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TennCare was started in the early 1990s under Governor Ned McWherter as a health care reform initiative that had the twin goals of controlling rising Medicaid costs and increasing public access to affordable health care. [2] [3] [4] Tennessee sought and obtained waivers from the federal Health Care Financing Administration that allowed the ...
A home health aide (HHA) provides in-home care for patients who need assistance with daily living beyond what family or friends can provide. Patients include those who have a physical or mental disability, are recovering from an injury or surgery, have a chronic illness, or are advanced in age.
Tennessee's network of county health departments assures all residents have access to a variety of local health services intended to maintain or improve health. Services include wellchild exams, fluoride varnish applications, immunizations, family planning, control of sexually transmitted diseases, nutrition counseling, the Women, Infants and Children program, children's special services ...
Wellpath, formerly known as Correct Care Solutions [1] is a healthcare company based in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. [2] and "one of the nation’s largest for-profit healthcare providers for prisoners." [3] The company was founded in 2003 [2] by Jerry Boyle. [4]
The hospital officially began receiving patients on April 11, 1898. It moved to its current campus, some 4 miles (6.4 km) west of the original, in 1972. [13] The hospital expanded as the city's health care needs grew. Today, Saint Thomas Hospital is part of Ascension Saint Thomas. The 541-bed facility employs more than 3,500 and has 750 ...
Authorities failed a mother of five in England whose estranged husband abused her for years before murdering her in 2023, an inquest has found. Lucy-Anne Rushton, 30, of Andover, Hampshire, was ...
An advance healthcare directive, also known as living will, personal directive, advance directive, medical directive or advance decision, is a legal document in which a person specifies what actions should be taken for their health if they are no longer able to make decisions for themselves because of illness or incapacity.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. manufacturing contracted at a moderate pace in November, with orders growing for the first time in eight months and factories facing significantly lower prices for inputs.