News and Press Releases | Ballad Health
Nov 8, 2024 · View all news releases about Ballad Health’s medical and community services throughout Northeast TN and Southwest VA.
Ballad Health hospitals failing on quality and charity care promises
Sep 29, 2023 · Ballad Health, the only hospital system across a swath of Tenn. and Va., has fallen short of quality-of-care and charity care obligations - and it’s suing thousands of patients for unpaid bills.
Tennessee Tries To Rein In Ballad’s Hospital Monopoly After Years …
Sep 18, 2024 · Government documents obtained by KFF Health News reveal that Tennessee officials, in closed-door negotiations, are attempting to hold the monopoly more accountable after years of complaints and protests from patients and their families.
Tennessee tries to rein in Ballad Health’s hospital monopoly after ...
Sep 18, 2024 · Ballad Health, an Appalachian company with the nation’s largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly, may soon be required to improve its quality of care or face the possibility of being broken...
Tennessee officials look to hold Ballad Health more accountable
Sep 20, 2024 · Government documents obtained by KFF Health News reveal that Tennessee officials, in closed-door negotiations, are attempting to hold the monopoly more accountable after years of complaints and...
East Tennessee official says Ballad Health issued threat to care …
Oct 13, 2023 · An East Tennessee county commission will vote later this month on a resolution asking Tennessee lawmakers to break up or better regulate Ballad Health, a hospital chain that operates in the...
With Ballad Health under new scrutiny, Tennessee to hold yearly …
Jul 1, 2024 · Tennessee's health department will hold its annual public hearing on Ballad Health's state-sanctioned monopoly agreement as the hospital faces a new round of eroding public support.
With Ballad Health under new scrutiny, Tennessee to hold yearly …
Jul 1, 2024 · Tennessee’s health department will hold its annual public hearing on Ballad Health’s state-sanctioned monopoly agreement as the hospital faces a new round of eroding public support.
Ballad Health Announces Fourth-Quarter and Year-End Results
During the quarter, Ballad Health reported it has successfully deployed the first phase of a more than $200 million technology conversion, bringing more than 80 care sites live on the new Epic electronic health record platform.
Data shows Ballad Health continues delivering higher quality of …
Ballad Health now ranks among the top 90% of health systems in the nation in five of the Quality Targeted Measures. Those measures include in-hospital fall with hip fracture rate, postoperative respiratory failure rate and perioperative hemorrhage/hematoma rate.
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