, the health care executives from across the country that form the group also will connect with a larger group, the fellows program’s growing alumni network.

Battle Ground Academy decided to tackle the issue of head injuries in football head on this fall.

By Victoria Leuang