Oracle Corp. Chairman Larry Ellison says the business software giant’s planned campus in Nashville, Tennessee, will serve as its world headquarters and place it in a city that’s a center of the health care industry. Ellison spoke about Oracle’s plans for its Nashville offices during a conversation about health care technology with former U.S. Sen. Bill Frist at the Oracle Health Summit on Tuesday.
Tennessee is distributing $80 million in opioid settlement funds. Here’s what to know.
Tennessee is one of many states that sued opioid manufacturers, distributors and marketers. The companies settled, and the state brought in hundreds of millions of dollars.
Report finds Hispanic Tennesseans are more likely to be uninsured and miss out on cancer screenings
A national report on racial disparities in health care finds that Hispanic Tennesseans were much less likely to access critical screenings such as mammograms.
Feds want to shield medical records as Tennessee proposes travel bans for minor’s reproductive care
Lawmakers are working to crack down on adults who support minors seeking abortion or gender-affirming care at the same time that federal officials are considering additional protections for medical records.
Tennessee’s ban on abortion help for minors nears the finish line
It could soon be a crime to help Tennessee teenagers get an abortion. A bill passed out of the Senate and has one vote left in the House. Like many abortion policies, vague wording leaves a lot open to interpretation.
Seven Tennessee women were denied medically necessary abortions. They just had their first day in court.
The Center for Reproductive Rights, seven patients and two doctors are arguing that Tennesseans are being wrongfully denied medically needed abortions because state law vagueness leaves doctors in the lurch.
Cyberattacks are ramping up. Some Tennessee lawmakers want to make it harder to sue companies for data leaks.
About 20 Tennessee-based health care companies have reported data breaches in the past few years, and several of them have faced lawsuits afterward.
Early detection can save lives for breast and cervical cancer patients. Uninsured Tennesseans can get tested for free.
Metro Public Health’s governing board is expected to sign off on another year of state funding for breast and cervical cancer screening this week.
Tennessee nurse practitioner known as ‘Rock Doc’ gets 20 years for illegally prescribing opioids
A Tennessee nurse practitioner who called himself the “Rock Doc” has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for illegally prescribing thousands of doses of opioids including oxycodone and fentanyl in return for money and sex, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
Medicaid offices — including TennCare — target dead people’s homes to recoup their health care costs
Congressional scrutiny and recent investigations are raising questions about a practice that targets dead people’s homes to recoup health care costs.