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Burwell</h2><p class="postmeta"><em>Posted on June 25, 2015</em></p><p> “The <em>King v. Burwell </em>case has been one closely watched by hospitals across the country, but especially here in Tennessee. As we continue to provide services to more than 400,000 uninsured Tennesseans, maintaining coverage for the roughly 156,000 people in our state who have insurance through the federal Exchange with subsidized premiums is increasingly important.</p><p><a class="headlink" href="/web/20150907143555/http://tha.com/headlines/Default.aspx?hid=120" title="Statement from THA President and CEO Craig Becker on Supreme Court Ruling in King v. Burwell">Continue Reading »»</a></p></div><div class="headdiv"><h2>Tongate Receives THA Small and Rural Leadership Award</h2><p class="postmeta"><em>Posted on March 31, 2015</em></p><p> BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Scott Tongate, chief financial officer at Rural Community Hospitals of America, recently received the Tennessee Hospital Association’s (THA) 2015 Small and Rural Leadership Award in recognition of his service to rural healthcare in Tennessee.</p><p><a class="headlink" href="/web/20150907143555/http://tha.com/headlines/Default.aspx?hid=119" title="Tongate Receives THA Small and Rural Leadership Award">Continue Reading »»</a></p></div><div class="headdiv"><h2>Statement from THA President and CEO Craig Becker on Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015</h2><p class="postmeta"><em>Posted on March 25, 2015</em></p><p> “The Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) supports H.R. 2, the U.S. House of Representatives’ bipartisan package known as the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, to permanently repeal the Medicare physician Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR). We are especially relieved by this solution because the 17 short-term SGR fixes over the past few years have nearly all included cuts to hospitals and other providers. These fixes typically were less than a year each and this bill draws these short-term solutions to an end.</p><p><a class="headlink" href="/web/20150907143555/http://tha.com/headlines/Default.aspx?hid=118" title="Statement from THA President and CEO Craig Becker on Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015">Continue Reading »»</a></p></div></div> <hr/> <p><strong><a class="headlink" href="/web/20150907143555/http://tha.com/headlines/">More THA Headlines and Resources »»</a></strong></p> </div> <div id="ctl00_blurbs"> <div class="ep-blurb"><h3>Executive Profile</h3><a href="/web/20150907143555/http://tha.com/executive-profiles/?cid=67" title="Barry Skipper Bondurant, II"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150907143555im_/http://tha.com/images/executive-profiles/Skipper-Bondurant.jpg" alt="Executive Profile: Barry Skipper Bondurant, II"/></a><p><a href="/web/20150907143555/http://tha.com/executive-profiles/?cid=67" title="Barry Skipper Bondurant, II">Barry Skipper Bondurant, II</a></p></div><div class="pss-blurb"><h3>Patient Safety Spotlight</h3><a href="/web/20150907143555/http://tha.com/patient-safety-spotlights/?cid=70" title="Hardwiring Safety Culture is an Ongoing Process"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150907143555im_/http://tha.com/images/patient-safety-spotlights/tom-gee.jpg" alt="Patient Safety Spotlight: Hardwiring Safety Culture is an Ongoing Process"/></a><p><a href="/web/20150907143555/http://tha.com/patient-safety-spotlights/?cid=70" title="Hardwiring Safety Culture is an Ongoing Process">Hardwiring Safety Culture is an Ongoing Process</a></p></div><div class="hh-blurb"><h3>Hospital Highlight</h3><a href="/web/20150907143555/http://tha.com/hospital-highlights/?cid=66" title="Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City Helps Raise Money for Cancer Patients with Hometown Walk of Hope"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150907143555im_/http://www.tha.com/images/executive-profiles/BMHCC_Walk.jpg" alt="Hospital Highlight: Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City Helps Raise Money for Cancer Patients with Hometown Walk of Hope"/></a><p><a href="/web/20150907143555/http://tha.com/hospital-highlights/?cid=66" title="Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City Helps Raise Money for Cancer Patients with Hometown Walk of Hope">Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City Helps Raise Money for Cancer Patients with Hometown Walk of Hope</a></p></div></div> </div> <div id="main-right"> <div id="pb-img"> <a href="/web/20150907143555/http://tha.com/blog/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150907143555im_/http://www.tha.com/images/site/presidents-blog.jpg" alt="President's Blog"/></a> <a href="/web/20150907143555/http://tha.com/Default.aspx?pid=45"><img src="/web/20150907143555im_/http://tha.com/images/site/healthcare-reform.gif" alt="Healthcare Reform"/></a> <a href="/web/20150907143555/http://tha.com/Default.aspx?pid=51"><img src="/web/20150907143555im_/http://tha.com/images/site/hitech-ehr-meaningful-use.gif" alt="HITECH, EHR, Meaningful Use"/></a> <div class="sidebar-flag-blue"> <a href="?pid=150">Insurance Exchange</a> </div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150907143555/http://protecthealthcare.org/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150907143555im_/http://action.protecthealthcare.org/page/-/images/site-logo.png"/></a> </div> <div class="side-sec tha-links"> <h3>THA Links</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150907143555/http://www.cms.gov/">Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150907143555/http://www.hhs.gov/">U.S. Department of Health & Human Services</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150907143555/http://health.state.tn.us/licensure/">Verify Health Licenses</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150907143555/https://apps.tn.gov/hlrs/">Renew Healthcare License</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150907143555/http://www.tnhospitaljobs.com/">Hospital Jobs in Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150907143555/http://www.verifiedcredentials.com/">Student Background Checks</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150907143555/http://168.215.156.236/">THA Sanctions Databank</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="j-center"> <br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150907143555/http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tennessee-Hospital-Association/147326995322670" title="THA Facebook Page"><img src="/web/20150907143555im_/http://tha.com/images/site/facebook-logo.gif" alt="find us on facebook"/></a> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer-2"> <p>© <span id="ctl00_footer1_spanYear">2015</span> - 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