Chicago-based private equity firm GTCR has announced that it made a majority investment in Brentwood-based pathology company PathGroup.

Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee has welcomed two new physician assistants, Doug Eastham and Hayley Mowery, to its growing list of health care providers.    

U.S. News & World Report has recognized Heritage at Brentwood among its 2022-23 Best Senior Living Communities in the independent living category.

Community health workers are seeing an influx of visibility and support through federal, state and local funding. 

Thomas Frist Jr. does not seem to have lost faith in the company he co-founded in 1968.

Alyson Poling Fitness will soon launch a new brand concentrated on the wellness spectrum as of Sunday, May 8.

Quorum Health has appointed Stuart McLean its new interim CEO. The Brentwood-based acute care hospital operator’s current CEO, Dan Slipkovich, is leaving the role for retirement, according to a press release. 

Two area hospital companies saw a significant increase in labor costs, a hit in profits and a drop in stock prices surrounding their first quarter results. Health care workforce recruitment and retention were themes in both HCA Healthcare’s and Community Health Systems’ recent first quarter …

The number of people with end-stage kidney disease has gone up 42 percent from 2000 to 2019, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That means at least 760,000 people are in need of dialysis or a kidney transplant to survive. 

Apryl Childs-Potter has been named president of the Nashville Health Care Council. 

As a $2 billion sale of Franklin-based wellness company Tivity looms, Tommy Lewis is busy.

Two resolutions calling for HCA to have more transparency in political spending failed to pass during the company’s annual shareholder’s meeting on Thursday — with the company's stock dropping significantly as Friday's trading session drew to a close.

Brentwood-based life science distribution company Cryoport has acquired France-based Cell&Co BioServices, according to a press release. 

On Tuesday, the White House launched the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics, a new center under the umbrella of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — likened to a National Weather Service for infectious diseases.

A study comparing military veterans who deployed to a combat zone after 9/11 and health care workers working during the COVID-19 pandemic found similar levels of potential moral injury (PMI), with 46.1 percent of veterans and 50.7 percent of health care workers reporting PMI. 

A British laboratory informatics agency announced last week that it has acquired ApolloLIMS.

Brentwood-based health care company LifePoint Health has named Tizgel High as its chief compliance officer. 

Franklin-based Tivity Health has agreed to be bought and taken private by Connecticut-based investment firm Stone Point Capital for $2 billion, according to a release. 

Franklin-based behavioral health company Acadia Healthcare named Christopher Hunter as its new CEO on Friday. 

Brentwood-based acute care hospital operator Quorum Health named Chris Harrison its new chief financial officer on Tuesday. Harrison joined the company in 2020 as senior vice president of financial planning and analysis. 

Prior to COVID-19, Brentwood-based health care technology company Virsys12 boasted annual revenue growth between 25- and 100-percent since its founding in 2011.

Summit BHC announced Monday it named Acadia Healthcare’s Dwight A. Lacy as its new chief operating officer.

As of Thursday, March 17, a D.C. federal judge set a trial date for the U.S. Department of Justice’s challenge against Minnesota-based UnitedHealth Group’s merger with Change Healthcare.

The two newest executives make five C-suite roster changes in two months.

Shareholders of HCA Healthcare, the Nashville-based for-profit operator of health care facilities, are asking for more transparency regarding the company’s political spending and lobbying, though board members are opposed to the move.

Page comes to Spero Health from Envision Healthcare

The number of Tennesseans enrolling in health insurance plans via the federal open marketplace jumped 29 percent from 2021 to 2022, a year in which American Rescue Plan subsidies bolstered participation in the marketplace.  

According to a report from Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, nearly 900 rural hospitals are at risk of closing.

HCA Holdings subsidiary Parallon is undergoing a leadership transition.

Ascension Saint Thomas is partnering with the YMCA of Middle Tennessee to proliferate access to healthcare and wellness offerings for their patrons and staff.

Franklin-based hospital company Community Health Systems has a new lead director following the death of Julia North late last year.

Community Health Systems has reported net operating revenues of about $3.23 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31, a 3.7-percent increase compared with approximately $3.12 billion for the same period in 2020.

Brentwood-based home health and telehealth company Spiras Health has named Ashok Sudarshan chief operating officer, effective at the end of January.

Williamson Medical Center has received a Medical Excellence Award for major orthopaedic surgery and Patient Safety Awards for cardiac care and spinal fusion from CareChex.

HCA Healthcare is facing allegations from the Service Employees International Union that it placed profits over patient care and fraudulently procured approximately $1.8 billion in Medicare payments.

InsurePay has plans to hire 10 following acquisition

Williamson Medical Center has been named as one of America’s Best for Women’s Services, Breast Centers, Obstetrics, Heart Care, Patient Safety, and Mammography Imaging Centers by the Women’s Choice Award, considered America’s trusted referral source for the best in health care.