Toby Sells

• Push by VA Memphis prompts creation of device to help quadriplegics Updated 05/26/2012 at 12:07 a.m.

  By blowing or sucking on a straw, Terry Beene turned off his light, changed the TV channel, lowered the head of his bed and called for the nurse.

• BlueCross study: Health reform, access are not necessarily linked Published 05/25/2012 at midnight

  Insurer study finds hurdles especially high in Memphis for those who would be newly insured.

• Regional Medical Center at Memphis expects third straight profitable year Published 05/24/2012 at midnight

  2013 budget includes $18 million for capital improvements this year, and $30 million earmarked for future capital projects.

• Local officials tout potential strength of region for bio-based products Published 05/24/2012 at midnight

  All pieces are here, ready for kick-start, participants are told.

• Philadelphia grocery CEO touts teamwork for problem of 'food deserts' Published 05/23/2012 at midnight

  "Food deserts" for people could be called "profit deserts" for grocers, and fixing both problems might take a public-private partnership, Jeff Brown says.

• Health care groups announce bundled payment system plans Updated 05/22/2012 at 11:25 p.m.

  BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Memphis-based Campbell Clinic and three other orthopedic practices across the state will launch a bundled payment system in October for total knee and hip replacements.

• Medtronic earnings surge in fourth quarter Published 05/22/2012 at 9:28 a.m.

  Medtronic’s earnings surged 28 percent higher in its fourth quarter over the same period last year on growth or stabilization across many of its businesses, the company reported this morning.

• Memphis-based MRI Interventions trades shares publicly Published 05/22/2012 at midnight

  Over-the-counter trading is a move to expose its business to more investors rather than raise a lump of cash.

• Hefty Memphis is big business Published 05/20/2012 at midnight

  An Institute of Medicine study said last week the estimated annual cost of treating obesity-related illnesses is $190.2 billion, which is about 21 percent of all U.S. medical spending. That figure makes obesity way bigger than smoking.

• Baptist seeks to expand scope of new Memphis area cancer center Updated 05/15/2012 at 12:10 a.m.

  It now seeks to add more than 50,000 square feet to house new medical equipment.

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