Press Room | Department of Health Policy

Forbes: Health Care Costs Could Be Shrunk By Curbing Hospital Consolidation/Out-Of-Network Fees, Senate Told

June 28, 2018

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tedknutson/2018/06/27/health-care-costs-could-be-shrunk-by-curbing-hospital-consolidationout-of-network-fees-senate-told/#da6705f5164c

Nashville NPR: Newscast featuring Melinda Buntin HELP Testimony on Value Based Care (LISTEN)

June 27, 2018

June 27, 2018 - Quotes from Melinda Buntin's testimony before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee were part of the Nashville NPR newscast - Listen below for the story.

BirdDog: Competition shakes up Tennessee ACA exchange: Highlights urban-rural divide, ups interest in cost impact

June 24, 2018

https://readbirddog.com/2018/06/24/aca-competition-is-coming-to-tennessee/

Science: Nigeria has more HIV-infected babies than anywhere in the world. It’s a distinction no country wants

June 13, 2018

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/nigeria-has-more-hiv-infected-babies-anywhere-world-it-s-distinction-no-country-wants

POLITICO: What AT&T-Time Warner’s victory means for health care

June 13, 2018

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-pulse/2018/06/13/what-at-t-time-warners-victory-means-for-health-care-249985

USA Today: You'll be shocked at how much health insurance costs for a family of four

June 12, 2018

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2018/06/06/health-care-costs-price-family-four/676046002/

The Washington Post: Two weeks after Trump unveiled plan to lower drug prices, two cancer drugs got a $1,000-per-month price hike

June 12, 2018

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/08/two-weeks-after-trump-unveiled-plan-to-lower-drug-prices-two-cancer-drugs-got-a-1000-per-month-price-hike/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5b3ad7417a08

Newsweek: Flu season breaks record as deadliest for children, most of whom weren’t vaccinated

June 12, 2018

http://www.newsweek.com/flu-outbreak-2018-2017-morbidity-967699

The Tennessean: Surgeon general at Vanderbilt: Ask about Naloxone — you might save a life

May 22, 2018

https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/industries/health-care/2018/05/18/surgeon-general-vanderbilt-naloxone-jerome-adams-tennessee-opioid-epidemic/622920002/

Nashville Public Radio: Vanderbilt Researchers Find Tennessee Hospitals May Send Opioid-Dependent Babies Home Too Quickly

May 14, 2018

http://nashvillepublicradio.org/post/vanderbilt-researchers-find-tennessee-hospitals-may-send-opioid-dependent-babies-home-too#stream/0