WASHINGTON (AP) – Consumer advocates reported some glitches Monday in the final days for "Obamacare" sign-ups, although the Trump administration largely seemed to be keeping its promise of a smooth enrollment experience.

2. Number of Tenn. Seniors Hospitalized Due to Opioids Triples - Tuesday, August 15, 2017

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Federal data shows the number of senior citizens in Tennessee who are hospitalized due to painkillers has more than tripled over the last decade.

The Tennessean reports the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality data showed that in 2005, 467 seniors out of every 100,000 spent time in the hospital due to opioids. In 2015, the rate had increased to 1,505.

3. Resurrection Health to Open New Clinics in 2016 - Monday, December 21, 2015

As Resurrection Health, a faith-based, evangelical health service organization, prepares to celebrate its first birthday, the enterprise is already planning to roll out two more clinic sites in 2016.

4. Sedgwick Announces Lyons as New CFO - Saturday, August 29, 2015

Memphis-based Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. has tapped a new chief financial officer.

5. Sedgwick Announces Lyons As New CFO - Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Memphis-based Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. has tapped a new chief financial officer.

6. Lucas Named CIO at Regional One - Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Jackie Lucas has joined Regional One Health as senior vice president and chief information officer. In her new role, Lucas is responsible for information technology and telecommunications for the organization.

7. Coming Up Roses - Thursday, February 26, 2015

Back in the 1970s, Scott McCormick was taking pictures of the Memphis Botanic Garden for the White Station High School yearbook.

8. New Woes for Healthcare.Gov: Wrong Tax Info Sent Out - Monday, February 23, 2015

WASHINGTON (AP) – In a new setback for the health care law and the people it's supposed to help, the government said Friday it made a tax-reporting error that's fouling up the filings of nearly a million Americans.

9. Soaring Generic Drug Prices Draw Senate Scrutiny - Friday, November 21, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) – Some low-cost generic drugs that have helped restrain health care costs for decades are seeing unexpected price spikes of up to 8,000 percent, prompting a backlash from patients, pharmacists and now Washington lawmakers.

10. Meritan’s Branch Named Among Top Nurses - Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Cindy Branch, Meritan’s associate vice president for health services, has been selected to represent Tennessee as one of the nation’s top 50 home care and hospice nurses by the National Association for Home Care & Hospice and the Home Healthcare Nurses Association. Branch, a registered nurse, has oversight of Meritan’s nursing programs, including home health, private duty nursing and medical residential homes. She will be recognized at NACH’s annual meeting in October.

11. D. Canale Affiliate Buys Property for Distillery - Tuesday, July 29, 2014

301 S. Front St.
Memphis, TN 38103
Sale Amount: $785,000

Sale Date: July 10, 2014
Buyer: Dominick Properties LLC
Seller: 301 South Front Street GP

12. Nursing Home Owner Files $9 Million Loan - Monday, July 28, 2014

The owner of the 284-bed Grace Healthcare of Cordova nursing home at 955 N. Germantown Parkway has filed an $8.9 million loan on the property.

13. Ugwueke Named Methodist Le Bonheur President - Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Michael O. Ugwueke has been named president and chief operating officer of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, as well as president and CEO of Methodist Healthcare Memphis Hospitals. In his new role, Ugwueke will be responsible for strategic management of the operations of six hospitals within the Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare system, as well as other key corporate functions.

14. Millions Could Get Extra Time for Health Sign-Ups - Thursday, March 27, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) – Millions of Americans could get extra time to enroll for taxpayer-subsidized coverage this year under President Barack Obama's health care law. That would let the administration boost sign-ups and aid Democrats under attack over the program's troubles.

15. Meadows Named Director of Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab - Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Bobby Meadows has joined Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab as executive director. Meadows, a licensed nursing home administrator, has 13 years of nursing home experience, including 11 as an executive director. Most recently, he served for six years at Allenbrooke Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Memphis.

16. Johnson Honored by U of M With Authur Holmon Award - Friday, February 1, 2013

If Cato Johnson ever decided to leave his position as senior vice president of corporate affairs at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, he could quite possibly become an epic spokesperson for an energy drink. A healthy one, that is.

17. Music Commission Announces Emissaries of Memphis Music - Friday, February 3, 2012

The Memphis & Shelby County Music Commission has announced its 2012 Emissaries of Memphis Music.

The eight women selected will receive their accolades at a celebration March 29 at 7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave.

18. Events - Friday, November 4, 2011

The University of Memphis College of Communication and Fine Arts will recognize filmmaker and writer William Bearden with its 2011 Distinguished Achievement Award in Creative and Performing Arts Friday, Nov. 4, at 11:30 a.m. at the Rendezvous, 52 S. Second St. Tickets are $50 per person and $400 for a table of eight. For more information or tickets, call Patty Bladon at 678-4372 or Sara Rose at 678-5086.

19. Open Dialogue - Monday, March 21, 2011

Ask a group of teenagers whether they feel their ideas are taken seriously by adults and it’s pretty much guaranteed the response will be a unanimous, resounding “No.”

But if those teens participate in Imagine Memphis, a citywide initiative designed to connect youth and adults to imagine and create a better Memphis, the response to that question is likely to be an overwhelmingly positive one.

20. Boyle Investment Files Loan on Ridgeway Center Office Building - Tuesday, July 27, 2010

889 Ridge Lake Boulevard
Memphis, TN 38120
Loan Amount: $6.9 Million

Loan Date: July 19, 2010
Maturity Date: Jan. 1, 2020
Borrower: Boyle-889 RLB Partnership
Lender: Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society

21. City, State Nursing Home Ratings Low - Thursday, January 8, 2009

In its first effort to rate the nation’s nursing homes using a ranking system, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has rated Tennessee third worst in the nation for geriatric care, behind only Georgia and Louisiana.

22. Memphis Area Nursing Homes Receive Government Ratings - Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Four nursing homes either in Memphis or within 25 miles of the city received five stars under a new rating system that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released last week.

The best nursing homes, according to the rating, were Methodist Healthcare SNF, Allen Morgan Health and Rehabilitation Center, Ave Maria Home and Memphis Jewish Home.

23. Grace Healthcare BuysCordova Nursing Home - Monday, January 14, 2008
     A Chattanooga, Tenn.-based health care company has bought Cordova Rehabilitation and Nursing Center at 955 N. Germantown Parkway for $10 million and plans renovations to the 284-bed facility. Grace Healthcare LLC, workin

24. BankTennessee Promotes Wilson To Senior VP of Marketing - Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Julia Wilson has been promoted to senior vice president of marketing at BankTennessee. Wilson has been with the company since 1995. She has received several awards, including a Golden Pyramid from the Promotional Products Association International and an ADDY Award from the Memphis Advertising Federation.

25. Ready to Rock - Thursday, July 19, 2007

When Dr. Scott Morris settles into the front row at a benefit concert later this month in honor of the nonprofit clinic he started 20 years ago, he, like the rest of the crowd, will be ready for some loud exuberant rock music.

26. Phillips to Become President of Optometry School - Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Dr. Richard W. Phillips has been named president-elect of Southern College of Optometry in Memphis. Phillips is a 1978 graduate of the college and the former regional executive director for Tennessee operations for TLC - Laser Eye Centers. He will be only the sixth person to hold the office in the college's 75-year history. Phillips will assume the presidency May 17. He is replacing William E. Cochran, who is retiring.

27. Archived Article: Newsmakers - Wednesday, December 29, 2004
BOMA Inducts 2005 Officers

Gibbons Named to Chair National Committee

Judge Julia Gibbons of Memphis was named by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist as chair of the Budget Committee of the Judicial Conference. Gibbons has bee...

28. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, August 5, 1998
SCB Computer names officer Jeffrey Cobb has been named chief operating officer and Michael Hirschey named executive vice president of outsourcing and enterprise resource planning services at SCB Computer Technology Inc. Cobb joined SCB in 1983 and s...