Enlarge this image LaShonia Ingram was one of 28 Medicaid beneficiaries in Tennessee charged with TennCare fraud last year. The District Attorney…
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ERs staffed by private equity firms aim to cut costs by hiring fewer doctors
by Blake Farmer February 11, 2023Enlarge this image Diagnosing and treating patients was once an ER doctor’s domain, but they are increasingly being replaced by health practitioners…
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Long-COVID clinics are wrestling with how to treat their patients
by Blake Farmer November 18, 2022Enlarge this image Cinde Lucas, whose husband Rick has suffered from long COVID, examines the many supplements and prescription medications he tried…
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Families fear a ban on gender affirming care in the wake of harassment of clinics
by Blake Farmer November 1, 2022Enlarge this image Dozens of counter-protesters attempted to disrupt an anti-trans rally outside the Tennessee capitol building on October 21 with signs,…
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Transplant agency is criticized for donor organs arriving late, damaged or diseased
by Blake Farmer August 17, 2022Enlarge this image Surgical instruments used in a kidney transplant in 2016. The agency that oversees organ allocation, the United Network for…
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Buy a rural hospital for $100? Investors pick up struggling institutions for pennies
by Blake Farmer August 16, 2022Enlarge this image Rural communities with struggling hospitals often turn to outside investors willing to take over their health care centers. Some…
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Overdose reversal drugs gain support at music festivals, but not fentanyl test strips
by Blake Farmer August 3, 2022Enlarge this image A team of volunteers with an Ohio-based nonprofit handed out 2,500 doses of a nasal spray version of naloxone,…
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Advocates struggle with how much they can help with self-managed abortions
by Blake Farmer July 5, 2022Enlarge this image Julie Edwards, a patient advocacy program manager with Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi, had a self-managed abortion…